ASUS EA-AC87

Overview

 * • 1733Mbps - 4-stream 802.11ac device (433Mbps per stream) = 1800 Mbps class

The device can operate as a Media Bridge or a Access Point.
 * AP: http://findasus.local (http://www.asusrouter.com)
 * SSID: ASUS_5G

"AW5005AAC44-ASU", "HannStar", "1505" (02/2015), ASUS logo and
 * "EA-AC87 REV 1.40" is silkscreened on the board in the photos.

Reviews

 * Asus EA-AC87 Review on iXBT (RU)
 * CPU: Quantenna QT3840BC @500MHz SoC (Argonaut RISC)
 * WLAN: Quantenna QT2518B 802.11ac 4T4R (1733Mbps)
 * RAM: 128MB, Flash: 16MB, Switch: Realtek RTL8367RB


 * Asus EA-AC87 Review on K.L.Seet
 * Asus EA-AC87 Review on FoxNetLab
 * Flash: Macronix MX25L12845EMI-10G 16MB (SPI)
 * 5GHz Power Amplifier: 4x Skyworks SKY85405-11 (FCC images)
 * 5GHz SPDT Switch: 4x Skyworks SKY13370-374LF (SKY3370)


 * Asus EA-AC87 Review on OpenITforum (PL)

Forum threads

 * Reviewed on KoolShare forums (CN) (internal images)
 * Quantenna QSR1000 @500MHz ARC 700 Dual on-chip processors
 * Quantenna QSR1000 (QV840/HS800): SoC QT3840BC + RFIC QT2518B

Blogs

 * RT-AC87U The Ultimate Router 4×4 MU-MIMO – CES 2014 @ ASUS' PCDiY blog

Press releases

 * Quantenna Powers World’s Fastest 802.11ac Dual-Band Wave 2 ASUS RT-AC87U Router - Quantenna press release

Other

 * FCC doc w/ more details about the Quantenna QV840 chipset (via an Actiontec filing)
 * This module is noted to contain a small 64KB SPI Flash w/ not
 * much else on-board besides the bootloader and calibration data.
 * The main firmware is uploaded to the device via its RGMII interface.


 * ASUS AC2300 Router Coming @ SmallNetBuilder
 * Wave 2, AC2400
 * 4x4 MU-MIMO 802.11ac
 * IEEE 802.11ac: 5 GHz (80MHz) 4T4R 1700 Mbps


 * WLAN mit 1700 MBit/s @ heise.de (DE)
 * Erster Chipsatz für 11ac-WLAN mit 4 MIMO-Streams @ heise.de (DE)

@ koolshare.cn

 * Board top
 * Board bottom
 * RTL8367RB GbE Switch
 * Block diagram