Arris SBG6900 AC 1 User Manual Specifications Data Sheet
User Manual: Arris SBG6900-AC Specifications
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SBG6900-AC
DOCSIS 3.0 Consumer Series
Wireless Gateway
The ARRIS SBG6900-AC Wireless Gateway powers the delivery of today’s innovative, ultra-broadband services
both in and around the homes.
Using 802.11ac technology, the SBG6900-AC provides consumers with fast and extensible Wi-Fi®. Designed to
protect preferred data types and clients based on default settings or customizable preference settings. The
SBG6900-AC’s advanced feature set includes sophisticated, DOCSIS 3.0 channel bonding and best-in-class RF
immunity, which delivers the speed and reliability demanded by today’s smart home applications. Equipped
with such features as a Wi-Fi pairing button and user-friendly, online diagnostics and configuration, the
SBG6900-AC is as easy to setup as it is to use.
Product Overview
Features:
•Best in Class Wi-Fi® Performance
•Dual Concurrent Radios with theoretical wireless throughput of close
to two Gbps
•High Power MIMO Antennas provide connectivity over Extended
distances
•Uninterrupted streaming video
•Lightning speed gaming
•Maintains performance, even while supporting multiple network
users
•Includes Beamforming for both 802.11ac and 802.11n based clients
for increased Wi-Fi transmission and reception performance
•Automatic radio selection to steer clients with lesser capability, or
greater distance from the AP, to the 2.4 GHz radio. With video and
higher end devices steered to the 5 GHz radio for improved
reception and throughput.
•Intelligent priorities set for different levels of service guarantee.
Video streaming uninterrupted by lower priority traffic.
•Dual USB 2.0 ports supporting connected hard drives with SAMBA,
and DLNA Media Sharing (it can charge your USB cabled devices as
well)
SURFboard® SBG6900-AC
Product Highlights
Easy to Setup and Use
•Plug-and-play installation
•Wi-Fi® pairing button for easy Wi-Fi Protected Setup™ (WPS) Wi-Fi connection
•Easy Wi-Fi Network Set-up Wizard
•Default settings for recommended Security and Quality of Service protection supports standard Internet browser
software
•Front panel, multicolor LEDs indicate status and simplify troubleshooting, now with a feature to disable for controlling
brightness levels
•User-friendly online diagnostics and configuration
Advanced Services Ready
•DOCSIS 3.0
•Channel bonding of up to sixteen downstream and four upstream channels; capable of data rates of over 680 Mbps for
Internet connectivity in the received (downstream) data stream and over 100 Mbps in the send (upstream) data stream
•1 GHz-capable tuner
•Best-in-class RF Immunity, built into SURFboard products since 2006, protects against potential service impacting
interference
•Supports both IPv4 and IPv6
•Supports 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet and meets Small Networking Equipment energy efficiency requirements
•Compatible with SURFboard RipCurrent Gigabit Network Extenders for transporting Internet signals via the AC Power
Lines (requires minimum of 2 external adapters)
•Beamforming support for optimal Wi-Fi® delivery
•Backwards compatible to 802.11a/b/g/n
•Integrated 2.4 GHz 802.11n with support for 256 QAM (802.11ac feature) with support for 256 QAM (802.11ac feature)
and 5 GHz 802.11ac Wi-Fi® access point, concurrent radio operation
•3x3 MIMO antenna arrays offer performance benefits for wireless LAN (WLAN) access points
•Powerful High-gain Wi-Fi® output added for optimized throughput over a greater range
•Four 1GB Ethernet ports enable flexible, high-speed connectivity with Auto Negotiate and Auto MDIX
•Support for Multicast IP services
•Support for multiple Guest SSIDs for segregated networks
•MoCA reject filter ensures care-free interoperation between MoCA and DOCSIS
•Internal power supply eliminates bulky transformers
Reliable and Secure
•WPA/WPA2 Wi-Fi® security
•Advanced firewall with DoS protection and intrusion prevention
•Enhanced security: supports AES traffic encryption
Benefits
•Top of the line Cable Modem Wireless Access Point with best in class wireless throughput, reach, range, and robustness
•Supported by the ARRIS highly rated Consumer Support
SURFboard® SBG6900-AC
Network
Gateway DHCP, NAT, DNS, VPN tunneling, GRE tunneling;
static routing and dynamic IP routing (RIPv1,
RIPv2); SPI firewall with DoS protection and
intrusion prevention; port, packet,and URL
keyword filtering; full suite of ALGs; UPnP IGD
1.0; L2TPv3, L2VPN, eRouter, DLNA
WLAN 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi, WDS bridging, 802.11e
WMM admission control, QoS, QoS per Interface,
Beamforming, Traffic Scheduling, Radio Steering
WLAN SSIDs up to 8 per radio
WLAN Spatial Streams 6
Radios 5 GHz, +20dBm (MCS9) HPA*, 3x3 MIMO
antenna array
2.4 GHz, +24dBm (MCS7) and +22dBm (MCS9)
HPA*, 3x3 MIMO antenna array
DLNA = 16 Nodes 175 Mbps MAC layer throughput
Security Default = security enabled WPA2, WPA-
PSK, WEP
64/128, WPA, TKIP, AES, 802.1x,802.11i (pre-
authentication)
Wi-Fi Pairing WPS 2.0
Regulatory Domains US, Canada
Management and Configuration
GUI English, HTML based GUI, Google Translate for
easy Translation
GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS
Cable Interface F-Connector, female 75 Ω
Network Interface Four one-gigabit (10/100/1000) Ethernet ports
2.4 Wi-Fi Interface 802.11n Wi-Fi (also certified for 802.11a/b/g)
5 GHz Wi-Fi Interface 802.11ac Wi-Fi (also certified for 802.11 a/b/g/n)
USB 2.0 Front and Rear, SAMBA, DLNA Media Server
Dimensions 8.8 (h) x 2.1 (w) x 10.1 (l) in (224 x 54 x 256.5 mm)
Regulatory RoHS compliant, FCC, UL listed (U.S. and
Canada),Industry Canada, Voluntary Compliance
for SNE
DOCSIS 3.0 Bonding capability of 16 downstreams and 4
upstreams
Input Power
North America 105 to 125 VAC, 60 Hz
Internal Power Supply 36W/12Vdc
Power Management 802.11e WMM power save/U-APSD (Unscheduled-
Automatic Power Save Delivery),802.3az EEE
Environmental
Operating
Temperature
32 F to 104 °F (0 °C to 40 °C)
Storage Temperature –22 °F to 158 °F (–30 °C to 70 °C)
Operating Humidity 5 to 95% R.H. (non-condensing)
DOCSIS Downstream
Modulation 64 or 256 QAM
Bandwidth Full bandwidth capture window 108 MHz –1002
MHz
Maximum PHY Rate DOCSIS: 686.144 Mbps (16 channels) / 42.884
(single channel) @ 256 QAM at 5.36 Msym/s
Symbol Rate
64 QAM 5.057 Msym/s; 256 QAM 5.361 Msym/s
Operating Level Range –15 to 15 dBmV
Frequency Range 108 –1002 MHz (edge to edge)
Frequency Plans DOCSIS Annex B
Security DOCSIS 3.0 Security (BPI+, EAE, SSD)
Provisioning IPv4
IPv6 (dual stack)
DS Lite Memory
RAM 256MB DDR3
Flash 32 MB
*When combined with the antenna, gain will meet, but not exceed, FCC
constraints on per-channel power.
All features, functionality, and other product specifications are subject to
change without notice or obligation.
Wi-Fi throughput, reach, and range are factors that are greatly impacted by
the operating environment, and the connected client capabilities.
DOCSIS Upstream
Modulation QPSK and 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256 QAM
Maximum PHY Rate
@256 QAM at 6.4 MHz
122.8 Mbps: 4 channels
30.72 Mbps: single channel
Channel Width 200 kHz, 400 kHz, 800 kHz, 1.6 MHz, 3.2 MHz,
6.4 MHz
Symbol Rates 160, 320, 640, 1280, 2560, 5120 ksym/s
Frequency Range 5–42 MHz (edge to edge)
GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS (continued)
Compatibility
PC Windows 7, Windows 8,Windows 8.1, Windows
10 (older versions of Windows, although not
specifically supported, will work with this cable
modem), UNIX, Linux®
Macintosh Power PC or later; OS 10 or higher
Home Networking Ethernet router and wireless access point
Management and Configuration
GUI English, HTML based GUI, Google Translate for
easy Translation
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Note: Specifications are subject to change without notice.
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