ASUS RT-AC56U

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abgn+ac (AC1200)
802.11ac Dual-Band Wireless-AC1200 Gigabit Router
Asus RT-AC56U 001.jpg
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dd-wrt Supported
OpenWrt Partial Support
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Gargoyle Status Unknown
Platform
BrandModelRev ASUS RT-AC56U
Model Part Number 90IG0060-BM3G20
FCC ID 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 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 1335 additional devices
of which 174 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

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 Flag of the United States.svg
B00DES2FQW Flag of the United States.svg
B00LR4OF5Y Flag of US.svg
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)

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).

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

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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: 24.10.2
Unsupported Functions:
WiFi 5GHz, WiFi 2.4GHz partly
Comment:
RT-AC56U and RT-AC56R are the same device

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Pictures

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See also