ASUS RT-AC68U Extreme
ASUS RT-AC68 U Extreme
Availability: now
Manuf (OEM/ODM): Arcadyan WG9117B AC44 -ASU
FCC approval date: 20 April 2017
Country of manuf.: China
Series: AC2900
Type: wireless router
FCC ID: MSQ-RTACHN00
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 3.1 (Gen 1), USB 2.0
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: 1G
LAN ports: 4
WAN speed: 1G
WAN ports: 1
abgn+ac
Stock bootloader: CFE
Stock FW OS: Linux
TPFirmware supported: AsusWRT-Merlin • (Wiki | List)
Flags: Wave2, MU-MIMO, DFS (master), AiMesh
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 1295 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: none specified
| FCC ID | |
|---|---|
| ASUS GT-AC2900 | MSQ-RTACHN00 |
| ASUS RT-AC86U | MSQ-RTACHN00 |
| CPU1 brand | WI1 chip1 brand | WI2 chip1 brand | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASUS RT-AC68P | Broadcom | Broadcom | Broadcom |
| ASUS RT-AC68U | Broadcom | Broadcom | Broadcom |
| ASUS RT-AC68U Extreme | Broadcom | Broadcom | Broadcom |
| ASUS RT-AC68U V3 | Broadcom | Broadcom | Broadcom |
| ASUS RT-AC68UF | Broadcom | Broadcom | Broadcom |
For a list of all currently documented Broadcom chipsets with specifications, see Broadcom.
- • 2167 Mbps max PHY rate for the 80MHz wide 5GHz channel,
- • 750 Mbps max. PHY rate for the 40MHz wide 2.4GHz channel = 2900 Mbps class
AC2900 Dual-Band Gigabit Wi-Fi Router
- Product page (RT-AC86U) • Support page • Downloads
"RT-AC86U REV 1.40" and "1650" is silkscreened on the board.
- Web GUI: http://router.asus.com
According to the Model Names Confirmation Letter at the FCC:
Model No:
- ASUS RT-AC86U (RT-AC86A/RT-AC86P/RT-AC86R/RT-AC86X)
- ASUS RT-AC68U Extreme, ASUS RT-AC2900 (ASUS AC2900)
The difference between these models is only for marketing purpose.
- are identical in electrical, mechanical and physical design.
XX in the default SSID refers to the last two digits of 2.4GHz
- MAC address found on the label on the back of the router.
A Class II Permissive Change Letter submitted to the FCC 11/14/2017
- indicates two major changes to the product:
- 1. Add WLAN 5G band 2 and band 3 functions (DFS)
- 2. Add Mesh function. (AiMesh)
Forum threads
- ASUS RT-AC86U on SNB forums (RMerlin)
- ASUS RT-AC86U on OpenITforum (PL)
- ASUS RT-AC86U on Asus forums (TW)
- ASUS RT-AC86U on AsusSmart (CN)
See also
List of MU-MIMO supported devices
- ASUS GT-AC9600 - ROG Rapture Aura 10G Gaming Router
- ASUS GT-AC5300 - ROG Rapture Tri-Band Gaming Router
- ASUS ROG Areion 10G - 10GbE PCI-Express LAN Card
