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ASUS RT-AC56U
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| 802.11ac Dual-Band Wireless-AC1200 Gigabit Router | |||||||||||||||||
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| 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 (fcc.io) | MSQ-RTAC56U, MSQ-RTAC56UA | ||||||||||||||||
| FCC ID (fcc.report) | MSQ-RTAC56U, MSQ-RTAC56UA | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
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Default SSID: ASUS (100 addl. 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 | ||||||||||||||||
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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.
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
- 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
- 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).
Flashing
| NOTE: During configuration or flashing a device, the only things that should be hooked to the device is the computer and power. |
Flashing dd-wrt
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Flashing OpenWrt
| Devices with Broadcom WiFi chipsets have limited OpenWrt supportability (due to limited FLOSS driver availability for Broadcom chips). Consider this when choosing a device to buy, or when deciding to flash OpenWrt on your device because it is listed as supported. See Broadcom WiFi for details. |
OpenWrt Subtarget: generic
OpenWrt Package architecture: arm_cortex-a9
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 15.05
Current supported version: 24.10.4
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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Flashing Tomato
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Pictures
See also
- ASUS
- Embedded system/wireless router
- Embedded System Broadcom
- Embedded System BCM4708A0
- Broadcom
- Embedded System ARM
- Embedded System Cortex-A9
- Manuf Arcadyan
- Tomato Supported
- OpenWrt Supported
- Embedded System BCM43217
- Has Mimo Status
- Embedded System IEEE 802.11b/g/n
- Embedded System BCM4352
- Embedded System IEEE 802.11a/n/ac
- Dual-Radio Wireless Embedded System
- Wireless Embedded System
- Dual-Band
- Embedded System
- Wi-Fi Certified
- English Documentation