Archer AX1800 v2.6
Gone quiet reasonably evidenced
no firmware for long enough to stand out against its own record
1125 days since the last release against a median gap of 225 (5.0x)
- Last firmware
- 31 August 2023 (3 years ago)
- Releases seen
- 3
- Update rhythm
- about every 7 months
- Support observed
- ≥1 year
- Vendor's promise
- no support period we can evaluate
- Patch latency
- not measurable — its changelogs name no CVE ids
Which one do I have?
TP-Link ships this model in more than one hardware revision, and they do not share firmware. The revision is printed on the label on the underside, usually after the model — Ver 1.0, V4.6. Getting it wrong is the easiest way to read the wrong answer here.
- Archer AX1800 v1.2 Gone quiet 1 releases
- Archer AX1800 v1.2 (US) Gone quiet 6 releases
- Archer AX1800 v3.6 (US) Gone quiet 6 releases
- Archer AX1800 v4.6 (USW) Slowing down 5 releases
- Archer AX1800 v5.6 (USW) Slowing down 3 releases
Firmware history
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Archer AX1800(US)_V2.6_2.1.6 Build 20230829 31 August 2023
Release notes — disclosure 0.42
This update is recommended for all users and provides important security updates Modifications and Bug Fixes 1. Enhance device security; 2. Improve the stability of the equipment.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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Archer AX1800(US)_V2.6_211231 7 June 2022
Release notes — disclosure 0.53
Enhancement: 1.Improved wired and wireless stability; 2.Maximum wireless devices on single band increased to 128; 3.Updated dnsmasq version. Bug Fixed: 1.Fixed the bug that the router has unstable Internet connection in some cases; 2.Fixed the bugs on the Web UI; 3.Fixed the bug that parent control will take affect one hour earlier after the end of daylight saving time.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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Archer AX1800(US)_V2.6_210901 7 June 2022
Release notes — disclosure 0.61
New Features/Enhancement: 1. Improved the wireless performance; 2. Improved the stability of USB sharing feature; 3. Optimized VPN Client and VPN Server feature; 4. Enhanced the security of HTTPS web page; 5. Updated dropbear version and changed the dropbear port; 6. Updated openssl version; 7. Improved the stability of OneMesh feature. Bug Fixed: 1.Fixed the bugs related to IPTV feature; 2.Fixed the bug that static routing can't set gateway as 0.0.0.0; 3.Fixed the bugs related to AP mode; 4.Fixed the bug that the router can't get WAN IP in some cases; 5.Fixed the bug that WAN pc can get access to the Windows shared folder after disabling DMZ in some cases; 6.Fixed the bugs on the Web UI; 7.Fixed the bugs related to Smart Connect; 8.Fixed the bug related to GDRP encryption.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
Evidence
One archived page sits behind this record, the earliest read on 1 August 2026. Everything above was read from it, and each is kept byte for byte so it can be checked after the vendor edits the original.
Identifiers: marketing_name Archer AX1800
Judged by lifecycle-1 on 29 September 2026.
How these verdicts are computed.