ASUS RP-N53

Brand	Model	Version	Current Release	OEM Info	Forum Topic	Technical Data
ASUS	RP-N53		22.03.2	http://www.asus.com/Networking/RPN53/	https://forum.openwrt.org/t/howto-install-openwrt-on-asus-rp-n53/40525?u=tmomas	View/Edit data

Model	Version	SoC	CPU MHz	Flash MB	RAM MB	WLAN Hardware	WLAN2.4	WLAN5.0	100M ports	Gbit ports	Modem	USB
RP-N53		MediaTek MT7620A	580	8	64	MediaTek MT7620A, Ralink RT5592	b/g/n	a/n	1	-	-	-

Model	Version	Supported Current Rel	Firmware OpenWrt Install URL	Firmware OpenWrt Upgrade URL	Firmware OEM Stock URL
RP-N53		22.03.2		https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/22.03.2/targets/ramips/mt7620/openwrt-22.03.2-ramips-mt7620-asus_rp-n53-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin	http://www.asus.com/Networking/RPN53/HelpDesk_Download/

To install OpenWrt on RP-N53 you need :

Soldering iron
USB to UART converter

DANGER: HIGH VOLTAGE inside!
Opening this device exposes
parts under high voltage (110/230 VAC)!

Risk of deadly electrical shock
Risk of irreversable damage to other components attached, e.g. your PC connected via serial

Make sure to keep your fingers, conductive tools and serial cables away from the high voltage at all times!

Capacitors can still retain dangerous voltages
after disconnection from mains!

Continue at your own risk!

First of all you need to disassemble RP-N53. There is 1 screw under the sticker on the back and latches around the perimeter of the cover.
Solder 2 wires (i used wires from an idc cable) to TP2(TX),TP1(RX) under the left antenna and 1 wire to the ground poligon.
Connect those wires to the USB to UART converter (RX to TX, TX to RX, GND to GND), and insert it to USB port.
Install Putty and any tftp server (i used “Open TFTP”). Place OpenWrt firmware file in to the folder where TFTP server is installed (in my case it was C:\OpenTFTPServer), rename it to firmware.bin and start the tftp server.
Run the Putty, select connection type Serial, select corresponding COM# (you can check COM number in device manager), set speed to 57600 and press connect.
Power on RP-N53, and if you did everything right, you will see bootloader output in Putty.

At some point you will see this menu:

   Please choose the operation: 
   0: Load System code then write to Flash via Serial. 
   1: Load System code to SDRAM via TFTP. 
   2: Load System code then write to Flash via TFTP. 
   3: Boot System code via Flash (default).
   4: Entr boot command line interface.
   5: Load Boot Loader code to SDRAM via Serial. 
   7: Load Boot Loader code then write to Flash via Serial. 
   8: Load Boot Loader code to SDRAM via TFTP. 
   9: Load Boot Loader code then write to Flash via TFTP.

Select “2: Load System code then write to Flash via TFTP”. You will have only 3 seconds to do this.
After this bootloader will ask you something like “this operation will erase flash memory. Are you shure? y\n” press y.
Now you need to set IP adress of RP-N53, enter IP adress of your TFTP server, enter name of .bin file with firmware (firmware.bin) and flashing process will start.

Serial connection parameters for ASUS RP-N53	57600, 8N1

How to add tags

MT7620A, 8Flash, 64RAM, 1port, FastEthernet, 0USB, wall plug, Mains powered

mt7620a 8Flash 64RAM 1port fastethernet 0usb wall plug Mains powered

ASUS RP-N53

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