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ASUS PL-AC56

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abgn+ac (AC1200)
1200Mbps HomePlug AV2 AC1200 Wi-Fi Powerline Adapter
ASUS PL-AC56.jpg
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3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt Status Unknown
OpenWrt Supported
Tomato any flavor Incompatible
Gargoyle Status Unknown
Platform
BrandModelRev 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 Model?
Flash1 Size 16 MiB16,777,216 B <br />131,072 Kib <br />16,384 KiB <br />128 Mib <br />0.0156 GiB <br />
Flash2 Chip Winbond Model?
Flash2 Size 4 MiB4,194,304 B <br />32,768 Kib <br />4,096 KiB <br />32 Mib <br />0.00391 GiB <br />
RAM1 Size 64 MiB67,108,864 B <br />524,288 Kib <br />65,536 KiB <br />512 Mib <br />0.0625 GiB <br />
RAM1 Chip Winbond Model?
RAM2 Size 64 MiB67,108,864 B <br />524,288 Kib <br />65,536 KiB <br />512 Mib <br />0.0625 GiB <br />
RAM2 Chip Winbond
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 1347 additional devices
of which 208 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 Flag of United Kingdom.svg
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.

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

Links of Interest

Reviews

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
OpenWrt Target: ath79
OpenWrt Subtarget: generic
OpenWrt Package architecture: mips_24kc
Support started version: 23.05.0
Current supported version: 24.10.0
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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)