ASUS TUF Gaming AX5400 WiFi 6 Gaming Router Review

Model Name

• TUF-AX5400

Network Standard

• IEEE 802.11a
• IEEE 802.11b
• IEEE 802.11g
• WiFi 4 (802.11n)
• WiFi 5 (802.11ac)
• WiFi 6 (802.11ax)
• IPv4
• IPv6

Product Segment

• AX5400 ultimate AX performance : 574+4804 Mbps

AX technology

• Yes

Data Rate

• 802.11a : up to 54 Mbps
• 802.11b : up to 11 Mbps
• 802.11g : up to 54 Mbps
• WiFi 4 (802.11n) : up to 300 Mbps
• WiFi 5 (802.11ac) (1024QAM) : up to 4333 Mbps
• WiFi 6 (802.11ax) (2.4GHz) : up to 574 Mbps
• WiFi 6 (802.11ax) (5GHz) : up to 4804 Mbps

Antenna

• External antenna x 6

Transmit/Receive

• 2.4GHz 2×2
• 5GHz-2 4×4

Processor

• 1.5 GHz tri-core processor

Memory

• 256 MB Flash
• 512 MB RAM

Boosts speed

• OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access)
• Beamforming: standard-based and universal
• 1024-QAM high data rate
• 20/40/80/160 MHz bandwidth

Operating Frequency

• 2.4G Hz / 5 GHz

Ports

• RJ45 for Gigabits BaseT for WAN x 1, RJ45 for Gigabits BaseT for LAN x 4
• USB 3.2 Gen 1 x 1

Button

• WPS Button, Reset Button, Power Button

LED Indicator

• Power x 1
• 2.4GHz x 1
• 5GHz x 1
• WAN x 1
• LAN x 4

Power Supply

• AC Input : 100V~240V (50~60Hz)
• DC Output : 12 V with max. 2.5 A current

Product Weight (g)

• 600 g

AiMesh

• AiMesh : Yes
• Primary AiMesh router : Yes
• AiMesh node : Yes

Router APP

• ASUS Router APP : Yes

Game

• Game Boost/acceleration : Yes

Alexa

• Support Alexa skil : Yes

IFTTT

• Support IFTTT : No

AiProtection

• AiProtection : AiProtection Pro
• Router Security Assessment : Yes
• Malicious site blocking : Yes
• Two-Way IPS : Yes
• Infected Device Prevention and Blocking ; Yes

Parental Control

• Parental Control : Yes
• Parental Control Customized Internet schedule : Yes

Traffic Control

• Adaptive QoS : Yes
• Bandwidth Monitor : Yes
• Bandwidth limiter : Yes
• Maximum Bandwidth limiter rule : 32
• Traditional QoS : Yes
• Maximum Traditional QoS rule : 32
• Traffic Monitor : Yes
• Real-time traffic monitor : Yes
• Wired Traffic Monitor : Yes
• Wireless Traffic Monitor : Yes
• Traffic Analyzer : Yes
• Traffic analysis period : Daily, Weekly, Monthly
• Website history : Yes

Wireless

• IPv6 : Yes
• MU-MIMO : Yes
• Wi-Fi Encryption : WPA3-Personal, WPA2-Personal, WPA-Personal, WPA-Enterprise , WPA2-Enterprise , WPS support
• UTF-8 SSID : Yes
• Guest Network : Yes
• Maximum Guest Network rule : 2.4GHz x3, 5GHz x3
• WPS : Yes
• Wi-Fi MAC address filter : Yes
• Maximum MAC filters : 64
• Wireless scheduler : Yes
• Airtime fairness : Yes
• RADIUS Server : Yes
• Universal beamforming : Yes
• Explicit beamforming : Yes
• IGMP snooping : Yes

WAN

• Internet connection Type : PPPoE, PPTP, L2TP, Automatic IP, Static IP
• Dual WAN : Yes
• WAN Aggregation : Yes
• 3G/4G LTE dongle : Yes
• Android tethering : Yes
• Port forwarding : Yes
• Maximum port forwarding rule : 64
• Port triggering : Yes
• Maximum port triggering rule : 32
• DMZ : Yes
• DDNS : Yes
• NAT Passthrough : PPTP Pass-Through, L2TP Pass-Through, IPSec Pass-Through, RTSP Pass-Through, H.323 Pass-Through, SIP Pass-Through, PPPoE relay

LAN

• DHCP Server : Yes
• IPTV : Yes
• LAN Link Aggregation : Yes
• Manually assign IP address : Yes
• Maximum manually assign IP address rule : 64

VPN

• VPN Client L2PT : Yes
• VPN Client OVPN : Yes
• VPN Client PPTP : Yes
• VPN Server IPSec : Yes
• VPN Server OVPN : Yes
• VPN Server PPTP : Yes
• VPN Fusion : Yes

USB application

• File System : HFS+, NTFS, vFAT, ext2, ext3, ext4
• 3G/4G LTE dongle : Yes
• HDD hibernation : Yes
• Safely Remove disk : Yes
• AiCloud : Yes
• Download master : Yes
• AiDisk : Yes
• Media Server : Yes
• Time Machine : Yes
• Samba Server : Yes
• FTP Server : Yes
• Shared Folder privileges : Yes

Administration

• Operating mode : Wireless router mode
• Access point mode
• Media bridge mode
• Repeater mode
• AiMesh node mode
• Operating system : ASUSWRT
• Free OS upgrade : Yes
• Firewall : Yes
• Maximum Firewall keyword filter : 64
• Maximum Firewall network service filter : 32
• Maximum Firewall URL filter : 64
• Wake on LAN (WOL) : Yes
• SSH : Yes
• Configuration backup and restore : Yes
• Diagnosis tools : Yes
• Feedback system : Yes
• System log : Yes