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

Linksys

Linksys by Cisco, commonly known as Linksys, is a brand of home and small office networking products now produced by Cisco Systems, though once a separate company founded in 1995 before being acquired by Cisco in 2003...

 routers from Cisco

Cisco

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.

The Asus series of routers usually ship with Broadcom

Broadcom

Broadcom Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company in the wireless and broadband communication business. The company is headquartered in Irvine, California, USA. Broadcom was founded by a professor-student pair Henry Samueli and Henry T. Nicholas III from the University of California, Los...

 chipset

Chipset

A chipset, PC chipset, or chip set refers to a group of integrated circuits, or chips, that are designed to work together. They are usually marketed as a single product.- Computers :...

s, relatively faster processor

Central processing unit

The central processing unit is the portion of a computer system that carries out the instructions of a computer program, to perform the basic arithmetical, logical, and input/output operations of the system. The CPU plays a role somewhat analogous to the brain in the computer. The term has been in...

s and more memory, removable antennas, and USB ports for expansion. Although Asus' factory default firmware is generally as feature-rich as its competitors', the firmware is still not considered very stable or powerful enough compared to its hardware. Open source

Open source

The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...

 Linux

Linux

Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...

-based router firmware projects such as Sveasoft, DD-WRT

DD-WRT

DD-WRT is a Linux-based firmware for several wireless routers, most notably the Linksys WRT54G . Like other similar projects, DD-WRT is third-party firmware designed to replace the firmware that ships pre-installed on many commercial routers...

, OpenWrt

OpenWrt

OpenWrt is a Linux distribution primarily targeted at routing on embedded devices. It comprises a set of about 2000 software packages, installed and uninstalled via the opkg package management system. OpenWrt can be configured using the command-line interface of BusyBox ash, or the web interface...

, FreeWRT, Tomato Firmware

Tomato Firmware

Tomato Firmware is a partially free HyperWRT-based, Linux core firmware distribution for a range of Broadcom chipset based wireless routers, most notably the older-model Linksys WRT54G , Buffalo AirStation, Asus Routers and Netgear's WNR3500L...

, and DebWRT

DebWRT

DebWrt is a niche Linux distribution mainly installed on embedded devices, e.g. residential gateways. It is built on top of a OpenWrt base which is used to load a fully functional version of Debian from the RootFS stored on the attached USB storage device. For easy installation and deinstallation...

  are able to get a 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-300G	-	MSQWL300G	Broadcom BCM4710 @ 125	16	4	Broadcom	b/g	1	-	?	1 LAN	5	-		v23 SP2	initial flash via Asus tool
WL-330gE	-	MSQWL330GE	Broadcom BCM5354 @ ?	?	?	Broadcom	b/g	?	?	?	1 LAN	5/1
WL-500B	-	MSQWL500B	Broadcom BCM4710 @ 125	16	4	Broadcom	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 BCM4710 @ 125	16	4	Broadcom	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 @ 200	32	4	Broadcom	b/g	?	1	?	4 LAN/1 WAN	5	2 USB 2.0; internal pins:, 3 × GPIO, 2 × serial port (voltage conversion needed), reset	Alchemy, Talisman	v23 SP2	initial flash via Asus tool, tftp Trivial File Transfer Protocol Trivial File Transfer Protocol is a file transfer protocol known for its simplicity. It is generally used forautomated transfer of configuration or boot files between machines in a local environment.... , or web interface
WL-500g Premium	v1	MSQWL500GP	Broadcom BCM4704 @ 266	32	8	Broadcom	b/g	1	1	2	4 LAN/1 WAN	5	2 USB 2.0	Alchemy, Talisman	v23 SP3	initial flash via Asus tool		No USB support
WL-500g Premium	v2	MSQWL500GPV2	Broadcom BCM5354 @ 240	32	8	Broadcom	b/g	-	1	?	4 LAN/1 WAN?	5	2 USB 2.0	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 @ 264	32	8	Broadcom	b/g/n	1	1	-	4 LAN/1 WAN	5	2 USB	Talisman	v24 RC3	initial flash via Asus tool
WL-520G	-	MSQWL520G	Broadcom BCM5350 @ 200	8	2	Broadcom	b/g	?	?	?	4 LAN/1 WAN	5	?		v24 micro build 8733	initial flash via Asus tool
WL-520GC	-	MSQWL520GUGC	Broadcom BCM5354 @ 240	16	2	Broadcom	b/g	?	-	?	4 LAN/1 WAN	9	?		v24 micro build 8257	initial flash via Asus tool, tftp Trivial File Transfer Protocol Trivial File Transfer Protocol is a file transfer protocol known for its simplicity. It is generally used forautomated transfer of configuration or boot files between machines in a local environment.... (binary->verbose->put ... NOTE: "get" seems to be unsupported)
WL-520GU	-	MSQWL520GUGC	Broadcom BCM5354 @ 240	16	4	Broadcom	b/g	?	?	1	4 LAN/1 WAN	5	1 USB 2.0		v24 build 8257?	initial flash via Asus tool	Tomato_1_22_ND
WL-550gE	-	MSQWL550GE	Broadcom BCM5352 @ 200	16	4	Broadcom	b/g	?	-	-	4 LAN/1 WAN	5	2 USB 1.1 (Requires soldering header)	Talisman	v23 SP2	initial flash via Asus tool
WL-600G	-	-	Broadcom BCM6348 @ 255	16	4	Broadcom	b/g	-	-	-	4 LAN/1 WAN	12	2 USB 2.0	-	-	-	-	-
WL-700gE	-	-	Broadcom BCM4780 @ 266	64	2	-	b/g	-	-	-	4 LAN/1 WAN	12	-	-	-	-	-	-
RT-G32	v1	MSQRTG32	Atheros AR2317 @ 180	16	4	-	b/g	-	-	-	4 LAN/1 WAN	12	-	-	-	-	-	-
RT-G32	B1	MSQ-RTG32	Ralink RT3050F (rev. P2) @ 320	16	4 (SPI)	-	b/g/n	-	1	-	4 LAN/1 WAN	12	1 USB (Requires soldering header and 5V DC-DC)	-	-	-	-	-
RT-N10	v1	MSQ-RTN10	Broadcom BCM5356 @ 300	16	4	Broadcom	b/g/n	-	-	-	4 LAN/1 WAN	9	-	-	-	-	-	-
RT-N10	B1	MSQRTN10B	Ralink @ 320MHz				b/g/n	-	-	-	4 LAN/1 WAN	9/1, 5/1.2	-	-	-	Use DD-WRT firmware for RT-N10+	Tomato Firmware v1.28.9052 MIPSR2-beta23 K26 Std	same as RT-16
RT-N10+	v1	-	Ralink RT3050F	128	4	-	b/g/n	-	-	-	4 LAN/1 WAN	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
RT-N10+	B1	-	Ralink RT3050F @ 384	32	4	-	b/g/n	-	-	-	4 LAN/1 WAN	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
RT-N10 LX	v1	-	-	-	-	-	b/g/n	-	-	-	4 LAN/1 WAN	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
RT-N10U	v1	-	Broadcom BCM5357 @ 300MHz	32	8	-	b/g/n	-	-	-	4 LAN/1 WAN	-	1 USB	-	-	-	-	-
RT-N11	-	MSQRTN11	AMRISC 20010	8	2	-	b/g/n	-	-	-	4 LAN/1 WAN	5/1.2	-	-	N/A	Not Supported	-	-
RT-N12	v1	MSQ-RTN12	Broadcom BCM4716 @ 300	32	4	-	b/g/n	-	-	-	4 LAN/1 WAN	9/12	-	-	-	-	-	-
RT-N12	B1	MSQ-RTN12B	Broadcom BCM5357 @ 300	32	8	-	b/g/n	-	-	-	4 LAN/1 WAN	9	-	-	-	-	Shibby's RT-N builds (experimental)	-
RT-N12 LX	v1	-	-	-	-	-	b/g/n	-	-	-	4 LAN/1 WAN	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
RT-N13	-	MSQ-RTN13	Ralink RT3052F @ 384	32	4	-	b/g/n	-	-	-	4 LAN/1 WAN	12	-	-	-	-	-	-
RT-N13U	v1	MSQ-RTN13U	Ralink RT3052F @ 384	32	4	-	b/g/n	-	-	-	4 LAN/1 WAN	12	1 USB 2.0	-	-	initial flash via Asus tool	-	-
RT-N13U	B1	-	Ralink RT3052F @ 384	64	8	-	b/g/n	-	-	-	4 LAN/1 WAN	12	1 USB 2.0	-	-	initial flash via Asus tool	-	-
RT-N15	-	MSQ-RTN15	Ralink RT2880 @ 266	32	8	-	b/g/n	-	-	-	4 LAN/1 WAN	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
RT-N16	-	MSQRTN16	Broadcom BCM4718 @ 480	128	32	Broadcom	b/g/n	-	1	?	4 LAN/1 WAN	12/1.25	2 USB 2.0	-	[ftp://dd-wrt.com/others/eko/V24-K26/svn13297/Asus_RT-N16/ 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 BCM5358U @ 300	32	8	-	a/b/g/n	-	-	-	4 LAN/1 WAN	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
RT-N56U	-	MSQ-RTN56U	Ralink RT3883 @ 500	128	8	Ralink	a/b/g/n	-	1	?	4 Gigabit LAN/1 Gigabit WAN	19/1.58	2 USB 2.0, Dual-band 5Ghz and 2.4Ghz speeds up to 300Mbps	-	-	-	-	-
RT-N66U Dark Knight	-	-	Broadcom BCM4706 @ 600	256	32	Broadcom	a/b/g/n	-	-	-	4 Gigabit LAN/1 WAN	19/1.58	2 USB 2.0, Dual-band 5Ghz and 2.4Ghz speeds up to 450Mbps concurrently	-	-	-	-	-
RT-N76U (cancelled)	-	-	Broadcom BCM4748 @ 480	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