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ASUS RT-N18U

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bgn (N600)
High-Power N600 Gigabit Wi-Fi Router
ASUS RT-N18U 01.jpg
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
BrandModelRev 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 checkY 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

802dot11 OUI: AC:22:0B (2 E, 6 W)
Ethernet OUI: AC:22:0B (2 E, 6 W)

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)

Flags:
QAM256, AiCloud, Time Machine support

Other

Default SSID: ASUS (100 addl. devices)
Default IP address: 192.168.1.1
the IP 192.168.1.1 is used by 1351 additional devices
of which 174 are ASUS devices
Default login user: admin
Default login password: admin
admin:admin credentials used by 1353 additional devices
of which 208 are ASUS 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 Flag of the United States.svg
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)

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Support started version: rt-n18u build 24118 20140523
Current supported version: ?

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OpenWrt Target: bcm53xx
OpenWrt Subtarget: generic
OpenWrt Package architecture: arm_cortex-a9
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 15.05
Current supported version: 24.10.4
Unsupported Functions:
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

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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)
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 • >>
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