ASUS RT-AX52 Pro

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abgn+ac+ax (AX3000)
AX3000 Dual Band Wi-Fi 6 Extendable Router
Homepage	Product page
Wikipedia	Asus routers
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Status Unknown
OpenWrt	Supported
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	ASUS RT-AX52Pro
FCC ID	none specified
Type	wireless router
CPU1 Y	MediaTek MT7981BA
CPU1 Type	ARM Cortex-A53
CPU1 Speed	1.3 GHz ( 2 cores ) 64-bit
Flash1 Chip	Brand? Model?
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 /> (SPI NAND)
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)
RAM1 Chip	Brand? Model?
ETH chip1	MediaTek MT7981BA
Switch	MediaTek MT7531AE
Ethernet Port Count	1-1GbE-WAN 3-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab
802dot11 OUI: none specified
Expansion IF types	none specified
Power	12 VDC, 1 A
Connector type	barrel
Flags: Wi-Fi 6
Other
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Physical
Dimensions	192 x 126.3 x 47.5 mm (WxDxH)
Weight	298g
Radio 1
Chip1	MediaTek MT7981BA
Chip2	MediaTek MT7976CN
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	MHF4
MIMO status	2x2:2
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11b/g/n/ax
802.11ax	up to 574 Mbps
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 2
Chip1	MediaTek MT7981BA
Chip2	MediaTek MT7976CN
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	MHF4
MIMO status	2x2:2
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11a/n/ac/ax
AX-QAM	up to 2402 Mbps
802.11ax	up to 1201 Mbps
802.11ac	up to 867 Mbps
802.11n	up to 300 Mbps
802.11a	up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	5 GHz
CPU1 brand Radio1 chip1 brand Radio2 chip1 brand ASUS RT-AX52 MediaTek MediaTek MediaTek ASUS RT-AX52 Pro MediaTek MediaTek MediaTek

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

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

• 574 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11ax (40MHz chan., 1024QAM),

• 2402 Mbps - 2SS 5GHz 802.11ax (160MHz chan., 1024QAM) = AX3000 class

Links of Interest

• https://root-nation.com/en/other-en/net-en/en-asus-rt-ax52-pro-review/

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)

Target: mediatek
Subtarget: filogic
Package architecture: aarch64_cortex-a53
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 24.10.0
Current supported version: 25.12.3

LAN Hardware: MediaTek MT7531AE
WLAN Hardware: MediaTek MT7981BA, MediaTek MT7976CN
WLAN Comment: MIMO 2x2:2 on both bands
Install Comment:
GUI OEM
Recovery Comment:
see devicepage

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mediatek: filogic: ASUS RT-AX52 PRO support The board is exactly identical to the ASUS RT-AX52, I've literally not changed a single thing. Only AX52 is AX1800, PRO is AX3000. SOC: MediaTek MT7981b RAM: 256MB DDR3 FLASH: 128MB SPI-NAND (Winbond W25N01GV) WIFI: Mediatek MT7981b DBDC 802.11ax 2.4/5 GHz ETH: MediaTek MT7531 Switch UART: 3V3 115200 8N1 (Pinout silkscreened / Do not ocnnect VCC) Use the compiled asus_rt-ax52-pro-initramfs.trx file from the this repo. Connect the PC via LAN to one of the yellow router ports and wait until your PC to get a DHCP lease. Browse to http://192.168.50.1 or http://www.asusrouter.com/ If your router is brand new, finish the setup process and log into the Web-UI. Navigate to Administration → Firmware Upgrade or use this link http://www.asusrouter.com/Advanced_FirmwareUpgrade_Content.asp. Upload the .trx file to router Wait for it to reboot trx image is initramfs version. You must upgrade to squashfs version. Browse to http://192.168.1.1/cgi-bin/luci/admin/system/flash Upload asus_rt-ax52-pro-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin and use sysupgrade -n Wait for it to reboot SSH to 192.168.1.1 and set a root password, or browse to http://192.168.1.1 -------Revert to stock asus firmware ---------: 1: Download the rt-ax52 firmware from ASUS official website. Save the firmware to tftp server directory and rename to RT-AX52.trx 2: Connect the PC with TFTP server to the RT-AX52. Set a static ip on the ethernet interface of your PC. (ip address: 192.168.1.70, subnet mask:255.255.255.0) 3: Conect to the serial console, power on again, interrupt the autoboot process by pressing '4' when prompted. $ ubi remove linux $ ubi remove jffs2 $ ubi remove rootfs $ ubi remove rootfs_data $ ubi create linux 0x45fe000 $ reset then the dut will reboot,interrupt the autoboot process by pressing '2' when prompted. 2: Load System code then write to Flash via TFTP. Warning!! Erase Linux in Flash then burn new one. Are you sure?(Y/N) $: enter y you will see the follow, type enter directly: Input device IP (192.168.1.1) ==: Input server IP (192.168.1.70) ==: Input Linux Kernel filename (RT-AX52.trx) ==: 4: wait for the device run up Signed-off-by: Emre Yavuzalp <emreyavuzalp2@gmail.com> Link: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/21905 Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens