ASUS PCE-AC68
ASUS PCE-AC68
Availability: common
Manuf (OEM/ODM): Arcadyan
Interface: PCIe
Form factor tags: single-lane
ID: 14e4:43a0 (15 addl. devices)
Windows: PCI\VEN_14E4&DEV_43A0
FCC ID: MSQ-PCEAC68
IC ID: 3568A-PCEAC68
WI1 chip1: Broadcom BCM4360
Probable Linux driver
should work with Broadcom's latest wl driver
6.30.223.126 is now available on Broadcom's site
6.30.223.30 is available in...
Alberto Milone's Broadcom testing PPA or the broadcom-wl packages (w/ dkms or w/ no dkms) in the Arch AUR
PCI ID not yet observed in any mainline kernel /
this list (note: outdated)
(see also passys)
Antenna connector: RP-SMA
abgn+ac, 3x3:3
OUI: none specified
For a list of all currently documented Broadcom chipsets with specifications, see Broadcom.
802.11ac Dual-band Wireless-AC1900 PCI-E Adapter
- Dual Band 3x3 802.11ac PCI-E Adapter
This device is using a Broadcom BCM4360 (PCIe, 3x3 802.11b/g/n/ac)
- for maximum PHY rates of 1.3Gbps on the 5GHz band (11ac) and
- 600Mbps on the 2.4GHz band (11n w/ QAM256 [TurboQAM]).
It would appear (from the photos provided to the FCC and those provided
- directly from ASUS) that this device is identical to the ASUS PCE-AC66.
See also ASUS PCE-AC88 AC3100 (PCIe, 4x4 802.11b/g/n/ac)..
- In order to reach 600Mbps/2.4 GHz, RT-AC68U must connect
- to the ASUS PCE-AC66/68 or RT-AC68U in media bridge mode.
Per ASUS's drivers, the PCI ID for the device is 14e4:43a0..
- which seems to be the default 4360 ID.
BCM4360_D11AC_ID 0x43a0 /* 4360 802.11ac dualband */ BCM4360_D11AC2G_ID 0x43a1 /* 4360 802.11ac 2.4G device */ BCM4360_D11AC5G_ID 0x43a2 /* 4360 802.11ac 5G device */
Reviews
Linux driver
The Asus PCE-AC68 is a PCI-Express card which bases on the BCM4360 chipset.
- The card has the PCI ID 14e4:43a0
lspci -nn
82:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation Device [14e4:43a0] (rev 02)
- and is compatible with Linux since at least Ubuntu 12.04.
The kernel module bcmwl since version 6.30.223.141 can be used as a driver for the PCE-AC68.
- The driver can be compiled from its sources provided at the Broadcom Homepage
- or from Launchpad. The driver downloaded from launchpad needs to be installed by:
dpkg -i Downloads/bcmwl-kernel-source_6.30.223.141+bdcom-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
Under Ubuntu 13.04 the driver can also be installed via the package bcmwl-kernel-source:
sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source
The installed version of the driver can be read out by:
sudo dpkg -s bcmwl-kernel-source >> Version: 6.30.223.30+bdcom-0ubuntu3
Loading of the driver is carried out by:
sudo modprobe wl
Images
- from the FCC (PCE-AC66)
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