Archer C1200 v3
Gone quiet reasonably evidenced
no firmware for long enough to stand out against its own record
1722 days since the last release against a median gap of 216 (8.0x)
- Last firmware
- 11 January 2022 (5 years ago)
- Releases seen
- 7
- Update rhythm
- about every 7 months
- Support observed
- ≥5 years
- 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 C1200 v1 (US) Gone quiet 7 releases
- Archer C1200 v2 (US) Gone quiet 5 releases
Firmware history
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Archer C1200(US)_V3_211219 11 January 2022
Release notes — disclosure 0.31
Release note： Fixed a NetUSB-protocol vulnerability.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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Archer C1200(US)_V3_200831 9 October 2020
Release notes — disclosure 0.06
Modifications and Bug Fixes: Optimized the wireless stability.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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Archer C1200(US)_V3_200401 13 May 2020
Release notes — disclosure 0.49
Modifications and Bug Fixes: 1. Optimized UPNP module. 2. Improvided the connection stability, fixed the issue that router disconnected because of frequent DHCP requests. 3. Improved system security.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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Archer C1200(US)_V3_180122 24 January 2018
Release notes — disclosure 0.32
Modifications and Bug Fixes Optimize the solution to solve the wireless issue caused by Android devices' unreasonable behavior.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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Archer C1200(US)_V3_180104 10 January 2018
Release notes — disclosure 0.33
Modifications and Bug Fixes: Modifications and Bug Fixes Solve the wireless compatibility issue caused by some versions of Android OS and Google's Apps.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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Archer C1200(US)_V3_171117 17 November 2017
Release notes — disclosure 0.53
Modifications and Bug Fixes: New Features/Enhancement: 1. Added Access Point mode. 2. Shorten the time of system initialization. 3. Added option to enable/disable SIP ALG. 4. Support configure IPTV setting in Quick Setup. 5. Enhanced performance of PPTP VPN server. Bug fixed: 1. Fixed the bug that L2TP cannot reconnect after L2TP connection disconnect for some time.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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Archer C1200(US)_V3_170206 6 February 2017
Release notes — disclosure 0.06
Modifications and Bug Fixes: First firmware released.
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 C1200
Judged by lifecycle-1 on 29 September 2026.
How these verdicts are computed.