Asus RT-AC56U Quick Start Manual

Contents
• 1 Hardware
Specifications
♦ 1.1 RT-AC56S
• 2 Flashing DD-WRT
Firmware
• 3 Reset
• 4 Recovery Mode
Flashing
♦ 4.1 OEM
Firmware
Installation
5 VLAN Configuration
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• 6 Overclocking
Hardware Specifications
FCC ID: MSQ-RTAC56U (or MSQ-RTAC56UA)
• CPU: Broadcom BCM4708A0 (800 MHz, 2 cores)
Flash / RAM: 128 MiB / 256 MiB
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• WAN: 1 port, 10/100/1000
• LAN: 4 ports, 10/100/1000
• USB: 2 ports, USB 3.0, USB 2.0
• WI1: Broadcom BCM4352, an+ac
1. MIMO config: 2x2:2
2. Antenna connector: none
• WI2: Broadcom BCM43217, bgn
1. MIMO config: 2x2:2
2. Antenna connector: none
• ETH chip1: Broadcom BCM4708A0
• Switch: Broadcom BCM4708A0
Power Supply: 19V (DC) @ max 1.75A
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RT-AC56S
This uses the single-core CPU variant (BCM47081A0), has 128 MiB RAM, and different power supply.
There is no evidence that it is supported at all, despite the FCC ID being listed as MSQ-RTAC56UA (CPU in
the Internal Photos is BCM4708A0). Do not try AC56U firmware on an AC56S unless willing to brick.
AsusWRT-Merlin might work on the AC56S with AC56U firmware, but no official support is mentioned.
Flashing DD-WRT Firmware
Brainslayer builds for ARM Broadcom routers have their own directory. Do not use the /broadcom*/
directories. Example: asus_rt-ac56u-firmware.trx tested here but this isn't a recommendation. New build links:
Flashing DD-WRT Firmware
Asus_RT-AC56U
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