{
  "id": "asus/rt-ac5300-v1",
  "vendor": "ASUS",
  "model": "RT-AC5300 v1",
  "category": "router",
  "identifiers": {
    "chips": [
      "Broadcom BCM4709C0"
    ],
    "fcc_id": [
      "MSQ-RTGZ00"
    ]
  },
  "status": "open-firmware",
  "projects": [
    {
      "name": "OpenWrt",
      "url": "https://openwrt.org/toh/asus/rt-ac5300",
      "kind": "firmware",
      "license": "GPL-2.0"
    }
  ],
  "install": [
    {
      "project": "OpenWrt",
      "method": "other",
      "guide": "https://openwrt.org/toh/asus/rt-ac5300",
      "installer": "https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org/?version=25.12.0-rc4&target=bcm53xx%2Fgeneric&id=asus_rt-ac5300",
      "difficulty": "medium",
      "tools": [
        "Computer with a web browser",
        "Ethernet cable"
      ],
      "opens_device": false,
      "notes": "Table of Hardware method: Asus Firmware Restoration tool, CFE TFTP recovery, CFE web recovery (upload the image to the bootloader's recovery web page). Table of Hardware note: Upgrade directly from ASUSWRT using SSH and curl to flash OpenWrt. Use MiniWeb or TFTP recovery only as a fallback."
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "sources": [
      "openwrt"
    ]
  },
  "updated": "2026-10-17"
}