ASUS PCE-AC68

Overview

 * Dual Band 3x3 802.11ac PCI-E Adapter

This device is using a Broadcom BCM4360 (PCIe, 3x3 802.11b/g/n/ac)
 * for maximum PHY rates of 1.3Gbps on the 5GHz band (11ac) and
 * 600Mbps on the 2.4GHz band (11n w/ QAM256 [TurboQAM]).

It would appear (from the photos provided to the FCC and those provided
 * directly from ASUS) that this device is identical to the ASUS PCE-AC66.

See also ASUS PCE-AC88 AC3100 (PCIe, 4x4 802.11b/g/n/ac)..
 * In order to reach 600Mbps/2.4 GHz, RT-AC68U must connect
 * to the ASUS PCE-AC66/68 or RT-AC68U in media bridge mode.

Per ASUS's drivers, the PCI ID for the device is 14e4:43a0..
 * which seems to be the default 4360 ID.

BCM4360_D11AC_ID	0x43a0   /* 4360 802.11ac dualband */ BCM4360_D11AC2G_ID	0x43a1   /* 4360 802.11ac 2.4G device */ BCM4360_D11AC5G_ID	0x43a2   /* 4360 802.11ac 5G device */

Reviews

 * On OpenITforum

Linux driver
The Asus PCE-AC68 is a PCI-Express card which bases on the BCM4360 chipset.
 * Linux Hardware Guide
 * The card has the PCI ID 14e4:43a0

lspci -nn 82:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation Device [14e4:43a0] (rev 02)
 * and is compatible with Linux since at least Ubuntu 12.04.

The kernel module bcmwl since version 6.30.223.141 can be used as a driver for the PCE-AC68.
 * The driver can be compiled from its sources provided at the Broadcom Homepage
 * or from Launchpad. The driver downloaded from launchpad needs to be installed by:

dpkg -i Downloads/bcmwl-kernel-source_6.30.223.141+bdcom-0ubuntu1_i386.deb Under Ubuntu 13.04 the driver can also be installed via the package bcmwl-kernel-source: sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source The installed version of the driver can be read out by: sudo dpkg -s bcmwl-kernel-source >> Version: 6.30.223.30+bdcom-0ubuntu3 Loading of the driver is carried out by: sudo modprobe wl