ASUS BRT-AC828/M2

ASUS BRT-AC828 /M2 (1.50)
Availability: now

FCC approval date: 01 December 2015
(Est.) release date: 31 May 2016
Country of manuf.: China
S/N prefix: 90IG01T0-BM3000
Series: AC2600

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ASINs
B071VCVQ54 (, On Amazon, On CCC)
B076ZXSDZB (, On Amazon, On CCC)

Type: wireless router

FCC ID: MSQ-RT0V00
IC ID: 3568A-RT0V00

Power: 19 VDC, 2.37 A
Connector type: barrel

CPU1: Qualcomm IPQ8065 (1.7 GHz, 2 cores)
FLA1: 128 MiB134,217,728 B 1,048,576 Kib 131,072 KiB 1,024 Mib 0.125 GiB  (Micron MT29F1G08ABBEAH4:E)
FLA2: 8 MiB8,388,608 B 65,536 Kib 8,192 KiB 64 Mib 0.00781 GiB  (Macronix MX25L6445EM2I-10G)
RAM1: 512 MiB536,870,912 B 4,194,304 Kib 524,288 KiB 4,096 Mib 0.5 GiB  (Nanya NT5CC128M16FP-DI × 2)

Expansion IFs: USB 3.0, M.2 SSD slot
USB ports: 2
JTAG: yes
Serial: yes

WI1 chip1: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9984
WI1 802dot11 protocols: an+ac
WI1 MIMO config: 4x4:4
WI1 antenna connector: U.FL, RP-SMA
WI2 chip1: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9984
WI2 802dot11 protocols: bgn
WI2 MIMO config: 4x4:4
WI2 antenna connector: U.FL, RP-SMA

ETH chip1: Qualcomm IPQ8065
ETH chip2: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8033
ETH chip3: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8033
Switch: Realtek RTL8370MB
LAN speed: 1G
LAN ports: 8
WAN speed: 1G
WAN ports: 2

abgn+ac

Stock bootloader: U-Boot

Stock FW OS: Linux 3.4.103

Flags: Wave2, MU-MIMO, SLA, Link Aggregation

Default SSID: AC828M2
, AC828M2_5G
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: none specified

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

AC2600 Dual WAN VPN Wi-Fi Router

Product page • Specifications • Support page

Manuf P/N: 90IG01T0-BU2000 / 90IG01T0-BM3000

FCC ID: MSQ-RT0V00 (2016-08-11) PCB REV 1.50

Because M.2 SSD (42/60/80) is assigned to port 3

and ASUS BRT-AC828/M2 doesn't have SD card slot.

Overview

Stable Wi-Fi Range - Fast, stable Wi-Fi throughout your office with

4x4 MIMO antenna design and ASUS AiRadar beamforming

Hardware Dual-WAN - Dual physical WAN ports for ultimate speed and

reliability, with up to 2Gbps aggregated bandwidth and failover capability

M.2 Slot for Faster Storage - Internal M.2 SATA slot for networked SSD storage
Easy Management - Grow business with Captive Portal to set up customer Wi-Fi

and manage your network with convenient Device Grouping and RADIUS server

Improved Network Safety - Protect sensitive company information with AiProtection,

VLAN, hardware crypto engine IPsec VPN, all without sacrificing working efficiency.

Up to 250 Simultaneous Client Connections - MU-MIMO design and robust

connectivity for the most demanding environments

Teaming Support - Up to 4Gbps LAN connections (Link Aggregation 802.3ad)

Specifications

Processor: @1.7GHz dual-core (Qualcomm IPQ8065)
Memory: 128MB (SPI/NAND) flash and 512MB (DDR3) RAM
Wi-Fi technology: Quad-Stream, Wave2 (160MHz), MU-MIMO
Wi-Fi speeds: up to 2.53Gbps (1733+800 Mbps)
Four (4x) external antennas, Twin (2x) USB 3.0 ports
Power Supply: AC Input: 110~240V (50/60Hz)

DC Output: 19V with max. 2.37A (3.42A) current

Dimensions: 190mm x 300mm x 49.5mm (WxDxH) (Without Bezel)
Weight: 950g

News

Forum threads

New ASUS BRT-AC828/M2 Router on SNB forums

CPU: QCA IPQ8065 @1.7GHz dual core ARM (Krait 300)
Memory: 128MB Flash and 512MB RAM (DDR3)
Wi-Fi: 2x QCA9984 4T4R, Wave2, MU-MIMO, VHT160

160MHz for both 2.4GHz and 5GHz (80MHz+80MHz)

Ports: 2x WAN (2x QCA8033), 8x LAN (RTL8370MB), 2x USB 3.0

ASUS BRT-AC828/M2 Router on HardwareZone forums

HW NAT: Fully HW NAT dual WAN for Internet speeds up to 2Gbps

with 8x backbone GbE LAN ports with 2x set of bonding ports

Dedicated QCA HW AES/3DES/SHA crypto accelerator engine.

Support Failover, Teaming on SLA, 802.3ad Aggregation
Support SATA/AHCI M.2 SSD up to 500GB size available

The M.2 SSD slot allows 42/60/80mm type of M.2 SSD

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GPL Info

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############################################################################
# Qualcomm Atheros little-endian ARM platform, linux-3.4.x
# SOC: IPQ8064
# Valild option for BOOT_FLASH_TYPE are shown below:
#	SPI, NAND
# Valild option for WIFI_CHIP are shown below:
#	BEELINER, CASCADE
# Valid option for SWITCH_CHIP are shown below:
#	QCA8337N
#	RTL8370M_PHY_QCA8033_X2		(BRT-AC828 SR1~3, REV 1.00 ~ 1.20)
#	RTL8370MB_PHY_QCA8033_X2	(BRT-AC828 SR4 or above, REV 1.30+)
# Valid option for IPSEC are shown below:
#	OPENSWAN, QUICKSEC, STRONGSWAN or y

export BRT-AC828 := IPV6SUPP=y HTTPS=y QCA=y BBEXTRAS=y USBEXTRAS=y EBTABLES=y SAMBA3=3.6.x MEDIASRV=y MODEM=y MODEMPIN=y 
  PARENTAL2=y ACCEL_PPTPD=y PRINTER=n USB="USB" GRO=y APP="installed" AUTODICT=y LANWAN_LED=y BUILD_NAME="BRT-AC828" 
  BRTAC828=y SHP=y NVRAM_SIZE=0x20000 ODMPID=y UBI=y DUAL_TRX=y EXT4FS=y OPENVPN=y VPNC=y MDNS=y DUALWAN=y DUMP_OOPS_MSG=y 
  DEBUGFS=y SSH=y REBOOT_SCHEDULE=y OPTIMIZE_XBOX=y FINDASUS=y IPSEC=STRONGSWAN STAINFO=y CAPTIVE_PORTAL=y \
	WEBDAV=n SWEBDAVCLIENT=n DROPBOXCLIENT=n FTPCLIENT=n SAMBACLIENT=n \
	NTFS="tuxera" TFAT=y HFS="tuxera" DISK_MONITOR=y \
	MTWANCFG=y \
	BOOT_FLASH_TYPE=NAND WIFI_CHIP=CASCADE SWITCH_CHIP=RTL8370MB_PHY_QCA8033_X2 WANPORT2=y PWRSAVE=y \
	XHCI=y ATEUSB3_FORCE=y M2_SSD=y \
	BLINK_LED=y WANRED_LED=y PWRRED_LED=y FO_LED=y EJUSB_BTN=y \
	REPEATER=y PROXYSTA=y DISABLE_REPEATER_UI=y USER_LOW_RSSI=y REDIRECT_DNAME=y ATF=y \
	UBIFS=y PSISTLOG=y \
	TEMPROOTFS=y WPSMULTIBAND=y \
	EXTRA_KERNEL_CONFIGS=""

export RT-AC88N := IPV6SUPP=y HTTPS=y QCA=y BBEXTRAS=y USBEXTRAS=y EBTABLES=y SAMBA3=3.6.x MEDIASRV=y MODEM=y MODEMPIN=y 
  PARENTAL2=y ACCEL_PPTPD=y PRINTER=y USB="USB" GRO=y APP="installed" AUTODICT=y LANWAN_LED=y BUILD_NAME="RT-AC88N" 
  RTAC88N=y SHP=y NVRAM_SIZE=0x20000 NTFS="open" ODMPID=y UBI=y DUAL_TRX=y EXT4FS=y OPENVPN=y VPNC=y MDNS=y DUALWAN=y 
  DUMP_OOPS_MSG=y DEBUGFS=y SSH=y REBOOT_SCHEDULE=y FINDASUS=y STAINFO=y \
	WEBDAV=y SMARTSYNCBASE=y DROPBOXCLIENT=y FTPCLIENT=y SAMBACLIENT=y \
	MTWANCFG=y \
	BOOT_FLASH_TYPE=NAND WIFI_CHIP=CASCADE SWITCH_CHIP=QCA8337N PWRSAVE=y \
	XHCI=y ATEUSB3_FORCE=y \
	BLINK_LED=y \
	REPEATER=y PROXYSTA=y USER_LOW_RSSI=y REDIRECT_DNAME=y ATF=y \
	UBIFS=y PSISTLOG=y \
	TEMPROOTFS=y WPSMULTIBAND=y \
	EXTRA_KERNEL_CONFIGS=""

export RT-AC88S := IPV6SUPP=y HTTPS=y QCA=y BBEXTRAS=y USBEXTRAS=y EBTABLES=y SAMBA3=3.6.x MEDIASRV=y MODEM=y MODEMPIN=y 
  PARENTAL2=y ACCEL_PPTPD=y PRINTER=y USB="USB" GRO=y APP="network" AUTODICT=y LANWAN_LED=y BUILD_NAME="RT-AC88S" RTAC88S=y 
  SHP=y NVRAM_SIZE=0x10000 NTFS="open" ODMPID=y EXT4FS=y OPENVPN=y VPNC=y MDNS=y DUALWAN=y DUMP_OOPS_MSG=y DEBUGFS=y SSH=y 
  REBOOT_SCHEDULE=y FINDASUS=y STAINFO=y \
	WEBDAV=y SMARTSYNCBASE=y \
	MTWANCFG=y \
	BOOT_FLASH_TYPE=SPI WIFI_CHIP=CASCADE SWITCH_CHIP=RTL8370MB_PHY_QCA8033_X2 PWRSAVE=y \
	XHCI=y ATEUSB3_FORCE=y \
	BLINK_LED=y WANRED_LED=y PWRRED_LED=y FO_LED=y EJUSB_BTN=y \
	REPEATER=y PROXYSTA=y USER_LOW_RSSI=y REDIRECT_DNAME=y ATF=y \
	JFFS2=y PSISTLOG=y \
	TEMPROOTFS=y WPSMULTIBAND=y \
	EXTRA_KERNEL_CONFIGS=""

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