ASUS RT-AC56U

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abgn+ac (AC1200)
802.11ac Dual-Band Wireless-AC1200 Gigabit Router
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3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt Supported
OpenWrt Partial Support
Tomato any flavor Supported
Gargoyle Status Unknown
Platform
BrandModelRev ASUS RT-AC56U
Model Part Number 90IG0060-BM3G20
FCC ID (fcc.io) MSQ-RTAC56U, MSQ-RTAC56UA
FCC ID (fcc.report) MSQ-RTAC56U, MSQ-RTAC56UA
IC ID 3568A-RTAC56U
Type wireless router
CPU1 checkY Broadcom BCM4708A0
CPU1 Type ARM Cortex-A9
CPU1 Speed 800 MHz ( 2 cores )
Flash1 Chip Spansion S34ML01G100TFI00
Flash1 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 />
RAM1 Size 256 MiB 268,435,456 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 1352 additional devices
of which 174 are ASUS devices
Default login user: admin
Default login password: admin
admin:admin credentials used by 1353 additional devices
of which 208 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
 FCC ID
ASUS RT-AC56SMSQ-RTAC56UA
 CPU1 brandRadio1 chip1 brandRadio2 chip1 brand
ASUS RT-AC56RBroadcomBroadcomBroadcom
ASUS RT-AC56SBroadcomBroadcomBroadcom
ASUS RT-AC56UBroadcomBroadcomBroadcom

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

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

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)

Specifications

(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

Reviews

Forum threads

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

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).

Flashing

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

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Target: bcm53xx
Subtarget: generic
Package architecture: arm_cortex-a9
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 15.05
Current supported version: 24.10.4
Unsupported Functions:
WiFi 5GHz, WiFi 2.4GHz partly
LAN Hardware: Broadcom BCM4708A0
WLAN Hardware: Broadcom BCM4352, Broadcom BCM43217
Installation method(s):
GUI generic
Recovery method(s):
Asus Firmware Restoration tool, CFE TFTP recovery, see devicepage
Comment:
RT-AC56U and RT-AC56R are the same device

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Pictures

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See also