MikroTikWi-Fi 6 router
MikroTik hAP ax²
- Wi-Fi 6Wi-Fi standardDual-band · AX1800
- 1,200MbpsFastest band1,774 Mbps across all bands
- 1GbpsInternet portMax WAN speed
- 5portsWired Ethernet5× Gigabit
Key capabilities
- WireGuard VPN — not listed
- Parental controls — not listed
- Guest network — not listed
- WPA3 security
means the manufacturer doesn't list it, which isn't the same as the product lacking it.
OpenWrt
No support found. Checked against OpenWrt's own Table of Hardware, which carries no qualifying row for this model. That is a weaker statement than "this router cannot run OpenWrt" and a much stronger one than silence.
Ships RouterOS by default.
Checked 2026-08-06. How every router here was checked.
Specifications
Wireless
- Standard
- Wi-Fi 6
- Bands
- Dual-band
- Speed class
- AX1800
- Fastest band
- 1,200 Mbps
- All bands combined
- 1,774 Mbps
Connectivity
- Uplink
- Ethernet
- Internet port
- 1 Gbps
- Wired ports
- 5× Gigabit
- Port map
Hardware & physical
- Form
- Single unit
- Dimensions
- 120 × 101 × 37 mm (448 cm³)
- Power
- DC power adapter
- Model number
- C52iG-5HaxD2HaxD-TC
Manufacturer details
- Processor
- Quad-Core IPQ-6010 864 MHz (ARM 64bit)
- Memory
- 1 GB
- Storage
- 128 MB
- Power
- 24 V 1.2 A adapter; DC jack 12-28 V or passive PoE-in 18-28 V; 12 W max without attachments, 27 W max
- Antenna gain
- 4 (2.4 GHz), 4.5 (5 GHz)
- Operating system
- RouterOS v7, license level 4
- Operating temperature
- -40 to 50
- PoE output
- 16.8 W
Radios
| Band | Max link | Streams | Channel width |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.4 GHz | 574 Mbps | 2×2 | 40 MHz |
| 5 GHz | 1,200 Mbps | 2×2 | 80 MHz |
All features · 6
VPN
- IPsec VPN
Wi-Fi features
- MU-MIMO
What is MU-MIMO?
Table stakes46 of 79 listed here
Lets the router hold separate conversations with several devices at once using different antenna streams.
Look at instead: the stream count on each radio — a 4×4 radio has twice the streams of a 2×2 to hand out
Full entry → - Beamforming
What is Beamforming?
Table stakes37 of 79 listed here
Shapes the signal toward where a device actually is, rather than radiating evenly in every direction like a bare bulb.
Look at instead: where you physically put the router — placement beats every antenna trick on this list
Full entry →
Security
- WPA3
Hardware
- Fanless
- Wall mountable