ASUS RT-AC52U

ASUS RT-AC52U A1 (2.30)
Availability: now

Manuf (OEM/ODM): Edimax

FCC approval date: 20 February 2014
UPC: 886227461561 (UPC DB, On eBay)
Country of manuf.: China

Amazon image

ASIN
B00I1K3T8G (, On Amazon, On CCC)
multiple revisions of this device, use caution
On Newegg

Type: wireless router

FCC ID: MSQ-RTAC52U
IC ID: 3568A-RTAC52U
PCB ID: 1244-01000923-50U

Power: 12 VDC, 1 A
Connector type: barrel

CPU1: MediaTek MT7620A (580 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 /> (Zentel A5U1GA31ATS-BC)
RAM1: 128 MiB134,217,728 B <br />1,048,576 Kib <br />131,072 KiB <br />1,024 Mib <br />0.125 GiB <br /> (Winbond W971GG6JB-25)

Expansion IFs: USB 2.0
USB ports: 1
JTAG: yes
Serial: yes, 3.3V TTL

WI1 chip1: MediaTek MT7620A
WI1 802dot11 protocols: bgn
WI1 MIMO config: 2x2:2
WI1 antenna connector: none
WI2 chip1: MediaTek MT7610E
WI2 802dot11 protocols: an+ac
WI2 MIMO config: 1x1:1
WI2 antenna connector: none

ETH chip1: MediaTek MT7620A
Switch: MediaTek MT7620A
LAN speed: 100M
LAN ports: 4
WAN speed: 100M
WAN ports: 1

abgn+ac

Stock bootloader: U-Boot (UBI)

Stock FW OS: Linux 2.6.36

TPFirmware supported: Padavan (WiP) • (List)

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 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

	FCC ID
ASUS RT-AC52U B1	MSQ-RTAC52U

	CPU1 brand	WI1 chip1 brand	WI2 chip1 brand
ASUS RT-AC52U	MediaTek	MediaTek	MediaTek
ASUS RT-AC52U B1	MediaTek	MediaTek	MediaTek

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

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The ASUS logo, "1244-01000923-50U", and "U REV 2.30"

is silkscreened on the board in the FCC photos.

The test report states the manuf. as Datamax Electronics (DongGuan)

This is presumed to be an Edimax P/N (1244-)

Future support may be available with Padavan • (List) (?)

The bootloader used is assumed to be U-Boot (NAND/UBI)

Default SSIDs are per the FCC manual.

Concurrent dual-band, 2x2 (300Mbps [11n] max.) @ 2.4GHz,

1x1 (433Mbps [11ac] / 150Mbps [11n] max.) @ 5GHz

Wi-Fi Certified : WFA50145 (as of 10/04/2013)

Additional specifications

• USB functionality: 3G/4G connectivity, printer sharing, network storage
• Multiple SSIDs: up to 6 (3x 2.4GHz, 3x 5GHz)
• Dimensions (W x D x H): 187 mm x 145 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 270 g0.27 kg <br />9.523 oz <br />0.595 lbs <br />

Probable used PSU(s)

The power supply shown in the FCC external photos is a

DVE DSA-12PFA-09 FUS 120100.

DVE DSA-12PFA-09 FUS 120100 (more)
Input: 100-240 VAC ~ 50/60 Hz, 0.5 A
Input connector: NEMA 1-15P Style: small, horiz.  Manuf. in: China
Output: 12 VDC, 1 A
Output connector: barrel (center +)  OD: 5.5 mm  ID: 2.1 mm  LEN: 9.5 mm

Additional external links

Reviews

• Asus RT-AC52U On FoxNetwork

Forum threads

• On SmallNetBuilder (EN)
• On IXBT (RU)

Misc

• MediaTek News - MediaTek First to Bring 802.11ac 1T1R

Build info

per ASUSWRT source (per an older target.mak
revision on the asuswrt-merlin github)

#########################################
# MTK platform, linux-2.6.36.x
# Valild option for BOOT_FLASH_TYPE are shown below:
# NOR, SPI, NAND
# Valild option for DRAM are shown below:
# 8M, 16M, 32M, 64M, 128M, 256M
# Valid option for SECOND_IF are shown below:
# NONE, MT7610
# RT3092, RT5392, RT5592, RT3593, RT3572, RT5572 (TBD) 
##########################################
 
export RT-AC52U := IPV6SUPP=y HTTPS=y MIPS32=r2 RALINK=y BBEXTRAS=y USBEXTRAS=y EBTABLES=y 
SAMBA3=y MODEM=y MODEMPIN=y PARENTAL2=y ACCEL_PPTPD=y PRINTER=y USB="USB" APP="network" 
AUTODICT=y LANWAN_LED=y SHP=y BUILD_NAME="RT-AC52U" RTAC52U=y NTFS3G=y BECEEM=y ODMPID=y 
WEBDAV=y CLOUDSYNC=y BTN_WIFITOG=y UBI=y UBIFS=y PSISTLOG=y DUAL_TRX=y LED_ALL=y NEW_RGDM=y 
EXT4FS=y RA_SKU=y \
BOOT_FLASH_TYPE=NAND \
DRAM=128M \
SECOND_IF=MT7610 \
EXTRA_KERNEL_CONFIGS="MT7620_BAUDRATE=115200 RT2880_DRAM_128M=y UBOOT_CMDLINE=y 
EXTERNAL_PA_EXTERNAL_LNA=y"

See also

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