ASUS RT-N53

abgn (AN600)
Dual-Band Wireless-N600 Router
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Wikipedia	Asus routers
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3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Supported
OpenWrt	Was Supported
Tomato any flavor	Supported
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	ASUS RT-N53 A1
FCC ID	MSQ-RTN53
IC ID	3568A-RTN53
Board ID	141800520002J
Type	wireless router
CPU1 Y	Broadcom BCM5358U
CPU1 Type	MIPS 74K
CPU1 Speed	500 MHz
Flash1 Chip	Macronix MX25L6406EM2I-12G
Flash1 Size	8 MiB 8,388,608 B <br />65,536 Kib <br />8,192 KiB <br />64 Mib <br />0.00781 GiB <br />
RAM1 Size	32 MiB 33,554,432 B <br />262,144 Kib <br />32,768 KiB <br />256 Mib <br />0.0313 GiB <br />
RAM1 Chip	Winbond W9425G6JH-5
ETH chip1	Broadcom BCM5358U
Switch	Broadcom BCM5358U
Ethernet Port Count	1-100MbE-WAN 4-100MbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u
802dot11 OUI: none specified
Expansion IF types	none specified
Power	12 VDC, 1 A
Connector type	barrel
Serial Port (UART)	yes
Other
Default IP address: 192.168.1.1 the IP 192.168.1.1 is used by 1359 additional devices of which 175 are ASUS devices Default login user: admin Default login password: admin admin:admin credentials used by 1358 additional devices of which 209 are ASUS devices
Manuf/OEM/ODM	Arcadyan WG8005G 22 1-ASU
3rd Party Firmware Support	AdvancedTomato • (List | DLs) , DD-WRT • (List) , FreshTomato • (List | DLs) , OpenWrt (Was) , Tomato (Shibby) • (List | DLs) , TomatoUSB RAF (Victek) • (List | DLs)
Retail
Availability	End of Life
FCC approval date	20 September 2011
(Est.) release date	01 October 2011
UPC	886227001705 (UPC DB, On eBay)
ASIN	B005SAKW7S
Country of manuf	China
Radio 1
Chip1	Broadcom BCM5358U
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	U.FL
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	28
Radio 2
Chip1	Broadcom BCM43236
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
MIMO status	2x2:2
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11a/n
802.11n	up to 300 Mbps
802.11a	up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	5 GHz
Radio cor_rev	24

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.

• 300 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.),

• 300 Mbps - 2SS 5GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = AN600 class

Overview

• The following text to be silkscreened on various differing revisions of the board.

"P/N: 141800520000J R01" is silkscreened on the A0 hardware revision.

"P/N: 141800520002J R01A" is silkscreened on the A1 hardware revision.

Wi-Fi Certified : WFA12606 (as of 10/04/2011)

Links of Interest

• Asus RT-N53 On the DD-WRT Forum
• ASUS RT-N53 on wl500g.info forums
• ASUS RT-N53 on Aliksan

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Support started version: K26 build 17967 20111206
Current supported version: ?

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Target: bcm47xx
Subtarget: mips74k
Package architecture: mipsel_74kc
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 15.05
Current supported version: EOL
Last Supported Version: 22.03.7

Unsupported Functions:
WiFi 2.4GHz, WiFi 5GHz
LAN Hardware: Broadcom BCM5358
WLAN Hardware: Broadcom BCM5358, Broadcom BCM43236
Comment:
Final version: 22.03.7

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