ASUS PL-AC56

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abgn+ac (AC1200)
1200Mbps HomePlug AV2 AC1200 Wi-Fi Powerline Adapter
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3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt Status Unknown
OpenWrt Supported
Tomato any flavor Incompatible
Gargoyle Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev ASUS PL-AC56 A1 (Kit)
FCC ID none specified
Type Powerline Access Point
CPU1 checkY Qualcomm Atheros QCA9563
CPU1 Type MIPS 74Kc
CPU1 Speed 775 MHz
CPU2 Question? Qualcomm Atheros QCA7500
Flash1 Chip Winbond 25L12835F
Flash1 Size 16 MiB 16,777,216 B <br />131,072 Kib <br />16,384 KiB <br />128 Mib <br />0.0156 GiB <br /> (SPI NOR)
Flash2 Chip Winbond Model?
Flash2 Size 4 MiB 4,194,304 B <br />32,768 Kib <br />4,096 KiB <br />32 Mib <br />0.00391 GiB <br />
RAM1 Size 64 MiB 67,108,864 B <br />524,288 Kib <br />65,536 KiB <br />512 Mib <br />0.0625 GiB <br /> (650MHz)
RAM1 Chip Winbond w9751g6kb-25
RAM2 Size 128 MiB 134,217,728 B <br />1,048,576 Kib <br />131,072 KiB <br />1,024 Mib <br />0.125 GiB <br />
RAM2 Chip Winbond w631gg6kb-15
ETH chip1 Qualcomm Atheros QCA9563
Switch Qualcomm Atheros QCA8337N
Ethernet Port Count 3-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab

802dot11 OUI: none specified

Stock bootloader U-Boot
Expansion IF types none specified
Power 100-240 VAC ~ 50/60 Hz, 0.2 A
Connector type CEE 7/17

Flags:
HomePlug AV2, MIMO

Other

Default SSID: PL-AC56_XX_2G
, PL-AC56_XX_5G
Default IP address: http://ap.asus.com
the IP http://ap.asus.com is used by 1 additional devices
of which 1 are ASUS devices
Default login user: admin
Default login password: admin
admin:admin credentials used by 1358 additional devices
of which 209 are ASUS devices

3rd Party Firmware Support OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
Availability End of Life
End of Life date 2022
(Est.) release date August 2016
ASIN B01IR41S4C , 
multiple uses
Country of manuf China
Radio 1
Chip1 Qualcomm Atheros QCA9563
Wireless interface OUI none specified
Antenna Connector Type none specified
MIMO status 2x2:2
Wireless Standard IEEE 802.11b/g/n
802.11n up to 300 Mbps
802.11g up to 54 Mbps
802.11b up to 11 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency 2.4 GHz
Radio 2
Chip1 Qualcomm Atheros QCA9882
Wireless interface OUI none specified
Antenna Connector Type none specified
MIMO status 2x2:2
Wireless Standard IEEE 802.11a/n/ac
802.11ac up to 866 Mbps
802.11n up to 300 Mbps
802.11a up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency 5 GHz

For a list of all currently documented Qualcomm Atheros (QCA) chipsets with specifications, see Qualcomm Atheros.

For a list of all currently documented ASUS devices with specifications, see ASUS.

• 300 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.),
• 867 Mbps - 2SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan.) = AC1200 class

Overview

Sold as part of the PL-AC56 Kit which also includes a ASUS PL-E56P

1200Mbps HomePlug AV2 AC1200 Wi-Fi Powerline Adapter Kit

This device is not certified by the FCC and is not sold in the US.

See also: TP-LINK TL-WPA8630

Links of Interest

Reviews

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

Target: ath79
Subtarget: generic
Package architecture: mips_24kc
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 23.05.0
Current supported version: 25.12.5
LAN Hardware: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8337N
WLAN Hardware: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9563, Qualcomm Atheros QCA9882
Installation method(s):
asus Firmware Restoration tool, U-Boot TFTP recovery, see git-commit
Recovery method(s):
asus Firmware Restoration tool, U-Boot TFTP recovery, see git-commit
Comment:
PLC: QCA7500
git • >> 
ath79: add support for ASUS PL-AC56
Asus PL-AC56 Powerline Range Extender Rev.A1
(in kit with Asus PL-E56P Powerline-slave)

Hardware specifications:
Board: AP152
SoC: QCA9563 2.4G n 3x3
PLC: QCA7500
WiFi: QCA9882 5G ac 2x2
Switch: QCA8337 3x1000M
Flash: 16MB 25L12835F SPI-NOR
DRAM SoC: 64MB w9751g6kb-25
DRAM PLC: 128MB w631gg6kb-15

Clocks: CPU:775.000MHz, DDR:650.000MHz, AHB:258.333MHz, Ref:25.000MHz

MAC addresses as verified by OEM firmware:
use address source
Lan/Wan/PLC *:10 art 0x1002 (label)
2G *:10 art 0x1000
5G *:14 art 0x5000

Important notes:

the PLC firmware has to be provided and copied manually onto the
device! The PLC here has no dedicated flash, thus the firmware file
has to be uploaded to the PLC controller at every system start
the PLC functionality is managed by the script /etc/init.d/plc_basic,
a very basic script based on the the one from Netadair (netadair dot de)
Installation:

Asus windows recovery tool:

have to have the latest Asus firmware flashed before continuing!
install the Asus firmware restoration utility
unplug the router, hold the reset button while powering it on
release when the power LED flashes slowly
specify a static IP on your computer:
IP address: 192.168.1.75
Subnet mask 255.255.255.0
start the Asus firmware restoration utility, specify the factory image
and press upload
do NOT power off the device after OpenWrt has booted until the LED flashing
TFTP Recovery method:

have to have the latest Asus firmware flashed before continuing!
set computer to a static ip, 192.168.1.75
connect computer to the LAN 1 port of the router
hold the reset button while powering on the router for a few seconds
send firmware image using a tftp client; i.e from linux:
$ tftp
tftp> binary
tftp> connect 192.168.1.1
tftp> put factory.bin
tftp> quit
do NOT power off the device after OpenWrt has booted until the LED flashing
Additional notes:

the pairing buttons have to have pressed for at least half a second,
it doesn't matter on which plc device (master or slave) first
it is possible to pair the devices without the button-pairing requirement
simply by pressing reset on the slave device. This will default to the
firmware settings, which is also how the plc_basic script is setting up
the master device, i.e. configuring it to firmware defaults
the PL-E56P slave PLC has its dedicated 4MByte SPI, thus it is capable
to store all firmware currently available. Note that some other
slave devices are not guarantied to have the capacity for the newer
~1MByte firmware blobs!
To have a good overlook about the slave device, here are its specs:
same QCA7500 PLC controller, same w631gg6kb-15 128MB RAM,
25L3233F 4MB SPI-NOR and an AR8035-A 1000M-Transceiver

Notes

Firmware

RTCONFIG_QCA

#elif defined (RTCONFIG_QCA)
	{ "PL-N11",	MODEL_PLN11	},
	{ "PL-N12",	MODEL_PLN12	},
	{ "PL-AC56",	MODEL_PLAC56	},
	{ "PL-AC66U",	MODEL_PLAC66U	},
	{ "4G-AC55U",	MODEL_RT4GAC55U	},
	{ "RT-AC55U",	MODEL_RTAC55U	},
	{ "RT-AC55UHP",	MODEL_RTAC55UHP	},
	{ "RT-AC58U",	MODEL_RTAC58U	},
	{ "RT-AC82U",	MODEL_RTAC82U	},
	{ "RT-AC88N",	MODEL_RTAC88N	},
	{ "RT-AC88S",	MODEL_RTAC88S	},
	{ "BRT-AC828",  MODEL_BRTAC828  },

#ifdef RTCONFIG_QCA
  #if defined (RTCONFIG_WIFI_QCA9557_QCA9882)
#elif defined (RTCONFIG_WIFI_QCA9990_QCA9990) 
   || defined (RTCONFIG_WIFI_QCA9994_QCA9994) 
  #if defined (RTCONFIG_SOC_IPQ8064) 
   || defined (RTCONFIG_SOC_IPQ40XX)

#if defined (RTCONFIG_SWITCH_RTL8370M_PHY_QCA8033_X2) 
 || defined (RTCONFIG_SWITCH_RTL8370MB_PHY_QCA8033_X2)
mknod ("/dev/rtkswitch", S_IFCHR | 0666, makedev(206, 0));

#if (defined (PLN11) || defined (PLN12) 
  || defined (PLAC56) || defined (PLAC66U))
 eval ("ln", "-sf", "/dev/mtdblock2", "/dev/caldata");
 /* mtdblock2 = SPI flash, Factory MTD partition */
#elif (defined (RTAC58U) || defined (RTAC82U))
 eval ("ln", "-sf", "/dev/mtdblock3", "/dev/caldata");
 /* mtdblock3 = cal in NAND flash, Factory MTD partition */

 /* QCA8337_MODEL_LIST = "PL-AC56 PL-AC66U 
    RT-AC55U RT-AC55UHP 4G-AC55U" */
 /* QCA9531ESW_MODEL_LIST = "PL-N11 PL-N12" */
 /* RTL8370M_MODEL_LIST = "RT-AC88S RT-AC88Q BRT-AC828" */
 /* IPQ40XX_DAKOTA_MODEL_LIST = "RT-AC58U RT-AC82U" */
 /* DUMMY_SWITCH_MODEL_LIST = "RT-AC88N" */
 /* MT7620ESW_MODEL_LIST = "RT-N11P RT-N300 RT-N14U 
    RT-AC51U RT-AC52U RT-AC1200HP" */
 /* MT7621ESW_MODEL_LIST = "RT-N56UB1 RT-N56UB2" */

 'Maliby' series: IPQ4018, RE.DK05.1, QCA7500, RE.CH T01.1 SR, SKA BU
 IPQ4018, AP.DKO1.1, DAKOTA 1.0, MALIBU 1.1, 2X2 11AC, DBDC, FEM

 See also https://www.qualcomm.com/products/ipq4018 
 and https://www.qualcomm.com/products/qca7500
cpu info

admin@PL-AC56:/tmp/home/root# cat /proc/cpuinfo

system type             : Qualcomm Atheros QCA956X rev 0
machine                 : Qualcomm Atheros AP152 reference board
processor               : 0
cpu model               : MIPS 74Kc V5.0
BogoMIPS                : 385.84
wait instruction        : yes
microsecond timers      : yes
tlb_entries             : 32
extra interrupt vector  : yes
hardware watchpoint     : yes, count: 4, address/irw mask: 
                          [0x0000, 0x0b08, 0x0da8, 0x0170]
ASEs implemented        : mips16 dsp
shadow register sets    : 1
kscratch registers      : 0
core                    : 0
VCED exceptions         : not available
VCEI exceptions         : not available

 cat /proc/athversion

10.2.4-2.9.0.009 (QCA9558.ILQ.2.0 CSU1.2)

See also

PowerLine (QCA)

Range Extenders

Wireless Routers (QCA)

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