ASUS GT-AC2900

ASUS GT-AC2900 (ROG Rapture)
Availability: now

Manuf (OEM/ODM): Arcadyan

FCC approval date: 15 March 2019
(Est.) release date: 07 January 2019
Country of manuf.: China
Series: AC2900

Type: wireless router

FCC ID: MSQ-RTACHN00
IC ID: 3568A-RTAC86U

Power: 19 VDC, 1.75 A
Connector type: barrel

CPU1: Broadcom BCM4906 (1.8 GHz, 2 cores)
FLA1: 256 MiB268,435,456 B <br />2,097,152 Kib <br />262,144 KiB <br />2,048 Mib <br />0.25 GiB <br /> (Macronix NAND)
RAM1: 512 MiB536,870,912 B <br />4,194,304 Kib <br />524,288 KiB <br />4,096 Mib <br />0.5 GiB <br /> (Micron MT41K256M16TW-107:P)

Expansion IFs: USB 2.0, USB 3.1 (Gen 1)
USB ports: 2
JTAG: yes, 10-pad header
Serial: yes, 4-pin header

WI1 chip1: Broadcom BCM4366E
WI1 802dot11 protocols: an+ac
WI1 MIMO config: 4x4:4
WI1 antenna connector: U.FL, RP-SMA
WI2 chip1: Broadcom BCM4365E
WI2 802dot11 protocols: bgn
WI2 MIMO config: 3x3:3
WI2 antenna connector: RP-SMA

ETH chip1: Broadcom BCM4906
Switch: Broadcom BCM4906
LAN speed: 1GbE
LAN ports: 4
WAN speed: 1GbE
WAN ports: 1

abgn+ac

Stock bootloader: CFE

Stock FW OS: Linux

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

Flags: Wave2, MU-MIMO, NitroQAM, DFS (master), AiMesh, VHT160, VHT80+80

Default SSID: ASUS_XX_2G (19 addl. devices)
, ASUS_XX_5G (18 addl. devices)
Default IP address: 192.168.1.1
the IP 192.168.1.1 is used by 1305 additional devices
of which 167 are ASUS devices
Default login user: admin
Default login password: admin
admin:admin credentials used by 1327 additional devices
of which 199 are ASUS devices

802dot11 OUI: none specified

	FCC ID
ASUS RT-AC68U Extreme	MSQ-RTACHN00
ASUS RT-AC86U	MSQ-RTACHN00

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

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• 2167 Mbps - 4SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan., 1024QAM),

• 750 Mbps - 3SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan., 1024QAM) = AC2900 class

ROG Rapture AC2900 Dual-Band WiFi Gaming Router

Product page

• Web GUI: http://router.asus.com

See also: ASUS RT-AC2900, ASUS RT-AC86U and Arcadyan

This device received FCC certification via Class II Permissive Change Letter

dated 3/15/2019 for MSQ-RTACHN00 of the ASUS RT-AC86U.

Some changes to the design are noted.

News

• Up your game with the ROG Rapture GT-AC2900 gaming router at ASUS ROG
• See all the new ASUS and ROG gear from CES 2019 on ASUS EdgeUP

Reviews

• ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AC2900 review on Digital Citizen

Forum threads

• ROG Rapture GT-AC2900 on SNB forums

See also

List of MU-MIMO supported devices

• ASUS GT-AX11000 - ROG Rapture AX11000 WiFi Router
• ASUS GT-AX6000 - ROG Rapture AX6000 WiFi Router
• ASUS GT-AC9600 - ROG Rapture Aura 10G Gaming Router
• ASUS GT-AC5400 - ROG Rapture Dual Band WiFi Gaming Router
• ASUS GT-AC5300 - ROG Rapture Tri-Band Gaming Router
• ASUS GT-AC2900 - ROG Rapture Dual-Band WiFi Gaming Router
• ASUS RT-AC2900 - AC2900 Dual-Band Gigabit Wi-Fi Router
• ASUS ROG Areion 10G - 10GbE PCI-Express LAN Card