Asus routers

WL-500g Premium front

WL-500g Premium rear

ASUSTeK Computer Incorporated (Asus) manufactures a series of network routers directly competing with Linksys routers from Cisco.

The Asus series of routers usually ship with Broadcom chipsets, relatively faster processors and more memory, removable antennas, and USB ports for expansion. Although Asus' factory default firmware is generally as feature-rich as its competitors',^{[citation needed]} the firmware is still not considered very stable^{[citation needed]} or powerful enough compared to its hardware. Open source Linux-based router firmware projects such as Sveasoft, DD-WRT, OpenWrt, FreeWRT, Tomato Firmware, and DebWRT are able to get better performance out of the devices and offer their users more flexibility and customization options.

ASUS Routers

Model	HW rev	FCC ID	Platform & Frequency [MHz]	RAM [MB]	Flash Mem [MB]	Wireless NIC	WLAN standard [802.11]	mini PCI	Serial port	JTAG port	Ethernet port count	Voltage Input [V/A]	Special Features/notes	Sveasoft firmware version	Min required DD-WRT version	Notes for Running DD-WRT	Min required Tomato Firmware version	Notes for Tomato Firmware
WL-300	1.0	MSQWLAPEWL300	Atmel AT76C510	512K	?	Intersil HFA3861B	b/g	1	-	?	1 LAN	5	-
WL-300g	1.40, 1.71, 1.91	MSQWL300G	Broadcom BCM4702 @125MHz	16	4	Broadcom BCM4306 + BCM2050	b/g	1	-	?	1 LAN	5/2	-
WL-300g	-	MSQWL300G	Broadcom BCM4710 @125MHz	16	4	Broadcom BCM4306 + BCM2050	b/g	1	-	?	1 LAN	5/2	-		v23 SP2	initial flash via Asus tool
WL-330	1.71	MSQWL330	Marwell 88W8500 @?MHz	8	1	Marwell 88W8000	b/g	-	-	-	1 LAN	5/1
WL-330g	1.22	MSQWL330G	Marwell 88W8500 @?MHz	16	4	Marwell 88W8000	b/g	-	-	1	1 LAN	5/1
WL-330g	1.30	MSQWL330G	Broadcom BCM4710 @125MHz	16	4	?	b/g	-	-	1	1 LAN	5/1
WL-330gE	1.01	MSQWL330GE	Broadcom BCM5354 @240MHz	16	4	SoC	b/g	-	?	?	1 WAN	5/1			DD-WRT v24preSP2	initial flash via ASUS tool
WL-500b	-	MSQWL500B	Broadcom BCM4702KPB (BCM4710) @125MHz	16	4	Broadcom BCM4301 + BCM2051	b (maybe wlan must be replaced to work)	1	-	1	4 LAN / 1 WAN	5	1 USB, 1 LPT		v23 SP2	initial flash via Asus tool
WL-500b	V2	MSQWL500B	Broadcom BCM4702KPB (BCM4710) @125MHz	16	4	RaLink	b (maybe wlan must be replaced to work)	1	-	1	4 LAN / 1 WAN	5	1 USB, 1 LPT		v23 SP2	initial flash via Asus tool
WL-500g	-	MSQWL500G	Broadcom BCM4702KPB (BCM4710) @125MHz	16	4	Broadcom BCM4305	b/g	1	-	1	4 LAN / 1 WAN	5	1 USB, 1 LPT	Alchemy, Talisman	v23 SP2	initial flash via Asus tool
WL-500g Deluxe	-	MSQWL500GD	Broadcom BCM5365 @200MHz	32	4	Broadcom BCM4306 + BCM2050	b/g	?	1	?	4 LAN / 1 WAN	5	2 USB 2.0 (VT6212L); internal pins:, 3 × GPIO, 2 × serial port (voltage conversion needed), reset	Alchemy, Talisman	v23 SP2	initial flash via Asus tool, tftp, or web interface
WL-500g Premium	v1	MSQWL500GP	Broadcom BCM4704 @266MHz	32	8	Broadcom BCM4318	b/g	1	2	2	4 LAN / 1 WAN	5V/2.5A	2 USB 2.0 (VT6212L)	Alchemy, Talisman	v23 SP3	initial flash via Asus tool		No USB support
WL-500g Premium	v2	MSQWL500GPV2	Broadcom BCM5354 @240MHz	32	8	SoC	b/g	-	1	?	4 LAN / 1 WAN?	5V/2.5-3A	2 USB 2.0 (SoC+USB2520)	Talisman	v24 rc7 - build 9264	initial flash via Asus tool	Tomato_1_19_ND	Tomato_1_19_ND works for Broadcom5354 chipset
WL-500W	-	MSQWL500W	Broadcom BCM4704 @264MHz	32	8	Broadcom BCM4321 + BCM2055	b/g/n	1	2	-	4 LAN / 1 WAN	5	2 USB 2.0	Talisman	v24 RC3	initial flash via Asus tool
WL-520g	-	MSQWL520G	Broadcom BCM5350 @200MHz	8	2	SoC + BCM2050	b/g	?	?	?	4 LAN / 1 WAN	5	?		v24 micro build 8733	initial flash via Asus tool
WL-520gC	-	MSQWL520GUGC	Broadcom BCM5354 @240MHz	16	2	SoC	b/g	?	-	?	4 LAN / 1 WAN	9	-		v24 micro build 8257	initial flash via Asus tool, tftp (binary->verbose->put ... NOTE: "get" seems to be unsupported)
WL-520gU	-	MSQWL520GUGC	Broadcom BCM5354 @240MHz	16	4	SoC	b/g	?	?	1	4 LAN / 1 WAN	5	1 USB 2.0 (SoC)		v24 build 8257?	initial flash via Asus tool	Tomato_1_22_ND
WL-550gE	-	MSQWL550GE	Broadcom BCM5352 @200MHz	16	4	SoC + BCM4320 + BCM2050	b/g	?	-	-	4 LAN / 1 WAN	5	2 USB 1.1 (Requires soldering header)	Talisman	v23 SP2	initial flash via Asus tool
WL-566gM	-	MSQWL566GM	Realtek RTL8651B	?	?	Airgo AGN303BB	b/g	1	-	-	4 LAN / 1 WAN	5/2	-
WL-600G	-	MSQWL600G	Broadcom BCM6348 @255MHz	16	4	Broadcom BCM4318	b/g	-	-	-	4 LAN / 1 WAN	12	2 USB 2.0	-	-	-	-	-
WL-700gE	-	MSQ???	Broadcom BCM4780 @266MHz	64	2	Broadcom BCM4318E	b/g	-	-	-	4 LAN / 1 WAN	12/3	3 USB 2.0 (VT6212L)	-	-	-	-	-
RT-G32	A	MSQRTG32	Atheros AR2317 @180MHz	16	4	SoC	b/g	-	-	-	4 LAN / 1 WAN	12/1	-	-	-	-	-	-
RT-G32	B1	MSQ-RTG32	Ralink RT3050F (rev. P2) @320MHz	16	4 (SPI)	SoC	b/g/n	-	1	-	4 LAN / 1 WAN	12/1	1 USB (Requires soldering header and 5V DC-DC)	-	-	-	-	-
RT-N10	v1	MSQ-RTN10	Broadcom BCM5356 @300MHz	16	4	SoC + BCM4338	b/g/n	-	-	-	4 LAN / 1 WAN	9/1 or 5/1.2	-	-	-	-	-	-
RT-N10+	B1	MSQRTN10B	Ralink RT3050 @320MHz	32	4	SoC	b/g/n	-	-	-	4 LAN / 1 WAN	12/0.5	-	-	-
RT-N10+ C1	C1	MSQ??	?	?	?	?	b/g/n	?	?	?	4 LAN / 1 WAN	12/0.5	?	?	?	?	?	?
RT-N10E (RT-N10LX)	v1	MSQRTN10E	Realtek RTL8196C	16	4	Realtek RTL8188RE	b/g/n	-	-	-	4 LAN / 1 WAN	12/0.5	-	-	-	-	-	-
RT-N10U	v1	MSQRTN10U	Broadcom BCM5357 @300MHz	32	8	SoC + BCM4329	b/g/n	-	-	-	4 LAN / 1 WAN	12/1	1 USB 2.0	-	-	-	-	-
RT-N10U BLACK	B	MSQRTN10UB	Broadcom BCM5356	32	?	SoC	b/g/n	-	1	-	4 LAN / 1 WAN	12/1	1 USB 2.0	-	-	-	-	-
RT-N11	-	MSQRTN11	RDC-3211 (AMRISC 20010)	8	2	Realtek RT2760 + RT2720	b/g/n	1	-	-	4 LAN / 1 WAN	5/1.2	-	-	N/A	Not Supported	-	-
RT-N12	v1	MSQ-RTN12	Broadcom BCM4716 @300MHz	32	4	SoC + BCM4329	b/g/n	-	-	1	4 LAN / 1 WAN	9/?,12/1	-	-	-	-	-	-
RT-N12	B1	MSQ-RTN12B	Broadcom BCM5357 @300MHz	32	8	SoC + BCM4329	b/g/n	-	-	-	4 LAN / 1 WAN	9/1	-	-	-	-	Shibby's RT-N builds (experimental)	-
RT-N12	C1	MSQ-RTN12C	Broadcom BCM5357	32	?	SoC	b/g/n	-	-	-	4 LAN / 1 WAN	9/1	-	-	-	-	?	-
RT-N12E (RT-N12LX)	v1	MSQRTN12E	Realtek RTL8196C	16	4	Realtek RTL8192CE	b/g/n	-	-	-	4 LAN / 1 WAN	12/0.5	-	-	-	-	-	-
RT-N13	-	MSQ-RTN13	Ralink RT2880F @266MHz	32	4	Ralink RT2820L	b/g/n	-	-	-	4 LAN / 1 WAN	12/?,5/2.5	-	-	-	-	-	-
RT-N13U	v1	MSQ-RTN13U	Ralink RT3052F @384MHz	32	4	SoC	b/g/n	-	-	-	4 LAN / 1 WAN	12/1	1 USB 2.0	-	-	initial flash via Asus tool	-	-
RT-N13U	B1	MSQ??	Ralink RT3052F @384MHz	64	8	-	b/g/n	-	-	-	4 LAN / 1 WAN	12/1	1 USB 2.0	-	-	initial flash via Asus tool	-	-
RT-N15	-	MSQ-RTN15	Ralink RT2880F @266MHz	32	4	Ralink RT2820L	b/g/n	-	-	-	4 LAN / 1 WAN Gigabit	5/2.5	-	-	-	-	-	-
RT-N15U	-	MSQ-RTN15U	Broadcom BCM????	128 ?	32 ?	SoC	b/g/n	12/1	-	?	4 LAN / 1 WAN Gigabit	-	1 USB 2.0	-	-	-	-	-
RT-N16	-	MSQRTN16	Broadcom BCM4718 @480/533*MHz	128	32	SoC + BCM4329 + BCM2050	b/g/n	-	?	1	4 LAN / 1 WAN Gigabit	12/1.25	2 USB 2.0	-	EKO V24 Build 13297	for initial flash Asus RT-N16 now supported	1.27 beta teddy_bear build	use Asus Firmware Restoration Utility or load DD-WRT first
RT-N53	-	MSQ-RTN53	Broadcom BCM5358 @300MHz	32	8	SoC	a/b/g/n	12/1	-	-	4 LAN / 1 WAN	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
RT-N56U	-	MSQ-RTN56U	Ralink RT3662 @500MHz	128	8	SoC	a/b/g/n	-	1	?	4 LAN / 1 WAN Gigabit	19/1.58	2 USB 2.0, Dual-band 5Ghz and 2.4Ghz speeds up to 300Mbps	-	-	-	-	-
RT-N66U	B1	MSQ-RTN66U	Broadcom BCM4706 @600MHz	256	32	Broadcom BCM4331	a/b/g/n	-	-	-	4 LAN / 1 WAN Gigabit	19/1.58	2 USB 2.0, Dual-band 5Ghz and 2.4Ghz speeds up to 450Mbps concurrently, IPv6	-	-	-	-	-
RT-N76U (cancelled)	-	-	Broadcom BCM4748 @480MHz	128	32	Broadcom	a/b/g/n	-	-	-	4 LAN / 1 WAN	-	2 USB 2.0	-	-	-	-	-
Model	HW rev	FCC ID	Platform & Frequency [MHz]	RAM [MB]	Flash Mem [MB]	Wireless NIC	WLAN standard [802.11]	mini PCI	Serial port	JTAG port	Ethernet port count	Voltage Input [V/A]	Special Features/notes	Sveasoft firmware version	Min required DD-WRT version	Notes for Running DD-WRT	Min required Tomato Firmware version	Notes for Tomato Firmware

See also

• List of wireless router firmware projects

External links

• Asus