Asus RT-AC88U

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Hardware Specifications

  • FCC ID: MSQ-RTGW00
  • Industry Canada ID: 3568A-RTGW00
  • CPU: Broadcom BCM4709C0 (1.4 GHz, 2 cores)
  • Flash / RAM: 128 / 512 MiB
  • Expansion IFs: 1* USB 3.0, 1* USB 2.0
  • JTAG: yes, 5-pin header, unpopulated
  • Serial: yes, 4-pin header, unpopulated, internal, 3.3V TTL
  • Wireless chip: Broadcom BCM4366
  • Antenna MIMO config: 4x4:4
  • WI1 protocols: a/n/ac
  • WI2 protocols: b/g/n
  • ETH chip1: Broadcom BCM4709C0
  • Switch: Realtek RTL8365MB
  • LAN / WAN ports: 8 / 1 (up to 1 Gb/s)


Installation

  • Initial Flash: It is recommended to install the .trx build file with the ASUS Firmware Restoration Tool.
  • Upgrade: Flash from GUI, but research builds first, and see here for more info.

Also refer to the Asus guides Category at the bottom.


Build Size Limit

The linux mtd partition is 62.0 MB, however, the CFE limits flash size to ~27 MB.

35531: 28241920 (26.9336 MB)
35667: 28393472 (27.0781 MB)


MTD Boot Partitions

From dmesg output:

nflash: squash filesystem with lzma found at block 29
Creating 4 MTD partitions on "nflash":
0x000000000000-0x000000080000 : "boot"
0x000000080000-0x000000200000 : "nvram"
0x000000200000-0x000004000000 : "linux"
0x0000003b3e80-0x000004000000 : "rootfs"
[...]
Northstar brcmnand NAND Flash Controller driver, Version 0.1 (c) Broadcom Inc. 2012
NAND device: Manufacturer ID: 0xc8, Chip ID: 0xd1 (Unknown NAND 128MiB 3,3V 8-bit)
[...]
Creating 1 MTD partitions on "brcmnand":
0x000004000000-0x000008000000 : "brcmnand"


Notes

Router model thread: Asus RT-AC88U AC3100