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... 1.5GHz triple-core processor ensures superior performance for Your Home Offering the best-in-class cybersecurity, the NETGEAR® Nighthawk® AX6 6-Stream AX5400 WiFi Router has NETGEAR Armor™ to 25 connected devices. PAGE 1 of 10 This next-gen router is recommended for medium to large homes, suitable for up to protect your family from malware...
... 1.5GHz triple-core processor ensures superior performance for Your Home Offering the best-in-class cybersecurity, the NETGEAR® Nighthawk® AX6 6-Stream AX5400 WiFi Router has NETGEAR Armor™ to 25 connected devices. PAGE 1 of 10 This next-gen router is recommended for medium to large homes, suitable for up to protect your family from malware...
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... and reliable coverage. High-performance antennas, pre-optimized for best peformance, on the router amplify WiFi signals for Today and Tomorrow's Smart Home Introducing WiFi 6-the latest generation of 10 Data Sheet | RAX50S Nighthawk® AX6 6-Stream AX5400 WiFi Router With 1-year free NETGEAR Armor™ 4.5X faster speed Suitable for up to four times better performance than...
... and reliable coverage. High-performance antennas, pre-optimized for best peformance, on the router amplify WiFi signals for Today and Tomorrow's Smart Home Introducing WiFi 6-the latest generation of 10 Data Sheet | RAX50S Nighthawk® AX6 6-Stream AX5400 WiFi Router With 1-year free NETGEAR Armor™ 4.5X faster speed Suitable for up to four times better performance than...
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Powerful Triple-core 1.5GHz Processor More processing power increases the overall performance of your network. > 1G b p s TRIPLE PAGE 3 of 10 Data Sheet | RAX50S Nighthawk® AX6 6-Stream AX5400 WiFi Router With 1-year free NETGEAR Armor™ 6-Stream AX WiFi Stream smooth 4K UHD content to newer mobile devices. Greater than 1Gbps WiFi Speeds Enjoy greater than 1Gbps WiFi speeds for blazing-fast streaming and downloading to smart TVs, mobile devices, and gaming consoles. 6 Faster Upload & Download Speeds Faster WiFi download & upload speeds at the same time.
Powerful Triple-core 1.5GHz Processor More processing power increases the overall performance of your network. > 1G b p s TRIPLE PAGE 3 of 10 Data Sheet | RAX50S Nighthawk® AX6 6-Stream AX5400 WiFi Router With 1-year free NETGEAR Armor™ 6-Stream AX WiFi Stream smooth 4K UHD content to newer mobile devices. Greater than 1Gbps WiFi Speeds Enjoy greater than 1Gbps WiFi speeds for blazing-fast streaming and downloading to smart TVs, mobile devices, and gaming consoles. 6 Faster Upload & Download Speeds Faster WiFi download & upload speeds at the same time.
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...even when your devices. 4.5X BETTER PERFORMANCE THAN AN AC ROUTER-6-stream WiFi with up to 5.4Gbps† for fast wireless speeds‡ AX WiFi UP TO 5.4GBPS† SPEEDS-600Mbps + 4800Mbps with 6-stream connectivity** 160MHZ CHANNEL SUPPORT***-Doubles the speeds as offered by...and out PAGE 4 of 10 Capacity Get better performance for better 4K UHD streaming, gaming or video conferencing experience. Data Sheet | RAX50S Nighthawk® AX6 6-Stream AX5400 WiFi Router With 1-year free NETGEAR Armor™ Speed Get ultra-fast wireless speeds for all your family is...
...even when your devices. 4.5X BETTER PERFORMANCE THAN AN AC ROUTER-6-stream WiFi with up to 5.4Gbps† for fast wireless speeds‡ AX WiFi UP TO 5.4GBPS† SPEEDS-600Mbps + 4800Mbps with 6-stream connectivity** 160MHZ CHANNEL SUPPORT***-Doubles the speeds as offered by...and out PAGE 4 of 10 Capacity Get better performance for better 4K UHD streaming, gaming or video conferencing experience. Data Sheet | RAX50S Nighthawk® AX6 6-Stream AX5400 WiFi Router With 1-year free NETGEAR Armor™ Speed Get ultra-fast wireless speeds for all your family is...
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... earlier generation devices VOICE CONTROLLED BY AMAZON ALEXA® & THE GOOGLE ASSISTANT- Data Sheet | RAX50S Nighthawk® AX6 6-Stream AX5400 WiFi Router With 1-year free NETGEAR Armor™ Sharing With NETGEAR, sharing across your network away from home AX WIFI SUPPORTS ALL CURRENT WIFI DEVICES-WiFi 6 supports all current WiFi device and is simple & easy, so you stay that way!
... earlier generation devices VOICE CONTROLLED BY AMAZON ALEXA® & THE GOOGLE ASSISTANT- Data Sheet | RAX50S Nighthawk® AX6 6-Stream AX5400 WiFi Router With 1-year free NETGEAR Armor™ Sharing With NETGEAR, sharing across your network away from home AX WIFI SUPPORTS ALL CURRENT WIFI DEVICES-WiFi 6 supports all current WiFi device and is simple & easy, so you stay that way!
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... Connect app on iOS & Android, securely access your home network & Internet VPN connection from your mobile device remotely STANDARDS-BASED WIFI SECURITY (802.11i, 128-bit AES encryption with PSK) GUEST NETWORK-Separate and secure network for your guests AUTOMATIC FIRMWARE UPDATE-... Access (OFDMA) Using the uplink and downlink OFDMA feature of WiFi 6, the WiFi traffic is managed much more devices to your network. Data Sheet | RAX50S Nighthawk® AX6 6-Stream AX5400 WiFi Router With 1-year free NETGEAR Armor™ Security Maintain high security across your network to add...
... Connect app on iOS & Android, securely access your home network & Internet VPN connection from your mobile device remotely STANDARDS-BASED WIFI SECURITY (802.11i, 128-bit AES encryption with PSK) GUEST NETWORK-Separate and secure network for your guests AUTOMATIC FIRMWARE UPDATE-... Access (OFDMA) Using the uplink and downlink OFDMA feature of WiFi 6, the WiFi traffic is managed much more devices to your network. Data Sheet | RAX50S Nighthawk® AX6 6-Stream AX5400 WiFi Router With 1-year free NETGEAR Armor™ Security Maintain high security across your network to add...
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... Mobile Devices Support for 160MHz channel allows the Nighthawk AX6 WiFi Router to stream at Gigabit speeds to transfer multi-Gigs of 10 PAGE 7 of data. Data Sheet | RAX50S Nighthawk® AX6 6-Stream AX5400 WiFi Router With 1-year free NETGEAR Armor™ Powerful Triple-core Processor Nighthawk AX6 WiFi Router is powered by a powerful triple-core processor designed to supported...
... Mobile Devices Support for 160MHz channel allows the Nighthawk AX6 WiFi Router to stream at Gigabit speeds to transfer multi-Gigs of 10 PAGE 7 of data. Data Sheet | RAX50S Nighthawk® AX6 6-Stream AX5400 WiFi Router With 1-year free NETGEAR Armor™ Powerful Triple-core Processor Nighthawk AX6 WiFi Router is powered by a powerful triple-core processor designed to supported...
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... out of 10 Get instant notifications when malicious threats are discovered easily through the rest. Data Sheet | RAX50S Nighthawk® AX6 6-Stream AX5400 WiFi Router With 1-year free NETGEAR Armor™ Nighthawk App The NETGEAR Nighthawk® App makes it at home and on-the-go VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT-Scans and identifies networksecurity flaws STAY SAFE EVEN...
... out of 10 Get instant notifications when malicious threats are discovered easily through the rest. Data Sheet | RAX50S Nighthawk® AX6 6-Stream AX5400 WiFi Router With 1-year free NETGEAR Armor™ Nighthawk App The NETGEAR Nighthawk® App makes it at home and on-the-go VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT-Scans and identifies networksecurity flaws STAY SAFE EVEN...
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Connection Diagram Data Sheet | RAX50S Nighthawk® AX6 6-Stream AX5400 WiFi Router With 1-year free NETGEAR Armor™ Power On/Off USB port Internet 1G Four Gigabit Ethernet LAN Ports to connect more wired devices PAGE 9 of 10
Connection Diagram Data Sheet | RAX50S Nighthawk® AX6 6-Stream AX5400 WiFi Router With 1-year free NETGEAR Armor™ Power On/Off USB port Internet 1G Four Gigabit Ethernet LAN Ports to connect more wired devices PAGE 9 of 10
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... time. and other trademarks mentioned herein are trademarks of IEEE 802.11AX specification. Data Sheet | RAX50S Nighthawk® AX6 6-Stream AX5400 WiFi Router With 1-year free NETGEAR Armor™ Package Contents • NETGEAR® Nighthawk® AX6 6-stream AX5400 WiFi Router (RAX50) • Ethernet cable • 4 external antennas • Quick start guide • Power adapter Physical Specifications • Dimensions: 11...
... time. and other trademarks mentioned herein are trademarks of IEEE 802.11AX specification. Data Sheet | RAX50S Nighthawk® AX6 6-Stream AX5400 WiFi Router With 1-year free NETGEAR Armor™ Package Contents • NETGEAR® Nighthawk® AX6 6-stream AX5400 WiFi Router (RAX50) • Ethernet cable • 4 external antennas • Quick start guide • Power adapter Physical Specifications • Dimensions: 11...
Installation Guide
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... your modem, and try installing with the installation, try one of NETGEAR, Inc. See the regulatory compliance document before connecting the power supply. By using the router web interface. Contents Overview Router Antenna x 4 Ethernet Cable Power Adapter (varies by region) 1 2 3 4 5 6 USB 3.0 A B CD E F GH A WiFi On/Off Button with LED E Ethernet Ports 1-4 B WPS Button with...
... your modem, and try installing with the installation, try one of NETGEAR, Inc. See the regulatory compliance document before connecting the power supply. By using the router web interface. Contents Overview Router Antenna x 4 Ethernet Cable Power Adapter (varies by region) 1 2 3 4 5 6 USB 3.0 A B CD E F GH A WiFi On/Off Button with LED E Ethernet Ports 1-4 B WPS Button with...
User Manual
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User Manual Nighthawk AX6 6-Stream AX5400 WiFi Router Model RAX50 August 2020 202-12030-03 NETGEAR, Inc. 350 E. Plumeria Drive San Jose, CA 95134, USA
User Manual Nighthawk AX6 6-Stream AX5400 WiFi Router Model RAX50 August 2020 202-12030-03 NETGEAR, Inc. 350 E. Plumeria Drive San Jose, CA 95134, USA
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... including the EU Declaration of Conformity, visit https://www.netgear.com/about/regulatory/. For NETGEAR's Privacy Policy, visit https://www.netgear.com/about /terms-and-conditions. NETGEAR and the NETGEAR Logo are agreeing to NETGEAR's Terms and Conditions at community.netgear.com. Nighthawk AX6 6-Stream AX5400 WiFi Router Support and Community Visit netgear.com/support to get your return period. If you...
... including the EU Declaration of Conformity, visit https://www.netgear.com/about/regulatory/. For NETGEAR's Privacy Policy, visit https://www.netgear.com/about /terms-and-conditions. NETGEAR and the NETGEAR Logo are agreeing to NETGEAR's Terms and Conditions at community.netgear.com. Nighthawk AX6 6-Stream AX5400 WiFi Router Support and Community Visit netgear.com/support to get your return period. If you...
User Manual
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... the antennas 13 Position your router 14 Wall-Mount Your Router 15 Cable your router 16 Chapter 2 Connect to the network and access the router Connect to the network 18 Connect to the network using a wired connection 18 Find and connect to the WiFi network 18 WiFi connection using WPS 18 Types ...of logins 19 Use a web browser to access the router 19 Automatic Internet Setup 19 Log in to the router 21 Install and manage your router with the Nighthawk app 21 Change the language 22...
... the antennas 13 Position your router 14 Wall-Mount Your Router 15 Cable your router 16 Chapter 2 Connect to the network and access the router Connect to the network 18 Connect to the network using a wired connection 18 Find and connect to the WiFi network 18 WiFi connection using WPS 18 Types ...of logins 19 Use a web browser to access the router 19 Automatic Internet Setup 19 Log in to the router 21 Install and manage your router with the Nighthawk app 21 Change the language 22...
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Nighthawk AX6 6-Stream AX5400 WiFi Router Set up an IPv6 6rd Internet connection 37 Manage the MTU size 39 MTU concepts 39 Change the MTU size 40 Chapter 4 Control Access to ... disabled 65 Change the Transmission Power Control 66 Change the WiFi password or the WiFi security 67 Set up a guest WiFi network 68 Enable or disable the WiFi radios 70 Set up a WiFi schedule 71 Specify WPS settings 72 Set up the router as a WiFi access point 73 Set up a bridge for a port group or VLAN tag...
Nighthawk AX6 6-Stream AX5400 WiFi Router Set up an IPv6 6rd Internet connection 37 Manage the MTU size 39 MTU concepts 39 Change the MTU size 40 Chapter 4 Control Access to ... disabled 65 Change the Transmission Power Control 66 Change the WiFi password or the WiFi security 67 Set up a guest WiFi network 68 Enable or disable the WiFi radios 70 Set up a WiFi schedule 71 Specify WPS settings 72 Set up the router as a WiFi access point 73 Set up a bridge for a port group or VLAN tag...
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Nighthawk AX6 6-Stream AX5400 WiFi Router Edit a static route 79 Delete a static route 80 Enable or disable implicit beamforming 81 Enable or disable MU-MIMO 81 Enable or disable AX WiFi 82 Enable bridge mode 83 Chapter 6 Optimize Performance Use Dynamic QoS to optimize Internet traffic management........86 ...Wi-Fi Multimedia Quality of Service 89 Enable or disable AX WiFi 90 Chapter 7 Manage Your Router Update the router firmware 93 Check for new firmware and update the router 93 Manually upload firmware to the router 94 Change the admin password 95 Enable admin password recovery ...
Nighthawk AX6 6-Stream AX5400 WiFi Router Edit a static route 79 Delete a static route 80 Enable or disable implicit beamforming 81 Enable or disable MU-MIMO 81 Enable or disable AX WiFi 82 Enable bridge mode 83 Chapter 6 Optimize Performance Use Dynamic QoS to optimize Internet traffic management........86 ...Wi-Fi Multimedia Quality of Service 89 Enable or disable AX WiFi 90 Chapter 7 Manage Your Router Update the router firmware 93 Check for new firmware and update the router 93 Manually upload firmware to the router 94 Change the admin password 95 Enable admin password recovery ...
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...Stream AX5400 WiFi Router Erase the settings 110 Chapter 8 Share USB Storage Devices Attached to the Router USB device requirements 113 Connect a USB storage device to the router 113 Access a storage device connected to the router from a Windows-based computer 114 Map a USB device to a Windows network drive 114 Access a storage device that is connected to the router... 10 Use VPN to Access Your Network Set up a VPN connection 128 Specify VPN service in the router 128 Install OpenVPN software 129 Install OpenVPN Software on Your Windows Computer.......129 Install OpenVPN software on your ...
...Stream AX5400 WiFi Router Erase the settings 110 Chapter 8 Share USB Storage Devices Attached to the Router USB device requirements 113 Connect a USB storage device to the router 113 Access a storage device connected to the router from a Windows-based computer 114 Map a USB device to a Windows network drive 114 Access a storage device that is connected to the router... 10 Use VPN to Access Your Network Set up a VPN connection 128 Specify VPN service in the router 128 Install OpenVPN software 129 Install OpenVPN Software on Your Windows Computer.......129 Install OpenVPN software on your ...
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Nighthawk AX6 6-Stream AX5400 WiFi Router Set up port forwarding to a local server 141 Add a custom port forwarding service 142 Edit a port forwarding service 143 Delete a port forwarding entry 144 Application xxample: Make a local web server public...........144 How the router implements the port forwarding rule 145 Port triggering 145 ...151 Power LED is off or blinking 152 Internet or Ethernet LAN port LEDs are off 152 WiFi LED is off 152 You cannot log in to the router 153 You cannot access the Internet 154 Troubleshoot Internet browsing 155 Changes are not saved 156 Troubleshoot...
Nighthawk AX6 6-Stream AX5400 WiFi Router Set up port forwarding to a local server 141 Add a custom port forwarding service 142 Edit a port forwarding service 143 Delete a port forwarding entry 144 Application xxample: Make a local web server public...........144 How the router implements the port forwarding rule 145 Port triggering 145 ...151 Power LED is off or blinking 152 Internet or Ethernet LAN port LEDs are off 152 WiFi LED is off 152 You cannot log in to the router 153 You cannot access the Internet 154 Troubleshoot Internet browsing 155 Changes are not saved 156 Troubleshoot...
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Package contents Hardware Setup 9 User Manual Figure 1. Nighthawk AX6 6-Stream AX5400 WiFi Router Unpack your router Your package contains the router, the power adapter, four antennas, and an Ethernet cable.
Package contents Hardware Setup 9 User Manual Figure 1. Nighthawk AX6 6-Stream AX5400 WiFi Router Unpack your router Your package contains the router, the power adapter, four antennas, and an Ethernet cable.
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The port is connected between the router and the modem. Internet LED • Solid white. LED descriptions LED and Button Power LED Description • Solid white. Hardware Setup 10 User Manual No ... is sending or receiving traffic. • Off. Top view Table 1. Figure 2. Power is ready. • Blinking white. The Internet connection is not supplied to the router. Nighthawk AX6 6-Stream AX5400 WiFi Router Top panel LEDs and buttons The status LEDs and two buttons are located on the top panel of the...
The port is connected between the router and the modem. Internet LED • Solid white. LED descriptions LED and Button Power LED Description • Solid white. Hardware Setup 10 User Manual No ... is sending or receiving traffic. • Off. Top view Table 1. Figure 2. Power is ready. • Blinking white. The Internet connection is not supplied to the router. Nighthawk AX6 6-Stream AX5400 WiFi Router Top panel LEDs and buttons The status LEDs and two buttons are located on the top panel of the...