ASUS RT-AC56U

Overview

 * Model Num: 90IG0060-BM3G20
 * Wireless-AC1200, AiCloud support
 * Linux kernel 2.6.36.4 (brcmarm)


 * End-of-Life Product List on ASUS

FCC info

 * The FCC test report specifies the manufacturer of the device as Compal
 * (Compal Networking [KunShan]), however, the FCC photos show the board w/
 * standard Arcadyan (in which it appears Compal has a significant stake)
 * labels on it (model: Arcadyan WG6117EAC22-ASU)


 * PCB in the FCC photos:
 * "RT-AC56U REV 1.60" is silkscreened on the (red) PCB
 * "RT-AC56U REV 2.00" is silkscreened on the (blue) PCB

Specifications

 * Overclocking RT-AC56U on SmallNetBuilder •  CPU: BCM4708 @800 MHz
 * (Broadcom BCM4708A0 per FCC photos), Broadcom BCM43217/BCM4352
 * WLAN: 2T2R 802.11n 300Mbps (2.4GHz), 802.11ac 867Mbps (5GHz)
 * RAM: ESMT M15F2G16128A-ADB DDR3-1600 (800/667/533MHz)
 * USB: 1x USB 2.0, 1x USB 3.0

News

 * CES 2013: New ASUS Networking Solutions on Asus
 * ASUS RT-AC56U Dual-Band Wireless AC1200 Router on guru3d
 * CES 2013 Day 0 - ASUS Networking Products on Asus

Reviews

 * Inside Story: ASUS RT-AC56U & RT-AC68U on SmallNetBuilder
 * ASUS RT-AC56U Router Preview on Techinstyle
 * Review on Techbang
 * On HardwareZone
 * On VR-Zone

Forum threads

 * On SmallNetBuilder forums
 * On wl500g forums
 * On iXBT forums
 * On ITCafe forums
 * GPIO (active_low):
 * 0 - USB 3.0 LED
 * 1 - WAN (Internet) LED
 * 2 - LAN LED
 * 3 - Power LED
 * 4 - All LED *
 * 5 - Wi-Fi 2.4GHz LED
 * 6 - Wi-Fi 5GHz LED
 * 7 - Wi-Fi On/Off Button
 * 11 - Reset Button
 * 14 - USB 2.0 LED
 * 15 - WPS Button
 * All LED * disable:
 * gpio enable 3
 * gpio enable 4

Support

 * Asuswrt-Merlin - custom firmware for Asus routers
 * DD-WRT Forum - Support is experimental (r21676)
 * DD-WRT support: SVN commit 20981
 * Asus RT-AC56U OpenWrt
 * Note: While OpenWrt is supported, there is no support for the AC radio
 * (there is no open-source driver for BCM4352 and you cannot use wl).


 * OpenWRT support: SVN commit 45353

Pictures
Asus Images