ASUS RT-AC55U

ASUS RT-AC55U
Availability: now

FCC approval date: 10 September 2014
(Est.) release date: 24 February 2015
Country of manuf.: China

Amazon image

ASIN
B00TZ7GZ7Q (, On Amazon, On CCC, multiple uses)
multiple revisions of this device, use caution
On Newegg

Type: wireless router, access point, media bridge

FCC ID: MSQ-RTAC55U
IC ID: 3568A-RTAC55U

Power: 12 VDC, 2 A
Connector type: barrel

CPU1: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9557 (720 MHz)
FLA1: 128 MiB134,217,728 B 1,048,576 Kib 131,072 KiB 1,024 Mib 0.125 GiB  (Zentel A5U1GA31ATS-BC)
RAM1: 128 MiB134,217,728 B 1,048,576 Kib 131,072 KiB 1,024 Mib 0.125 GiB  (Samsung K4T1G164QG-BCF7)

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

WI1 chip1: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9557
WI1 802dot11 protocols: bgn
WI1 MIMO config: 2x2:2
WI1 antenna connector: U.FL, RP-SMA
WI2 chip1: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9882
WI2 802dot11 protocols: an+ac
WI2 MIMO config: 2x2:2
WI2 antenna connector: U.FL, RP-SMA

ETH chip1: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9557
Switch: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8337N
LAN speed: 1G
LAN ports: 4
WAN speed: 1G
WAN ports: 1

abgn+ac

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Flags: AiCloud support

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 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)

	FCC ID
ASUS RT-AC55UHP	MSQ-RTAC55U

	CPU1 brand	WI1 chip1 brand	WI2 chip1 brand
ASUS RT-AC55U	Qualcomm Atheros	Qualcomm Atheros	Qualcomm Atheros
ASUS RT-AC55UHP	Qualcomm Atheros	Qualcomm Atheros	Qualcomm Atheros

For a list of all currently documented Qualcomm Atheros (QCA) chipsets with specifications, see Qualcomm Atheros.

Dual-band Wireless-AC1200 Gigabit Router

Product page

The FCC photos indicate this device has a

single USB 2.0 and a single USB 3.0 port.

Default settings are per the FCC label.

Asus RT-AC55U on OpenWrt wiki

Specifications

Product class: AC1200 (300Mbps [2.4GHz] + 867Mbps [5GHz])
Antennas: 2x external dipole antenna w/ RP-SMA connector
Ports: USB: 1x USB 2.0, 1x USB 3.0

Ethernet: 1x WAN, 4x LAN (10/100/1000 Base-T)

Power Supply:

AC Input: 110~240V (50~60Hz)

DC Output: 12V with max. 2A current

Vendor firmware operation modes:

wireless router, access point, media bridge

Vendor firmware features:

AiCloud, USB file / printer / scanner sharing [1],

ASUSWRT interface, Smart QoS (StreamBoost?)

ASUS's product page also notes this product has 'AiRadar' support

(whatever that marketing term is), yet the blurb indicates usage of a

Broadcom chipset which contradicts the FCC filing for this device.

Reviews

On Hardware-Boom
On iXBT (RU)

Forum threads

On koolshare.cn

F/W Ver.: V3.0.0.4.374

S/N: EBICRxxxxxxx

MAC: AC9E17xxxxxx

PSU: DVE DSA-24PFD-15 FCH 120200

AC: 100~240V ~50/60Hz 0.8A

DC: +12V ÷2A

Serial

• CPU info

CPU INFO
0.00 0.06 0.08 1/57 3900
system type             : Qualcomm Atheros QCA9558 rev 0
machine                 : Atheros AP135 reference board
processor               : 0
cpu model               : MIPS 74Kc V5.0
BogoMIPS                : 358.80
wait instruction        : yes
microsecond timers      : yes
tlb_entries             : 32
extra interrupt vector  : yes
hardware watchpoint     : yes, count: 4, address/irw mask: [0x0000, 0x06d0, 0x0338, 0x0fd8]
ASEs implemented        : mips16 dsp
shadow register sets    : 1
kscratch registers      : 0
core                    : 0
VCED exceptions         : not available
VCEI exceptions         : not available

• System info

FILE SYSTEMS
Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/root                30080     30080         0 100% /
tmpfs                    62832       204     62628   0% /tmp
devfs                    62832         0     62832   0% /dev
/dev/ubi0_6              12268        64     12204   1% /jffs
 
MOUNTPOINTS
rootfs on / type rootfs (rw)
/dev/root on / type squashfs (ro,relatime)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,relatime)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,relatime)
devfs on /dev type tmpfs (rw,noatime)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,relatime)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,relatime,mode=600)
/dev/ubi0_6 on /jffs type ubifs (rw,noatime)
usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw,relatime)
 
SWAPS
Filename   Type    Size    Used    Priority
 
PARTITIONS
major minor  #blocks  name
 
  31        0        896 mtdblock0
  31        1     129024 mtdblock1
  31        2        124 mtdblock2
  31        3        248 mtdblock3
  31        4        248 mtdblock4
  31        5      49228 mtdblock5
  31        6      47903 mtdblock6
  31        7      49228 mtdblock7
  31        8      47903 mtdblock8
  31        9       5208 mtdblock9
  31       10       1024 mtdblock10
 
SCSI DEVICES
 
USB DEVICES
 
T:  Bus=04 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#=  1 Spd=480  MxCh= 1
B:  Alloc=  0/800 us ( 0%), #Int=  0, #Iso=  0
D:  Ver= 2.00 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=01 MxPS=64 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=1d6b ProdID=0002 Rev= 3.03
S:  Manufacturer=Linux 3.3.8 ehci_hcd
S:  Product=Generic Platform EHCI Controller
S:  SerialNumber=ehci-platform.1
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=e0 MxPwr=  0mA
I:* If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub
E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=   4 Ivl=256ms
 
T:  Bus=03 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#=  1 Spd=480  MxCh= 1
B:  Alloc=  0/800 us ( 0%), #Int=  0, #Iso=  0
D:  Ver= 2.00 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=01 MxPS=64 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=1d6b ProdID=0002 Rev= 3.03
S:  Manufacturer=Linux 3.3.8 ehci_hcd
S:  Product=Generic Platform EHCI Controller
S:  SerialNumber=ehci-platform.0
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=e0 MxPwr=  0mA
I:* If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub
E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=   4 Ivl=256ms
 
T:  Bus=02 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#=  1 Spd=5000 MxCh= 2
B:  Alloc=  0/800 us ( 0%), #Int=  0, #Iso=  0
D:  Ver= 3.00 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=03 MxPS= 9 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=1d6b ProdID=0003 Rev= 3.03
S:  Manufacturer=Linux 3.3.8 xhci_hcd
S:  Product=xHCI Host Controller
S:  SerialNumber=0000:01:00.0
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=e0 MxPwr=  0mA
I:* If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub
E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=   4 Ivl=256ms
 
T:  Bus=01 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#=  1 Spd=480  MxCh= 2
B:  Alloc=  0/800 us ( 0%), #Int=  0, #Iso=  0
D:  Ver= 2.00 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=01 MxPS=64 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=1d6b ProdID=0002 Rev= 3.03
S:  Manufacturer=Linux 3.3.8 xhci_hcd
S:  Product=xHCI Host Controller
S:  SerialNumber=0000:01:00.0
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=e0 MxPwr=  0mA
I:* If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub
E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=   4 Ivl=256ms
 
ENVIRONMENT
USER=root
HOME=/
TERM=vt100
PATH=/opt/usr/bin:/opt/bin:/opt/usr/sbin:/opt/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
SHELL=/bin/sh
PWD=/
 
CPU INFO
0.00 0.06 0.08 1/57 3900
system type             : Qualcomm Atheros QCA9558 rev 0
machine                 : Atheros AP135 reference board
processor               : 0
cpu model               : MIPS 74Kc V5.0
BogoMIPS                : 358.80
wait instruction        : yes
microsecond timers      : yes
tlb_entries             : 32
extra interrupt vector  : yes
hardware watchpoint     : yes, count: 4, address/irw mask: [0x0000, 0x06d0, 0x0338, 0x0fd8]
ASEs implemented        : mips16 dsp
shadow register sets    : 1
kscratch registers      : 0
core                    : 0
VCED exceptions         : not available
VCEI exceptions         : not available

INTERRUPTS
           CPU0       
  4:        269      MIPS  eth0
  5:       2983      MIPS  eth1
  7:     335085      MIPS  timer
 10:          0      MISC  ath79-gpio
 11:       3608      MISC  serial
 41:          0  AR724X PCI   xhci_hcd:usb1
 47:          0     dummy  wifi0
 48:          0     dummy  ehci_hcd:usb3
 49:          0     dummy  ehci_hcd:usb4
ERR:          0
 
MEMORY
              total         used         free       shared      buffers
  Mem:       125668        45436        80232            0         6052
 Swap:            0            0            0
Total:       125668        45436        80232
MemTotal:         125668 kB
MemFree:           80232 kB
Buffers:            6052 kB
Cached:            15140 kB
SwapCached:            0 kB
Active:             9760 kB
Inactive:          16608 kB
Active(anon):       5260 kB
Inactive(anon):      148 kB
Active(file):       4500 kB
Inactive(file):    16460 kB
Unevictable:           0 kB
Mlocked:               0 kB
SwapTotal:             0 kB
SwapFree:              0 kB
Dirty:                 0 kB
Writeback:             0 kB
AnonPages:          5192 kB
Mapped:             3180 kB
Shmem:               232 kB
Slab:               7528 kB
SReclaimable:       1376 kB
SUnreclaim:         6152 kB
KernelStack:         456 kB
PageTables:          424 kB
NFS_Unstable:          0 kB
Bounce:                0 kB
WritebackTmp:          0 kB
CommitLimit:       62832 kB
Committed_AS:      13412 kB
VmallocTotal:    1048372 kB
VmallocUsed:        1500 kB
VmallocChunk:    1040652 kB

• mtdparts output (U-boot)

ath> mtdparts

device nand0 <nand0>, # parts = 4
 #: name                size            offset          mask_flags
 0: Bootloader          0x000e0000      0x00000000      0
 1: environment         0x00020000      0x000e0000      0
 2: UBI_DEV             0x07e00000      0x00100000      0
 3: caldata             0x00100000      0x07f00000      0

active partition: nand0,0 - (Bootloader) 0x000e0000 @ 0x00000000

defaults:
mtdids  : nor0=ath-nor0
mtdparts: none

ASUS RT-AC55U

Dual-band Wireless-AC1200 Gigabit Router

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