New Asus RT-AC66U router (5G 802.11ac)

[Omega]

Will be RT-AC66U use CPU BCM4706 (MIPS 600MHZ like RT-N66U) or BCM4707/4708/4709 (ARM 1GHZ)?
I know its a BCM SoC, but which one? Is there a confirmation?

Asus RT-AC66U > BCM4706 RT-AC66U_Manual_Portuguese



FW_RT_AC66U_3004.140 GPL_RT_AC66U_3004.140

Asus RT-AC66U AC1750 WLAN Router ˆ 239,90

[hggomes]

Thanks, that means (in my opinion) it not worth the changing.

1. Probably will be a long wait until we see a Oleg FW for this model (RT-N66U a good example). I believe DD-WRT and Tomato being available a few days later after being selling on stores, but i would prefer Oleg so...
2. The only changes are:
- 4X more flash size (128MB) (for what?)
- Probably a 64KB NVRAM (oleg does not need this)
- AC radio, i would never need those bandwidths and if i would, i would need to pay alot €€€€€ for AC clients. (no thanks)
- Higher price. (no thanks)
- No MiniSD Card slot.

I prefer saving the money for the future BCM4709 router, not sure if Oleg will support it since it's a ARM chip, probably not. Maybe lly and themir0n can tell

[!gm]

- 4X more flash size (128MB) (for what?)
- Probably a 64KB NVRAM (oleg does not need this)

And these are the reasons i prefer our firmware here, on top of openwrt and stuff... No worries about what is packed in the Firmware and does it fit. You want 1 GB program-data? No problem my partition is 2 GB.
Sure, flash-storage is faster than a hdd... but once a program is started, the messy stuff runs in RAM - there we need bigger chips - not more flash

[Omega]

Description ASUS RT-AC66U Firmware Version 3.0.0.4.164

httð://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/wireless/RT-AC66U/FW_RT_AC66U_3004164.zip

File Size 21,78 (MBytes) 2012.07.23 update

Fix bugs:

• 1. UI related bugs
• 2. Network map cannot show device name.
• 3. QoS control for wired connected devices.
• 4. Special character name/password issue in VPN server.
• 5. Download master installing issue in AP mode.
• 6. PPPoE compatibility issue.
• 7. L2TP compatibility issue.
• 8. Sonos audio system and network map compatibility issue.
  Special thanks to Merlin for his contribution.
• 9. IPv6 6in4 memory leak
• 10. IPTV multicast related issues
• 11. FTP/Samba account change issue

Modified:

• 1. Temporarily removed enable AiCloud option, as the service will officially launch late August.
• 2. Enable cross night setting in wireless radio on/off setting page.
• 3. Adjust WDS connection rule
• 4. Enable Beceem Wimax support.
• 5. Change default wireless security to WPA-AES in QIS.
• 6. Add Spanish language.
• 7. Modify VPN server UI.
• 8. HTTPS authentication
• 9. Tune IPv6 connection for ComCast
• 10. Download master BT cache size changed to 256KB
• 11. Download master supports crosse night schedule setting
• 12. Download master shows amulle server connection status

GPL sources: httð://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/wireless/RT-AC66U/GPL_RT_AC66U_3004164.zip

httð://www.asus.com/Networks/Wireless_Routers/RTAC66U/#download

[Knowbody]

With a BCM4706 (MIPS), TomatoUSB should only need drivers for the BCM4360 to get it working (or maybe some modifications to support 1300mbps).
With ARM architecture, it would probably be a ton of work to port it. And then you'd need to recompile the programs you want for ARM too (optware stuff).

Would be nice if it did happen though (but unlikely).

[Omega]

Asus RT-AC66U 802.11ac Dual-Band Wireless-AC1750 Gigabit Router review

CNET Labs 5GHz Wireless-N performance (in Mbps)
(Longer bars indicate better performance)
 
Model - Range / Throughput	  
 
Asus RT-AC66U (with 802.11ac client) - 178.5 / 339.2 
Netgear R6300 (with 802.11ac client) - 208 / 331.32 
AirStation WZR-D1800H (with 802.11ac client) - 144 / 233.6 
 
Asus RT-AC66U - 166.6 / 208.2 
Asus RT-N66U - 155.3 / 181.8 
Netgear R6300 - 144.8 / 178.8 
AirStation WZR-D1800H - 120 / 172

http://reviews.cnet.com/routers/asus...-35406080.html

Flash1 = 2 MB (CFE+NVRAM), Flash2 = 128 MB (NAND)

Asus RT-AC66U running 3.0.0.4.164 stock firmware:
Telnet Session with 192.168.5.1:

admin@RT-AC66U:/tmp/home/root# nvram show|grep size:
size: 30104 bytes (35432 left)
 
admin@RT-AC66U:/tmp/home/root# dmesg|grep -E "\-0x0|MTD|NAND| ST "
Found an ST compatible serial flash with 32 64KB blocks; total size 2MB
Creating 2 MTD partitions on "sflash":
0x00000000-0x00040000 : "pmon"
0x001f0000-0x00200000 : "nvram"
Found a Samsung NAND flash with 2048B pages or 128KB blocks; total size 128MB
Creating 2 MTD partitions on "nflash":
0x00000000-0x02000000 : "linux"
0x001313e8-0x02000000 : "rootfs"
NAND device: Manufacturer ID: 0xec, Chip ID: 0xf1 (Samsung NAND 128MiB 3,3V 8-bit)
Creating 2 MTD partitions on "brcmnand":
0x00000000-0x02000000 : "trx"
0x02000000-0x07f00000 : "brcmnand"
 
admin@RT-AC66U:/tmp/home/root# cat /proc/mtd
dev: size erasesize name
mtd0: 00040000 00010000 "pmon"
mtd1: 00010000 00010000 "nvram"
mtd2: 02000000 00020000 "linux"
mtd3: 01ecec18 00020000 "rootfs"
mtd4: 02000000 00020000 "trx"
mtd5: 05f00000 00020000 "brcmnand"
 
admin@RT-AC66U:/tmp/home/root# dmesg|grep -E "Broadcom BCM"
eth0: Broadcom BCM47XX 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Controller 6.30.39.29 (r338244)
eth1: Broadcom BCM4331 802.11 Wireless Controller 6.30.39.29 (r338244)
eth2: Broadcom BCM4360 802.11 Wireless Controller 6.30.39.29 (r338244) <== 802.11ac
eth1: Broadcom BCM4331 802.11 Wireless Controller 6.30.39.29 (r338244)
eth2: Broadcom BCM4360 802.11 Wireless Controller 6.30.39.29 (r338244)
 
admin@RT-AC66U:/tmp/home/root# uname -a
Linux RT-AC66U 2.6.22.19 #1 Mon Jul 23 18:27:45 CST 2012 mips GNU/Linux

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[Omega]

Description ASUS RT-AC66U Firmware Version 3.0.0.4.188

httð://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/wireless/RT-AC66U/FW_RT_AC66U_3004188.zip

File Size 21,87 (MBytes) 2012.08.31 update

Fixed

• 1. Comcast IPv6 related issues.
• 2. UPnP media server restart issue
• 3. Wireless radio schedule setting issue
• 4. Stabilize media bridge wireless trasmission.
• 5. Network map client list related issue.

Modify

• 1. Enable Tx power adjustment.
• 2. Update 3G/4G modem profiles
• 3. Allow Upnp port redirect external port: 1-65535 to internal port 1024-65535
• 4. QoS user interface, shows applied rule in first page.

Add

• 1. Support Huawei K3770 USB Modem
• 2. NO-IP support

.

http://www.asus.com/Networks/Wireles...C66U/#download




http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/in...s-3845510.html

[Omega]

ASUS RT-AC66U Dual-Band Wireless AC 1750 Gigabit Router Overview



http://www.motherboards.org/review/a...ter-overview-0