{
  "id": "asus/pl-ac56",
  "vendor": "ASUS",
  "model": "PL-AC56",
  "category": "other",
  "identifiers": {
    "chips": [
      "Qualcomm Atheros QCA9563"
    ]
  },
  "status": "open-firmware",
  "projects": [
    {
      "name": "OpenWrt",
      "url": "https://openwrt.org/toh/hwdata/asus/asus_pl-ac56",
      "kind": "firmware",
      "license": "GPL-2.0"
    }
  ],
  "install": [
    {
      "project": "OpenWrt",
      "method": "other",
      "guide": "https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=commit;h=e1dcaeb55c939365cdd27e469b63fca295bf1a2e",
      "installer": "https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org/?version=25.12.5&target=ath79%2Fgeneric&id=asus_pl-ac56",
      "difficulty": "medium",
      "tools": [
        "Computer with a TFTP server",
        "Ethernet cable"
      ],
      "opens_device": false,
      "notes": "Table of Hardware method: Asus Firmware Restoration tool, U-Boot TFTP recovery (send the image to the bootloader's network recovery over TFTP)."
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "sources": [
      "openwrt"
    ]
  },
  "updated": "2026-10-17"
}