Device Support-Lifespan Observatory

What vendors do, not what they announce.

Access Point: how long support actually lasted

Ranked by the firmware history we hold, longest first. Every span is measured between the first and last firmware we saw, so each is a lower bound — no vendor here publishes a launch date, and support that began before the first release we know of is support we cannot count.

Only products whose support has demonstrably ended appear. A device still receiving firmware has a span that is still growing, and ranking it against finished ones would put the best-supported hardware at the bottom for still being supported.

48 ranked

  1. ≥7 years ASUS RP-AC1900 End of support 12 releases · well evidenced
  2. ≥6 years TP-Link RE215 v1 End of support 8 releases · well evidenced
  3. ≥5 years ASUS RP-AC53 Gone quiet 3 releases · reasonably evidenced
  4. ≥5 years ASUS RP-N12 End of support 5 releases · well evidenced
  5. ≥5 years TP-Link TL-WA850RE v7 Gone quiet 4 releases · reasonably evidenced
  6. ≥5 years TP-Link TL-WA855RE v5 Gone quiet 6 releases · reasonably evidenced
  7. ≥4 years ASUS RP-AC55 Gone quiet 9 releases · reasonably evidenced
  8. ≥4 years TP-Link RE505X v1 Gone quiet 11 releases · reasonably evidenced
  9. ≥4 years TP-Link RE105 v5 Gone quiet 5 releases · well evidenced
  10. ≥3 years TP-Link TL-WA860RE v5 Gone quiet 5 releases · well evidenced
  11. ≥3 years TP-Link RE205 v2 Gone quiet 6 releases · well evidenced
  12. ≥3 years TP-Link RE700X v1 Gone quiet 8 releases · well evidenced
  13. ≥3 years ASUS RP-AC51 Gone quiet 3 releases · reasonably evidenced
  14. ≥3 years TP-Link RE705X v1 Gone quiet 9 releases · reasonably evidenced
  15. ≥3 years TP-Link RE715X v1 Gone quiet 8 releases · well evidenced
  16. ≥3 years ASUS RP-AX56 Gone quiet 4 releases · reasonably evidenced
  17. ≥2 years ASUS PL-N12 Gone quiet 2 releases · thin evidence
  18. ≥2 years TP-Link RE600X v3 Gone quiet 5 releases · well evidenced
  19. ≥2 years TP-Link RE600X v3.8 Gone quiet 3 releases · reasonably evidenced
  20. ≥2 years TP-Link TL-WA855RE v1 Gone quiet 4 releases · reasonably evidenced
  21. ≥2 years TP-Link RE715X v1.8 Gone quiet 5 releases · well evidenced
  22. ≥2 years TP-Link RE220 v1 Gone quiet 5 releases · well evidenced
  23. ≥2 years TP-Link RE705X v1.8 Gone quiet 7 releases · reasonably evidenced
  24. ≥2 years TP-Link TL-WA855RE v4 Gone quiet 5 releases · well evidenced
  25. ≥2 years TP-Link TL-WA850RE v6 Gone quiet 5 releases · well evidenced
  26. ≥2 years TP-Link RE600X v3.6 Gone quiet 4 releases · reasonably evidenced
  27. ≥2 years TP-Link RE700X v1.8 Gone quiet 4 releases · reasonably evidenced
  28. ≥2 years TP-Link RE715X v1.6 Gone quiet 5 releases · well evidenced
  29. ≥2 years TP-Link RE380D v1 Gone quiet 2 releases · thin evidence
  30. ≥1 year TP-Link TL-WA850RE v4 Gone quiet 4 releases · reasonably evidenced
  31. ≥1 year TP-Link RE655BE v1.6 Gone quiet 6 releases · well evidenced
  32. ≥1 year ASUS PL-AC56 Gone quiet 2 releases · thin evidence
  33. ≥12 months TP-Link RE615X v1.6 Gone quiet 3 releases · reasonably evidenced
  34. ≥11 months TP-Link RE105 v5.6 Gone quiet 2 releases · thin evidence
  35. ≥10 months TP-Link RE605X v1 Gone quiet 6 releases · reasonably evidenced
  36. ≥10 months TP-Link RE603X v1 Gone quiet 3 releases · reasonably evidenced
  37. ≥10 months TP-Link RE230 v1 Gone quiet 3 releases · reasonably evidenced
  38. ≥8 months ASUS RP-BE58 Gone quiet 4 releases · reasonably evidenced
  39. ≥8 months TP-Link RE653BE v1.6 Gone quiet 3 releases · reasonably evidenced
  40. ≥8 months TP-Link TL-WA850RE v5 Gone quiet 2 releases · thin evidence
  41. ≥7 months TP-Link RE230 v2.8 Gone quiet 2 releases · thin evidence
  42. ≥7 months TP-Link RE500X v1 Gone quiet 5 releases · reasonably evidenced
  43. ≥6 months TP-Link RE615X v1 Gone quiet 2 releases · thin evidence
  44. ≥5 months TP-Link RE205 v1 Gone quiet 2 releases · thin evidence
  45. ≥5 months TP-Link TL-WA855RE v2 Gone quiet 2 releases · thin evidence
  46. ≥5 months TP-Link RE605X v2.26 Gone quiet 3 releases · reasonably evidenced
  47. ≥4 months TP-Link RE600X v1 Gone quiet 3 releases · reasonably evidenced
  48. ≥3 months TP-Link TL-WA855RE v3 Gone quiet 2 releases · thin evidence

What this ranking leaves out

Of 173 products in this category, 48 could be ranked.

How these figures are computed.