ASUS RT-AC3200

ASUS RT-AC3200 A (2.34)
Availability: now

Manuf (OEM/ODM): Arcadyan

FCC approval date: 19 December 2014
Country of manuf.: China
Series: AC3200

Amazon image

ASIN
B00S9SGNNS (, On Amazon, On CCC)

Type: wireless router

FCC ID: MSQ-RT0M00
IC ID: 3568A-RT0M00

Power: 19 VDC, 2.37 A
Connector type: barrel

CPU1: Broadcom BCM4709A0 (1 GHz, 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-BDB)

Expansion IFs: USB 3.0, USB 2.0
USB ports: 2
Serial: yes, internal, 4-pin header, populated, 3.3V TTL

WI1 chip1: Broadcom BCM43602
WI1 chip2: Broadcom BCM43602
WI1 802dot11 protocols: an+ac
WI1 MIMO config: 3x3:3
WI1 antenna connector: U.FL, RP-SMA
WI2 chip1: Broadcom BCM43602
WI2 802dot11 protocols: bgn
WI2 MIMO config: 3x3:3
WI2 antenna connector: U.FL, RP-SMA

ETH chip1: Broadcom BCM4709A0
Switch: Broadcom BCM4709A0
LAN speed: 1G
LAN ports: 4
WAN speed: 1G
WAN ports: 1

abgn+ac

Additional chips
2.4GHz Power Amplifier IC;Richwave;RTC6649E;;3;
5GHz Power Amplifier IC;Skyworks;SE5003L1;SiGe,5003L1;;6;
3-lane, 3-port PCIe Gen2 Switch;PLX Technology;PEX8603;;1;

Stock bootloader: CFE

Stock FW OS: Linux

TPFirmware supported: AsusWRT-Merlin • (Wiki | List), FreshTomato • (List | DLs)

Default SSID: ASUS (97 addl. devices)
, ASUS_5G-1 (3 addl. devices)
, ASUS_5G-2 (2 addl. devices)
Default IP address: 192.168.1.1
the IP 192.168.1.1 is used by 1297 additional devices
of which 167 are ASUS devices
Default login user: admin
Default login password: admin
admin:admin credentials used by 1321 additional devices
of which 198 are ASUS devices

802dot11 OUI: AC:9E:17 (10 E, 10 W)
Ethernet OUI: AC:9E:17 (10 E, 10 W)

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

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• 2x 1300 Mbps max PHY rate per each 80MHz wide 5GHz channel,

• 1x 600 Mbps max. PHY rate for the 40MHz wide 2.4GHz channel = 3200 Mbps class

Wireless-AC3200 Tri-Band Gigabit Router

Product page  • PR on Asus PC DIY

While not really represented well in the infobox, this is a tri-radio device - all radios
(2x 5GHz [11an+ac], 1x 2.4GHz [11bgn]) used are (FullMAC arch. targeted) BCM43602.

BCM43602 is supported in the mainline Linux kernel by brcmfmac.

See also: ASUS_RT-AC5300 and Arcadyan

Wi-Fi Certified : WFA57362 (as of 12/04/2014)

Specifications

per ASUS product page + elsewhere

• Product class: AC3200 (600Mbps [2.4GHz] + 2x 1300Mbps [5GHz])

600Mbps data rates on the 2.4GHz radio require TurboQAM (256-QAM)

• Antenna: 6x external dipole antenna w/ RP-SMA connector
• Ports: Ethernet (10/100/1000 Base-T)

WAN: 1x GbE (RJ45), LAN: 4x GbE (RJ45)

USB: 1x USB 2.0, 1x USB 3.0

• Vendor firmware features: AiCloud, USB file/printer/scanner sharing,

ASUSWRT interface, Adaptive QoS, AiProtection, Media Station,

SmartSync (file syncing w/ Dropbox, FTP, WebStorage support),

AiRadar (beamforming)

Reviews

• On SmallNetBuilder

"RT-AC3200 REV 2.34" is silkscreened on the main board.

• On FoxNetwork (RU)

"RT-AC3200 REV 4.12", "HannStar KMV-4" and "1513" (04/2015)

is silkscreened on the main board; PSU: 19 V, 2.37/3.42 A

• On C|Net
• On iXBT (RU)
• On OpenITforum (PL)

Forum threads

• Share What You Know: ASUS RT-AC3200 on SmallNetBuilder forums
• Asus RT-AC3200 Wireless Router on wl500g.info forums
• Asus RT-AC3200 Wireless Router on KoolShare forums (images PCB)

News

• RT-AC3200 - 6 Antenna 802.11AC Router - Computex 2014
  on Asus PC DYI - (Initial specification dump on 2014-06-02)
• AC3200 Routers By July? on SmallNetBuilder
• AC3200 Routers Coming This Fall? on SmallNetBuilder
• Broadcom Doubles Wi-Fi Speed of Devices with First Six Stream
  802.11ac MIMO Platform on Broadcom (press release)

Announces the XStream platform (which seems to be BCM4709 + 3x BCM43602),

which is touted as Penta Core (each BCM43602 radio embeds a small processor

to allow for FullMAC operation, BCM4709 remains same dual-core Cortex A9 SoC)

• Broadcom BCM4709 (1GHz dual-core Cortex A9 SoC) on Product page
• Broadcom Launches Enhanced 5G WiFi Video Streaming for the Home
  on Broadcom (press release) - (Broadcom BCM43602 802.11ac PCIe SoC)
• MU-MIMO vs. XStream: The Coming Battle For Wi-Fi Airtime
  - Another Approach, The Choice on SmallNetBuilder

The block diagram shown @ SNB indicates each BCM43602 includes

its own @ 320MHz Cortex R4 processor (along with 940 KB RAM).

• Impact of the FCC 5 GHz U-NII Report & Order on Wi-Fi Networks
  on Revolution Wi-Fi

See also

• List of Tri-Band Wireless Devices
• ASUS RT-AC5300
• ASUS RT-AC3200
• ASUS RT-AC3100
• ASUS RT-AC2900
• ASUS RT-AC1900

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