ASUS RT-AC56S

ASUS RT-AC56 S (A1)
Availability: discontinued (end-of-life)

FCC approval date: 24 September 2013
(Est.) release date: 08 March 2014
(Est.) initial retail price (in USD): $253.40
UPC: 886227650132 (UPC DB, On eBay)
EAN: 0886227650132 (UPC DB, On eBay)
Country of manuf.: China
Series: AC1200

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ASIN
B00LR4OF5Y (, On Amazon, On CCC, multiple uses)

Type: wireless router

FCC ID: MSQ-RTAC56UA
IC ID: 3568A-RTAC56UA

Power: 12 VDC, 2 A
Connector type: barrel

CPU1: Broadcom BCM47081A0 (800 MHz)
FLA1: 128 MiB134,217,728 B <br />1,048,576 Kib <br />131,072 KiB <br />1,024 Mib <br />0.125 GiB <br /> (Brand? Model?)
RAM1: 128 MiB134,217,728 B <br />1,048,576 Kib <br />131,072 KiB <br />1,024 Mib <br />0.125 GiB <br /> (Brand? DDR3)

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

WI1 chip1: Broadcom BCM4352
WI1 802dot11 protocols: an+ac
WI1 MIMO config: 2x2:2
WI1 antenna connector: U.FL
WI2 chip1: Broadcom BCM43217
WI2 802dot11 protocols: bgn
WI2 MIMO config: 2x2:2
WI2 antenna connector: U.FL

ETH chip1: Broadcom BCM47081A0
Switch: Broadcom BCM47081A0
LAN speed: 1GbE
LAN ports: 4
WAN speed: 1GbE
WAN ports: 1

abgn+ac

Stock bootloader: CFE

Stock FW OS: Linux 2.6.36.4 brcmarm

TPFirmware supported: FreshTomato • (List | DLs)

Flags: AiCloud

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 1303 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

	FCC ID
ASUS RT-AC56U	MSQ-RTAC56U MSQ-RTAC56UA

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

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802.11ac Dual-Band Wireless-AC1200 Gigabit Router

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See also: ASUS RT-AC56R

• End-of-Life Product List on ASUS

Specifications

per ASUS's product page

• Product Segment: AC1200 (300+867Mbps)
• Ports:

WAN: 1x GbE (RJ45 for 10/100/1000 BaseT)

LAN: 4x GbE (RJ45 for 10/100/1000 BaseT)

USB: 1x USB 3.0, 1x USB 2.0

• Antenna: 4x internal PCB antenna
• Operating Frequency: 2.4/5GHz

2.4GHz 3x Guest network,

5GHz 3x Guest network

• Button:

WPS, Reset,

Power switch,

Wireless (On/Off)

• Power Supply:

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

DC Output: 12V with max. 2A current

• Dimensions 147 x 205 x 66 mm (WxDxH)
• Weight: 406g

Forum threads

• on Hardwarezone

CPU: Broadcom BCM47081A0 @800MHz (1 core)

RAM: 128MB DDR3 (RT-AC56U - RAM 256MB)

HW version A1, FW version 3.0.0.4.374.4561

OEM variant, works on ISP Starhub, Singtel and M1.

See also

• Asus Wireless AC networking solutions
• Asus Routers with DD-WRT firmware support
• AsusWRT Support List
• Devices ASUS Routers