Device Support-Lifespan Observatory

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TP-Link

Archer C2 v1

Gone quiet thin evidence

no firmware for long enough to stand out against its own record

3898 days of silence, past the 730-day floor that applies where there is no cadence to compare against

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Last firmware
28 January 2016 (11 years ago)
Releases seen
2
Update rhythm
too few releases to model
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.

Firmware history

  1. Archer C2(US)_v1_160128 28 January 2016

    Release notes — disclosure 0.50
    Modifications and Bug Fixes: New Features/Enhancement: 1. Added the conflict detection function of DNS and LAN IP. 2. Enhance the performance for multicast. 3. The switch of DOS won't affect the Ping function of WAN and LAN any more. Bug Fixed: The LED light would keep flashing if the USB device is unplugged when scanning.
  2. Archer C2_V1_150122_US 22 January 2015

    Release notes — disclosure 0.34
    Notes: 1.For Archer C2(US) V1 2.If you’re in a region out of United States, please do not upgrade US firmware.Click here to choose your region for the most suitable firmware.

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 C2

Judged by lifecycle-1 on 30 September 2026. How these verdicts are computed.

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