ASUS RT-AC56U

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ASUS RT-AC56U
Availability: limited (end-of-life)

Manuf (OEM/ODM): Arcadyan WG6117E AC22-ASU

FCC approval date: 03 May 2013
(Est.) release date: 13 July 2014
(Est.) initial retail price (in USD): $164.99
UPC: 886227392513 (UPC DB, On eBay)
EAN: 0886227392513 (UPC DB, On eBay)
Country of manuf.: China
Series: AC1200

Amazon image

ASIN
B00LR4OF5Y (Flag of the United States.svg, On Amazon, On CCC, multiple uses)
On Newegg

Type: wireless router

Power: 19 VDC, 1.75 A
Connector type: barrel

CPU1: Broadcom BCM4708A0 (800 MHz, 2 cores)
FLA1: 128 MiB134,217,728 B <br />1,048,576 Kib <br />131,072 KiB <br />1,024 Mib <br />0.125 GiB <br /> (Spansion S34ML01G100TFI00)
RAM1: 256 MiB268,435,456 B <br />2,097,152 Kib <br />262,144 KiB <br />2,048 Mib <br />0.25 GiB <br /> (ESMT M15F2G16128A)

Expansion IFs: USB 3.0, USB 2.0
USB ports: 2

WI1 chip1: Broadcom BCM4352
WI1 802dot11 protocols: an+ac
WI1 MIMO config: 2x2:2
WI1 antenna connector: none (internal)
WI2 chip1: Broadcom BCM43217
WI2 802dot11 protocols: bgn
WI2 MIMO config: 2x2:2
WI2 antenna connector: none (internal)

ETH chip1: Broadcom BCM4708A0
Switch: Broadcom BCM4708A0
LAN speed: 1GbE
LAN ports: 4
WAN speed: 1GbE
WAN ports: 1

abgn+ac

Additional chips
5GHz Power Amplifier;Skyworks;SE5023L;SiGe, 5023L, 123;3;
2.4GHz Power Amplifier;Richwave;RTC6649E;;3;

Stock bootloader: CFE

Stock FW OS: Linux 2.6.36.4 brcmarm

TPFirmware supported: AsusWRT-Merlin • (Wiki | List), DD-WRT • (List), OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs), Tomato (Shibby) • (List | DLs), TomatoUSB RAF (Victek) • (List | DLs), FreshTomato • (List | DLs)

Flags: AiCloud

Default SSID: ASUS (97 addl. devices)
, ASUS_5G (44 addl. devices)
Default IP address: 192.168.1.1
the IP 192.168.1.1 is used by 1304 additional devices
of which 167 are ASUS devices
Default login user: admin
Default login password: admin
admin:admin credentials used by 1324 additional devices
of which 198 are ASUS devices

802dot11 OUI: 60:A4:4C (4 E, 8 W)
Ethernet OUI: 60:A4:4C (4 E, 8 W)

 FCC ID
ASUS RT-AC56SMSQ-RTAC56UA

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

802.11ac Dual-Band Wireless-AC1200 Gigabit Router

Product page  • Support page  • Downloads
  • Model Num: 90IG0060-BM3G20
Wireless-AC1200, AiCloud support
Linux kernel 2.6.36.4 (brcmarm)

Wi-Fi Certified : WFA19392 (as of 04/15/2013)

FCC

  • 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

Specifications

(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

News

Reviews

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

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).

Flashing Tomato

 • Tomato Flash Guide

Source

Note: some people say you need to install DD-WRT first. I do NOT recommend anyone to install DD-WRT first before installing Tomato on Asus routers.

  1. Download a suitable tomato firmware
  2. Install the Asus router utility from the CD that came with the router. Run \Utility\setup.exe from the CD to install it. If you no longer have the CD you can also download it from the Asus website.
  3. Disable Firewall on your computer.
  4. Disable anti-virus on your computer.
  5. Connect your computer to one of the LAN ports of the router with an ethernet cable.
  6. Assign a static IP of 192.168.1.10 and subnet mask 255.255.255.0 to your computer LAN port.
  7. Disconnect the router WAN port if you already have a cable plugged into that port.
  8. From Windows Start menu, run ASUS Utility -> RT-N Wireless Router -> Firmware Restoration.
  9. Click the Browse button and select the file that you downloaded in step #1. Don’t click the upload button yet.
  10. Put the router in recovery mode: Unplug the power cord of the router. Hold down the black Restore button using a pen (not the red button). Plug the power cord back in. Once the power light starts flashing slowing, release the Restore button. The power light should continue to flash. The flashing light means the router is ready to accept the new firmware in recovery mode.
  11. Click the upload button in the Restoration utility. If it warns about incorrect Asus firmware, ignore it. The firmware should now start uploading into the router. Don’t touch anything while the firmware is being uploaded. (Note: these steps worked when I flashed my RT-N16. However, the utility could not find my RT-N12 B1 when I tried to flash the router, although it did work for other people. After failing for more than a dozen times, I tried to perform the upload first before putting the router in recovery mode, then it finally worked. Later I tried a different unit of RT-N12 B1 strangely it could be flashed the first time using the normal procedure. If neither of these procedures work, please see the Addendum in The Wiert Corner, and the tftp method described by Simeon W in the comments section.)
  12. No matter whether the utility says the upload is completed, or it hangs at a certain percent, DO NOT PANIC, and WAIT FOR FIVE MINUTES before you do anything else.
  13. After five minutes, open a browser and go to http://192.168.1.1. Login with user “admin” (or “root”) and password “admin”. You should be logged into Tomato.
  14. Administration -> Configuration -> Restore Default Configuration -> Erase all data in NVRAM memory(thorough) -> OK (Note: there is a forum report saying this reset function does not work properly on RT-N53 – in this case, try the hardware reset button.)
  15. After it is completed, login again, enable DHCP (for Toastman Builds), change admin password, enable WiFi security if you use WiFi, plug in your WAN connection and configure it. Also take a look at the CPU frequency, you may need to manually change it if it is not correct. (Note: overclocking your router is usually not a good idea from my experience.)
  16. Change your computer LAN port back to use DHCP (dynamic address) and dynamic DNS.

Wiert Corner method

  1. pull the power plug on the RT N66U
  2. press and hold the reset button
  3. insert the power plug on the RT N66U
  4. wait for the power led to slowly blink
  5. release the reset button
  6. wait a few minutes for the modem to become stable
  7. in the mean time set your PC to these IPv4 settings: – host = 192.168.1.100 – mask = 255.255.255.0
  8. start your web-browser
  9. point your web-browser to http://192.168.1.1 (it will time out, don’t worry)
  10. press the power button to turn off the router
  11. wait a few seconds
  12. press the power button to turn on the router now your router gets into rescue mode
  13. refresh your browser so it goes to http://192.168.1.1 again
  14. upload your Tomato firmware

–jeroen

TFTP method

Put the router into recovery mode, set a static IP address on the computer then run in the shell: 

tftp 192.168.1.1
binary
put [filename].trx

Wait several minutes while firmware transfers and router updates. Reboot twice, waiting 3 minutes

in between each reboot, and the router should now have tomato installed.

Images

Asus Images
  • Asus RT-AC56U 001.jpg
  • Asus RT-AC56U 002.jpg
  • Asus RT-AC56U 003.jpg
User Images
  • ASUSRT-AC56U.png
  • ASUSRT-AC56U-2.png
  • ASUSRT-AC56U-3.jpg

See also

xDSL Modem /
Wireless Router
Range Extender
Media Bridge
Wireless Adapter
Wireless Router


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