ASUS RT-AC56U
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802.11ac Dual-Band Wireless-AC1200 Gigabit Router | |||||||||||||
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Wikipedia | |||||||||||||
WikiDevi.wi-cat.ru | |||||||||||||
3rd Party Firmware | |||||||||||||
dd-wrt | |||||||||||||
OpenWrt | |||||||||||||
Tomato any flavor | |||||||||||||
Gargoyle |
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Platform | |||||||||||||
Brand • Model • Rev |
ASUS RT-AC56U | ||||||||||||
Model Part Number |
90IG0060-BM3G20 | ||||||||||||
FCC ID | |||||||||||||
IC ID | |||||||||||||
Type |
wireless router | ||||||||||||
CPU1 | |||||||||||||
CPU1 Type |
ARM Cortex-A9 | ||||||||||||
CPU1 Speed |
800 MHz ( 2 cores ) | ||||||||||||
Flash1 Chip |
Spansion S34ML01G100TFI00 | ||||||||||||
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 /> | ||||||||||||
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 1600) | ||||||||||||
RAM1 Chip |
ESMT M15F2G16128A | ||||||||||||
ETH chip1 | |||||||||||||
Switch | |||||||||||||
Ethernet Port Count |
1-1GbE-WAN 4-1GbE-LAN | ||||||||||||
Stock bootloader |
CFE | ||||||||||||
Stock FW OS |
Linux 2.6.36 brcmarm | ||||||||||||
Expansion IF types |
USB 3.0, USB 2.0 | ||||||||||||
USB ports |
2 | ||||||||||||
USB Hub Compatible |
Untested | ||||||||||||
Power |
19 VDC, 1.75 A | ||||||||||||
Connector type |
barrel | ||||||||||||
Flags: AiCloud support | |||||||||||||
Additional chips | |||||||||||||
Other | |||||||||||||
Default SSID: ASUS (99 addl. devices) | |||||||||||||
Manuf/OEM/ODM |
Arcadyan WG6117E AC22-ASU | ||||||||||||
3rd Party Firmware Support |
AsusWRT-Merlin • (Wiki | List) , DD-WRT • (List) , FreshTomato • (List | DLs) , OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs) , Tomato (Shibby) • (List | DLs) , TomatoUSB RAF (Victek) • (List | DLs) | ||||||||||||
Retail | |||||||||||||
Availability | End of Life | ||||||||||||
FCC approval date | 03 May 2013 | ||||||||||||
UPC |
886227392513 (UPC DB, On eBay) | ||||||||||||
Newegg | N82E16833320167R | ||||||||||||
ASINs |
B00D7S1CCM ![]() B00DES2FQW ![]() B00LR4OF5Y ![]() | ||||||||||||
Country of manuf | China | ||||||||||||
Radio 1 | |||||||||||||
Chip1 |
Broadcom BCM4352 | ||||||||||||
Wireless interface OUI |
60:A4:4C | ||||||||||||
Antenna Connector Type |
none specified | ||||||||||||
MIMO status |
2x2:2 | ||||||||||||
Wireless Standard |
IEEE 802.11a/n/ac | ||||||||||||
802.11ac |
up to 867 Mbps | ||||||||||||
802.11n |
up to 300 Mbps | ||||||||||||
802.11a |
up to 54 Mbps | ||||||||||||
WiFi Operating Frequency |
5 GHz | ||||||||||||
Radio 2 | |||||||||||||
Chip1 |
Broadcom BCM43217 | ||||||||||||
Wireless interface OUI |
60:A4:4C | ||||||||||||
Antenna Connector Type |
none specified | ||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||
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For a list of all currently documented Broadcom chipsets with specifications, see Broadcom.
For a list of all currently documented ASUS device with specifications, see ASUS.
Overview
- Model Num: 90IG0060-BM3G20
- Wireless-AC1200, AiCloud support
- Linux kernel 2.6.36.4 (brcmarm)
Wi-Fi Certified : WFA19392 (as of 04/15/2013)
Specifications
- Overclocking RT-AC56U on SmallNetBuilder • CPU: BCM4708 @800 MHz
- (Broadcom BCM4708A0 per FCC photos), Broadcom BCM43217/BCM4352
- WLAN: 2T2R 802.11n 300Mbps (2.4GHz), 802.11ac 867Mbps (5GHz)
- RAM: ESMT M15F2G16128A-ADB DDR3-1600 (800/667/533MHz)
- USB: 1x USB 2.0, 1x USB 3.0
FCC info
- The FCC test report specifies the manufacturer of the device as Compal
- (Compal Networking [KunShan]), however, the FCC photos show the board w/
- standard Arcadyan (in which it appears Compal has a significant stake)
- labels on it (model: Arcadyan WG6117EAC22-ASU)
- PCB in the FCC photos:
- "RT-AC56U REV 1.60" is silkscreened on the (red) PCB
- "RT-AC56U REV 2.00" is silkscreened on the (blue) PCB
Links of Interest
News
- CES 2013: New ASUS Networking Solutions on Asus
- ASUS RT-AC56U Dual-Band Wireless AC1200 Router on guru3d
- CES 2013 Day 0 - ASUS Networking Products on Asus
Reviews
- Inside Story: ASUS RT-AC56U & RT-AC68U on SmallNetBuilder
- ASUS RT-AC56U Router Preview on Techinstyle
- Review on Techbang
- On HardwareZone
- On VR-Zone
Forum threads
- GPIO (active_low):
- 0 - USB 3.0 LED
- 1 - WAN (Internet) LED
- 2 - LAN LED
- 3 - Power LED
- 4 - All LED *
- 5 - Wi-Fi 2.4GHz LED
- 6 - Wi-Fi 5GHz LED
- 7 - Wi-Fi On/Off Button
- 11 - Reset Button
- 14 - USB 2.0 LED
- 15 - WPS Button
- All LED * disable:
- gpio enable 3
- gpio enable 4
Support
- Asuswrt-Merlin - custom firmware for Asus routers
- DD-WRT Forum - Support is experimental (r21676)
- DD-WRT support: SVN commit 20981
- Asus RT-AC56U OpenWrt
- Note: While OpenWrt is supported, there is no support for the AC radio
- (there is no open-source driver for BCM4352 and you cannot use wl).
Pictures
See also
Categories:
- ASUS
- Embedded system/wireless router
- Embedded System Broadcom
- Embedded System BCM4708A0
- Embedded System ARM
- Embedded System Cortex-A9
- Manuf Arcadyan
- DD-WRT Supported
- Tomato Supported
- OpenWrt Supported
- Embedded System BCM4352
- Has Mimo Status
- Embedded System IEEE 802.11a/n/ac
- Embedded System BCM43217
- Embedded System IEEE 802.11b/g/n
- Dual-Radio Wireless Embedded System
- Wireless Embedded System
- Dual-Band
- Embedded System
- Wi-Fi Certified
- English Documentation