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I haven’t read anything as of yet that mentions the RAX80 being WPA3 certified. Only that it’s a possibility. I know it began shipping out without it for sure. The RAX120 is the only Qualcomm based router of the bunch. Maybe that has something to do with it?
On that note, does the RAX120 utilize StreamBoost QoS like the R7800? Is the R7800 the only Nighthawk router with StreamBoost?
I wonder if the Qualcomm IPQ8078 SoC in the RAX120 will completely outclass the Broadcom BCM49408 SoC that’s in the RAX80 (and possibly the RAX200 from what I’ve read)?
I know the IPQ8078 has a quad-core Cortex A53 cluster that runs at 2.2 GHz whereas the BCM49408 has a 1.8 GHz quad-core ARMv8 processor (Cortex A53) with an 800 MHz network packet co-processor.
The WAN to LAN throughput in the R7800 is completely unaffected by having StreamBoost (QoS) turned on whereas the WAN to LAN throughput in all other Nighthawk routers is severely neutered. That’s why I’m asking.
I wonder if the Qualcomm IPQ8078 SoC in the RAX120 will completely outclass the Broadcom BCM49408 SoC that’s in the RAX80 (and possibly the RAX200 from what I’ve read)?
I know the IPQ8078 has a quad-core Cortex A53 cluster that runs at 2.2 GHz whereas the BCM49408 has a 1.8 GHz quad-core ARMv8 processor (Cortex A53) with an 800 MHz network packet co-processor.
The WAN to LAN throughput in the R7800 is completely unaffected by having StreamBoost (QoS) turned on whereas the WAN to LAN throughput in all other Nighthawk routers is severely neutered. That’s why I’m asking.
- Wow, I just read the data sheet on the IPQ8078. It has an additional 1.7 GHz dual-core network accelerator just for deep packet inspection duties... similar to the SoC in the R7800.