Asus RT-AC68U

Wikidevi Notes
Asus RT-AC68U 802.11ac DualBand Wireless AC1900 Gigabit Router

Product Page Wi-Fi Certified

CES 2013 Day 0 - ASUS Networking Products on YouTube (3:30)

ASUS Announces Next-Generation Wi-Fi Devices and New Portable Projector - ASUS Press Release

Broadcom Announces Beefed-Up SoCs To Power Up Draft 802.11ac Products on SmallNetBuilder (BCM4708x series announcement stuff)

> On wl500g > On IXBT > On HardWareZone
 * Image of the device on hardwarezone.com.sg on maylyn's AC66U review thread

Inside Story: ASUS RT-AC56U & RT-AC68U > on SmallNetBuilder


 * Per SmallNetBuilder conversation w/ Broadcom, TurboQAM functionality is integrated into Broadcom 802.11ac chips - allowing QAM256 usage in the 2.4GHz band. This would seem to indicate the device uses a BCM4360 for each radio.

Presumed specifications of the device follow..


 * CPU: BCM4708 (1GHz*) Overclocking RT-AC56U > On SNB
 * Wi-Fi
 * 5GHz - 3T3R 802.11ac 1300Mbps, likely using BCM4360
 * 2.4GHz - 3T3R 802.11n 600Mbps w/ usage of QAM256 (TurboQAM), likely using BCM4360 as well
 * Expansion IFs: 1x USB 2.0, 1x USB 3.0
 * Dimensions: Dimensions:220 mm x 160 mm x 83.3 mm
 * Weight: Weight:500 g


 * Linux kernel 2.6.36.4 (brcmarm)
 * Wireless-AC1900
 * AiCloud support


 * Also applies to the RT-AC68R

[Pre-Order] (Newegg.com - Source Release Date + Price)

experimental DD-WRT support in SVN r21018

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