NetgearWi-Fi 6 router
Netgear Nighthawk RAX54S
Discontinued — no longer sold new
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- Wi-Fi 6Wi-Fi standardDual-band · AX5400
- 4,800MbpsFastest band5,374 Mbps across all bands
- 1GbpsInternet portMax WAN speed
- 5portsWired Ethernet5× Gigabit
Key capabilities
- WireGuard VPN — not listed
- Parental controls
- Guest network
- 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.
No ToH row for any current Netgear entry. The Netgear models OpenWrt does cover, such as the R7800, are older and none of them are in this lineup.
Checked 2026-08-06. How every router here was checked.
Specifications
Wireless
- Standard
- Wi-Fi 6
- Bands
- Dual-band
- Speed class
- AX5400
- Fastest band
- 4,800 Mbps
- All bands combined
- 5,374 Mbps
Connectivity
- Uplink
- Ethernet
- Internet port
- 1 Gbps
- Wired ports
- 5× Gigabit
- Port map
- USB ports
- 1
Hardware & physical
- Form
- Single unit
- Weight
- 566 g
- Dimensions
- 295.8 × 206 × 57.2 mm (3,485 cm³)
- Model number
- RAX54S
Manufacturer details
- Processor
- Triple-core 1.5GHz
- Memory
- 512 MB
- Storage
- 256 MB
- Antennas
- 4
- USB
- 1× USB 3.0
Radios
| Band | Max link | Streams | Channel width |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.4 GHz | 574 Mbps | 2×2 | 40 MHz |
| 5 GHz | 4,800 Mbps | 4×4 | 160 MHz |
All features · 13
Firmware
- Automatic firmware updates
Wi-Fi features
- OFDMA
What is OFDMA?
Table stakes50 of 79 listed here
Splits a channel into smaller slices so several devices are served in the same instant instead of taking turns.
Look at instead: streams per radio and channel width — those set the ceiling OFDMA divides up
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 → - DFS channels
What is DFS channels?
Depends on your setup18 of 79 listed here
Extra 5 GHz channels shared with weather and military radar, which the router must abandon the moment it hears one.
Look at instead: whether your neighbourhood is actually congested, and whether the router lets you turn DFS off
Full entry → - 160 MHz channels
What is 160 MHz channels?
Table stakes47 of 79 listed here
A double-width channel that roughly doubles throughput when the airwaves are clear enough to sustain it.
Look at instead: whether the band has room for it — on 5 GHz that almost always means DFS
Full entry →
Security
- WPA3
- Built-in threat protection
Management
- Parental controls
- Guest network
- Mobile app management
- Traffic monitoring
Hardware
- USB storage sharing