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ASUS RT-N18U
| bgn (N600) | |
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| High-Power N600 Gigabit Wi-Fi Router | |
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| Homepage | Product page |
| Support | Support page |
| Downloads | Download page |
| Wikipedia | Asus routers |
| WikiDevi.wi-cat.ru | ASUS RT-N18U |
| 3rd Party Firmware | |
| dd-wrt | Supported |
| OpenWrt | Partial Support |
| Tomato any flavor | Supported |
| Gargoyle | Status Unknown |
| Platform | |
| Brand • Model • Rev | ASUS RT-N18U A1 (2.20) |
| FCC ID (fcc.io) | MSQ-RTN18U |
| FCC ID (fcc.report) | MSQ-RTN18U |
| IC ID | 3568A-RTN18U |
| Type | wireless router |
| CPU1 | Broadcom BCM47081A0 |
| CPU1 Type | ARMv7 Cortex-A9 |
| CPU1 Speed | 800 MHz |
| 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 /> (NAND (SLC)) |
| 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 | Samsung K4B2G1646Q-BCKO |
| nvram Size | 64K |
| ETH chip1 | Broadcom BCM47081A0 |
| Switch | Broadcom BCM47081A0 |
| 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 | 3 |
| USB Hub Compatible | Untested |
| Power | 12 VDC, 1.5 A |
| Connector type | barrel |
| Serial Port (UART) | yes, internal, 4-pin header, 3.3V TTL, (115200 8N1) |
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Default SSID: ASUS (100 addl. devices) | |
| Manuf/OEM/ODM | Arcadyan WG7116G A33 1-ASU |
| 3rd Party Firmware Support |
AsusWRT-Merlin • (Wiki | List) , DD-WRT • (List) , FreshTomato • (List | DLs) , HGG (Hugo Gomes) (Merlin Fork) , OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs) , Tomato (Shibby) • (List | DLs) |
| Retail | |
| Availability | common |
| FCC approval date | 03 July 2014 |
| Newegg | 9SIA4UG2S02208 |
| ASIN |
B00KPWLXYU |
| Country of manuf | China |
| Radio 1 | |
| Chip1 | Broadcom BCM4360 |
| Wireless interface OUI | AC:22:0B |
| Antenna Connector Type | RP-SMA |
| MIMO status | 3x3:3 |
| Wireless Standard | IEEE 802.11b/g/n |
| N-QAM | up to 600 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 cor_rev | 40 |
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.
- • 600 Mbps - 4SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = N600 class
Overview
"ASUS RT-N18U REV 2.20" is silkscreened on the board in the FCC photos.
Per ASUS's product page, this device has 128MB Flash and 256MB RAM.
- This device is using Broadcom BCM4360KMLG (3T3R) -
- QAM-256 (nqam) modes will be available for use.
- RAM: 256MB (DDR3-1600), Flash: 128MB NAND (SLC)
- 1x USB 3.0, 1x USB 2.0, 3x 2dbi antenna
Links of Interest
Reviews
Forum threads
On TomatoUSB forums{Dead link)
(RU)
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
Current supported version: ?
Please insert instructions here
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 2.4GHz partly
LAN Hardware: Broadcom BCM47081A0
WLAN Hardware: Broadcom BCM4360
Installation method(s):
CFE TFTP recovery, see devicepage
Recovery method(s):
CFE TFTP recovery
Please insert instructions here
Flashing Tomato
Please insert instructions here
Notes
Probable included PSU(s)
The power supply shown in the FCC photos is a
- Leader Electronics MU18-R120150-A1.
| Leader Electronics MU18-R120150 -A1 (more) | |||||
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| Input: 100-240 VAC ~ 50/60 Hz, 0.6 A | |||||
| Input connector: NEMA 1-15P Style: medium, horiz. Eff. level: 5 | |||||
| Output: 12 VDC, 1.5 A | |||||
| Output connector: barrel (center +) OD: ?? ID: ?? LEN: ?? | |||||
GPL info
| GPL info • >> |
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export RT-N18U := IPV6SUPP=y HTTPS=y ARM=y BCM57=y NTFS="paragon" HFS="paragon" AUTODICT=y BBEXTRAS=y USBEXTRAS=y EBTABLES=y MDNS=y MEDIASRV=y MODEM=y GRO=y BECEEM=y PARENTAL2=y ACCEL_PPTPD=y PRINTER=y WEBDAV=y CLOUDSYNC=y STAINFO=y DROPBOXCLIENT=y FTPCLIENT=y SAMBACLIENT=y XHCI=y APP="installed" MODEMPIN=y BUILD_NAME="RT-N18U" PROXYSTA=y DNSMQ=y SHP=y NVRAM_64K=y BCMWL6=y BCMWL6A=y TUNEK="n" BCM5301X=y DISK_MONITOR=y LANWAN_LED=y OPTIMIZE_XBOX=y ODMPID=y DUALWAN=y REPEATER=y ARMCPUSMP=up USER_LOW_RSSI=y OPENVPN=y TIMEMACHINE=y VPNC=y BRCM_NAND_JFFS2=y JFFS2LOG=y XHCIMODE=y DEBUGFS=y SWEBDAVCLIENT=y BCM5301X_TRAFFIC_MONITOR=n DUMP_OOPS_MSG=y LINUX_MTD="64" BCM_RECVFILE=y REBOOT_SCHEDULE=y MULTICASTIPTV=y USB="USB" SAMBA3=y QUAGGA=y |
See also
- ASUS
- Embedded system/wireless router
- Embedded System Broadcom
- Embedded System BCM47081A0
- Broadcom
- Embedded System ARMv7
- Embedded System Cortex-A9
- Manuf Arcadyan
- DD-WRT Supported
- Tomato Supported
- OpenWrt Supported
- Embedded System BCM4360
- Has Mimo Status
- Embedded System IEEE 802.11b/g/n
- Single-Radio Wireless Embedded System
- Wireless Embedded System
- Single-Band
- Embedded System
- English Documentation