Asus RT-AC88U

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Hardware Specifications



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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 x USB 3.0, 1 x USB 2.0
JTAG: yes, 5-pin header, unpopulated
Serial: yes, 4-pin header, unpopulated, internal, 3.3V TTL
Wl1 Chip1: Broadcom BCM4366
Wl1 MIMO config: 4x4:4
Wl1 protocols: a/n/ac
Wl2 Chip1: Broadcom BCM4366
Wl2 MIMO config: 4x4:4
Wl2 protocols: b/g/n
ETH Chip1: Broadcom BCM4709C0
Switch: Realtek RTL8365MB
LAN / WAN ports: 8 / 1 (up to 1 Gb/s)


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"


Installation

Initial Flash

Prerequisites

  1. Download the asus_rt-ac88u-firmware.trx file from the asus-rt-ac88u folder.
    • NOTE: You may optionally use the asus_rt-ac88u-firmware.trx file from the experimental_driver folder under theasus-rt-ac88u folder.
    • See here for more info.
  2. Download and Install the ASUS Firmware Restoration Tool version 2.1.0.3 from the Asus Support Website (direct link)
    • Optional: Download abnd Install the ASUS Device Discovery Tool version 1.4.8.3 to discover the IP of your router if unknown (direct link)

Procedure

Using The ASUS Firmware Restoration Tool

Using the ASUS Mini CFE web server

Manually via AsusWRT WebUI

Upgrading DD-WRT

Prerequisites

  1. Download the asus_rt-ac88u-firmware.trx file from the asus-rt-ac88u folder.
    • NOTE: You may optionally use the asus_rt-ac88u-firmware.trx file from the experimental_driver folder under theasus-rt-ac88u folder.
    • See here for more info.

Procedure

  • 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.

Notes

Router model thread: Asus RT-AC88U AC3100