ASUS RT-AC56U

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abgn+ac (AC1200)
802.11ac Dual-Band Wireless-AC1200 Gigabit Router
Homepage	Product page
Support	Support page
Downloads	Download page
Wikipedia	Asus routers
InfoDepot Wiki	Asus RT-N56U
WikiDevi.wi-cat.ru	ASUS RT-AC56U
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Supported
OpenWrt	Partial Support
Tomato any flavor	Supported
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	ASUS RT-AC56U
Model Part Number	90IG0060-BM3G20
FCC ID	MSQ-RTAC56U
IC ID	3568A-RTAC56U
Type	wireless router
CPU1	Broadcom BCM4708A0
CPU1 Type	ARM Cortex-A9
CPU1 Speed	800 MHz ( 2 cores )
Flash1 Chip	Spansion S34ML01G100TFI00
Flash1 Size	128 MiB134,217,728 B <br />1,048,576 Kib <br />131,072 KiB <br />1,024 Mib <br />0.125 GiB <br />
RAM1 Size	256 MiB268,435,456 B <br />2,097,152 Kib <br />262,144 KiB <br />2,048 Mib <br />0.25 GiB <br /> (DDR3 1600)
RAM1 Chip	ESMT M15F2G16128A
ETH chip1	Broadcom BCM4708A0
Switch	Broadcom BCM4708A0
Ethernet Port Count	1-1GbE-WAN 4-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3/3u/3ab
802dot11 OUI: 60:A4:4C (4 E, 8 W) Ethernet OUI: 60:A4:4C (4 E, 8 W)
Stock bootloader	CFE
Stock FW OS	Linux 2.6.36 brcmarm
Expansion IF types	USB 3.0, USB 2.0
USB ports	2
USB Hub Compatible	Untested
Power	19 VDC, 1.75 A
Connector type	barrel
Flags: AiCloud
Additional chips 2.4GHz Power Amplifier;Richwave;RTC6649E;;3; 5GHz Power Amplifier;Skyworks;SE5023L;SiGe, 5023L, 123;3;
Other
Default SSID: ASUS (100 addl. devices) , ASUS_5G (46 addl. devices) Default IP address: 192.168.1.1 the IP 192.168.1.1 is used by 1326 additional devices of which 173 are ASUS devices Default login user: admin Default login password: admin admin:admin credentials used by 1343 additional devices of which 207 are ASUS devices
Manuf/OEM/ODM	Arcadyan WG6117E AC22-ASU
3rd Party Firmware Support	AsusWRT-Merlin • (Wiki | List) , FreshTomato • (List | DLs) , OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs) , Tomato (Shibby) • (List | DLs) , TomatoUSB RAF (Victek) • (List | DLs)
Retail
Availability	End of Life
End of Life date	2016
FCC approval date	03 May 2013
(Est.) release date	13 July 2014
(Est.) initial retail price (in USD):	$164.99
UPC	886227392513 (UPC DB, On eBay)
EAN	0886227392513 (UPC DB, On eBay)
Newegg	N82E16833320167R
ASINs	B00D7S1CCM B00DES2FQW B00LR4OF5Y
Country of manuf	China
Radio 1
Chip1	Broadcom BCM43217
Wireless interface OUI	60:A4:4C
Antenna Connector Type	none (internal)
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 cor_rev	24
Radio 2
Chip1	Broadcom BCM4352
Wireless interface OUI	60:A4:4C
Antenna Connector Type	none (internal)
MIMO status	2x2:2
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11a/n/ac
802.11ac	up to 867 Mbps
802.11n	up to 300 Mbps
802.11a	up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	5 GHz
Radio cor_rev	40
CPU1 brand Radio1 chip1 brand Radio2 chip1 brand ASUS RT-AC56R Broadcom Broadcom Broadcom ASUS RT-AC56S Broadcom Broadcom Broadcom ASUS RT-AC56U Broadcom Broadcom Broadcom

For a list of all currently documented Broadcom chipsets with specifications, see Broadcom.

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

• 867 Mbps - 2SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan.),

• 300 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = AC1200 class

Overview

RT-AC56R and RT-AC56R are the same device and both will work with the same firmware image, the name difference is only related to commercial packaging. See forum thread for more details.

• Model Num: 90IG0060-BM3G20

Wireless-AC1200, AiCloud support

Linux kernel 2.6.36.4 (brcmarm)

• Wi-Fi Certified : WFA19392 (as of 04/15/2013)
• End-of-Life Product List on ASUS

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

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

Links of Interest

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

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On the DDWRT Wiki
Support started version: rt-ac56u build 21061 20130325
Current supported version: ?

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Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
On the OpenWrt Wiki
On the OpenWrt Forum
OpenWrt Target: bcm53xx
OpenWrt Subtarget: generic
OpenWrt Package architecture: arm_cortex-a9
Support started version: 15.05
Current supported version: 23.05.5
Unsupported Functions:
WiFi 5GHz, WiFi 2.4GHz partly

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Pictures

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See also

• Asus Wireless AC networking solutions
• Asus Routers with DD-WRT firmware support
• AsusWRT Support List
• Devices ASUS Routers