main ← jongkanglee:RT-BE59
opened 08:59AM - 23 Jan 26 UTC
Hardware
SOC: MediaTek MT7987
RAM: 1GB DDR4
FLASH: 128MB SPI-NA… ND GD5F1GM7UE
WIFI: Mediatek MT7991 + MT7976
ETH: Airoha AN8855 + EN8811
UART: 3V3 115200 8N1 (Pinout silkscreened / Do not connect VCC)
Installation
Vendor-UI Method
Download or make the OpenWrt initramfs.trx image
Connect the PC via LAN to one of the yellow router ports and wait until your PC to get a DHCP lease.
Browse to http://192.168.50.1/
If your router is brand new, finish the setup process and log into the Web-UI.
Navigate to Administration -> Firmware Upgrade and upload the downloaded OpenWrt image.
Wait for OpenWrt to boot. Transfer the sysupgrade image to the device using SCP and install using sysupgrade.
$ sysupgrade -n <path-to-sysupgrade.bin>
TFTP Method
Download the OpenWrt initramfs image.
Copy the image to a TFTP server reachable at 192.168.1.70/24.
Rename the image to rtbe59.bin
Connect the PC with TFTP server to the RT-BE59.
Set a static ip on the ethernet interface of your PC.
(IP address: 192.168.1.70, subnet mask: 255.255.255.0)
Connect to the serial console, interrupt the autoboot process by pressing '4' when prompted.
Download & Boot the OpenWrt initramfs image.
$ tftpboot rtbe59.bin
$ bootm
Wait for OpenWrt to boot.
Transfer the sysupgrade image to the device using SCP and install using sysupgrade.
$ sysupgrade -n <path-to-sysupgrade.bin>
SOC: MediaTek MT7987
RAM: 1GB DDR4
FLASH: 128MB SPI-NAND GD5F1GM7UE
WIFI: Mediatek MT7991 + MT7976
ETH: Airoha AN8855 + EN8811
UART: 3V3 115200 8N1 (Pinout silkscreened / Do not connect VCC)
(https://wikidevi.wi-cat.ru/ASUS_RT-BE59 )
(https://www.asus.com/networking-iot-servers/wifi-7/all-series/rt-be59/ )
1x 2.5G for WAN, 1x 2.5G for LAN,
Unknown about pricing or availability.
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AX59U: have 2 USB ports , but have not 2.5Gbit ETH
CPU have same frequency and core numbers
MT7987 is better, more powerful probably.
The ProArt version of this router (PRT-BE5000) is supposed to have 2 USB ports based on CES 2026 photo . However, ASUS’ website and their marketing material doesn’t show this.
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