Humminbird Products that Network

Updated March 14, 2025 20:58

Which products can be used in a Network Set Up?

There are several different combinations of product networking within the Humminbird family of products. The networking chart below shows products able to be networked and which cables or accessories are required to network any two Humminbird Fish Finders together.

An individual Ethernet switch allows connection of up to five Ethernet capable products. One Ethernet network can contain up to three AS ETH 5PXG switches or five AS ETH 5PGL switches daisy chained together (restrictions and compatibility requirements apply).

When using the AS ETH 5PGL, the network can contain up to 20 total networking products, including up to five Humminbird fish finders. Not all Legacy products are compatible, please see compatibility notes here.
When using the AS ETH 5PXG, the network is limited to a total of four Humminbird fish finders. Up to three sonar modules(SM1000, SM2000 and/or SM3000) can be connected simultaneously.

Multiple Ethernet accessories can be connected as long as there are no duplicate accessories attached to the same network. To clarify, You cannot have more than one source for 360 Imaging (MEGA or non-MEGA), MEGA Live Imaging, TargetLock, or CHIRP Radar in a single network.

You cannot loop nor multi-path with these Ethernet switches.

Additional Resources

See our Networking Guide for Network setup and installation help: Humminbird Networking Guide
Networking Diagrams for simple to complex setups available here.
A breakdown of what data is shared between Humminbird models can be found here.

Connection Chart

Step 1

Find the group numbers for the two Humminbird models you plan to network.

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

APEX*
XPLORE*
SOLIX G3*

Software Version 5.060 and later.

APEX*
SOLIX (All Generations)*
ONIX*

Software Version 4.210 and earlier

HELIX 15
HELIX 12
HELIX 10
HELIX 9
HELIX 8
HELIX 7**

1199
1159
999
959
899
859
798***
788***
778***

1198
1197
1158
1157
998
958
898
858

* The software version is required to be the same for all units in the network.

** Only G2N, G3N and G4N models will network.

*** Only HD models will network.

Step 2

Cross reference the group numbers to find the required cables to network your models

	Second Unit in Network
First Unit in Network	1	2	3	4	5
1	Ethernet Cable Only	Not Compatible	Not Compatible	Not Compatible	Not Compatible
2	Not Compatible	Ethernet Cable Only	Ethernet Cable plus (1) AS EC QDE	Ethernet Cable plus (1) AS EC QDE	Ethernet Cable Only
3	Not Compatible	Ethernet Cable plus (1) AS EC QDE	Ethernet Cable plus (2) AS EC QDE	Ethernet Cable plus (2) AS EC QDE	Ethernet Cable plus (1) AS EC QDE
4	Not Compatible	Ethernet Cable plus (1) AS EC QDE	Ethernet Cable plus (2) AS EC QDE	Ethernet Cable plus (2) AS EC QDE	Ethernet Cable plus (1) AS EC QDE
5	Not Compatible	Ethernet Cable Only	Ethernet Cable plus (1) AS EC QDE	Ethernet Cable plus (1) AS EC QDE	Ethernet Cable Only