ASUS RT-AC68U Extreme

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AC2900 Dual-Band Gigabit Wi-Fi Router
Asus RT-AC68U 001.jpg
Homepage Product page (RT-AC86U)
Support Support page
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Wikipedia Asus routers
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt Status Unknown
OpenWrt Status Unknown
Tomato any flavor Status Unknown
Gargoyle Status Unknown
Platform
BrandModelRev ASUS RT-AC68U Extreme
FCC ID MSQ-RTACHN00
Type wireless router
Series RT-AC68
CPU1 checkY Broadcom BCM4906
CPU1 Type ARMv8 Cortex-A53
CPU1 Speed 1.8 GHz ( 2 cores ) 64-bit
Flash1 Chip Macronix Model?
Flash1 Size 256 MiB268,435,456 B <br />2,097,152 Kib <br />262,144 KiB <br />2,048 Mib <br />0.25 GiB <br /> (NAND)
RAM1 Size 512 MiB536,870,912 B <br />4,194,304 Kib <br />524,288 KiB <br />4,096 Mib <br />0.5 GiB <br />
RAM1 Chip Micron MT41K256M16TW-107:P
ETH chip1 Broadcom BCM4906
Switch Broadcom BCM4906
Ethernet Port Count 1-1GbE-WAN
4-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab

802dot11 OUI: none specified

Stock bootloader CFE
Stock FW OS Linux
Expansion IF types USB 2.0, USB 3.1 (Gen 1)
USB ports 2
USB Hub Compatible Untested
Power 19 VDC, 1.75 A
Connector type barrel
Serial Port (UART) yes, 4-pin header
JTAG Port yes, 10-pad header

Flags:
Wave2, MU-MIMO, AiMesh, DFS (master)

Other

Default SSID: ASUS_XX_2G (19 addl. devices)
, ASUS_XX_5G (18 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 WG9117B AC44 -ASU
3rd Party Firmware Support AsusWRT-Merlin • (Wiki | List)
Retail
FCC approval date 20 April 2017
Country of manuf China
Radio 1
Chip1 Broadcom BCM4365E
Wireless interface OUI none specified
Antenna Connector Type RP-SMA
MIMO status 3x3:3
Wireless Standard IEEE 802.11b/g/n
N-QAM up to 750 Mbps
802.11n up to 450 Mbps
802.11g up to 54 Mbps
802.11b up to 11 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency 2.4 GHz
Radio 2
Chip1 Broadcom BCM4366E
Wireless interface OUI none specified
Antenna Connector Type U.FL, RP-SMA
MIMO status 4x4:4
Wireless Standard IEEE 802.11a/n/ac
802.11ac up to 2167 Mbps
N-QAM up to 750 Mbps
802.11n up to 600 Mbps
802.11a up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency 5 GHz
 FCC ID
ASUS GT-AC2900MSQ-RTACHN00
ASUS RT-AC86UMSQ-RTACHN00
 CPU1 brandRadio1 chip1 brandRadio2 chip1 brand
ASUS RT-AC68PBroadcomBroadcomBroadcom
ASUS RT-AC68U ExtremeBroadcomBroadcomBroadcom
ASUS RT-AC68U V3BroadcomBroadcomBroadcom
ASUS RT-AC68U rev A1BroadcomBroadcomBroadcom
ASUS RT-AC68U rev B2BroadcomBroadcomBroadcom
ASUS RT-AC68U rev C1
ASUS RT-AC68U rev E1
ASUS RT-AC68UFBroadcomBroadcomBroadcom
ASUS RT-AC68W

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.

2167 Mbps - 4SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan., 1024-QAM),
750 Mbps - 3SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan., 1024-QAM) = AC2900 class

Overview

"RT-AC86U REV 1.40" and "1650" is silkscreened on the board.

According to the Model Names Confirmation Letter at the FCC:

Model No:
are identical in electrical, mechanical and physical design.
The difference between these models is only for marketing purpose.

XX in the default SSID refers to the last two digits of 2.4GHz

MAC address found on the label on the back of the router.

A Class II Permissive Change Letter submitted to the FCC 11/14/2017

indicates two major changes to the product:
  • 1. Add WLAN 5G band 2 and band 3 functions (DFS)
  • 2. Add Mesh function. (AiMesh)
See also: ASUS RT-AC68

Links of Interest

Forum threads

See also

List of MU-MIMO supported devices