Device Support-Lifespan Observatory

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TP-Link

Archer C6 v2

Slowing down reasonably evidenced

updates are coming less often than this product's own history

384 days since the last release against a median gap of 146 (2.6x)

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Last firmware
10 September 2025 (1 year ago)
Releases seen
7
Update rhythm
about every 5 months
Support observed
≥6 years
Vendor's promise
14 February 2030 — kept so far
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 C6(US)_V2_1.1.10 Build 20230830 10 September 2025

    Release notes — disclosure 0.45 
    New Features/Enhancement: 1. Add Korean language options; Bug Fixes: 1. Fixed the bug that it failure to obtain time through NTP server on Viasat (satellite) line; 2. Enhance device security.

    Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026

  2. Archer C6(US)_V2_210226 9 June 2021

    Release notes — disclosure 0.55 
    Modifications and Bug Fixes 1. Add the OneMesh button; 2. Enhance device security; 3. Fixed the bug that Daylight Saving Time causing Parental Control to take effect incorrectly; 4. Fixed the bug that change the router's name on tether will not take effect; 5. Fixed the bug that unstable WAN connection under certain circumstances. Noted: For Archer C6(US) 2.0

    Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026

  3. Archer C6(US)_V2_201010 5 November 2020

    Release notes — disclosure 0.52 
    Modifications and Bug Fixes 1. Improved system security. 2. Changed the default Encryption to WPA2/AES to avoid the weak security prompt on IOS 14. 3. Fixed the bug that some parent control entries will disappear on the Tether APP. Noted: For Archer C6(US) 2.0

    Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026

  4. Archer C6(US)_V2_191112 16 December 2019

    Release notes — disclosure 0.06 
    New Features/Enhancements Optimize 5G wireless power

    Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026

  5. Archer C6(US)_V2_190923 30 September 2019

    Release notes — disclosure 0.49 
    Modifications and Bug Fixes 1. Supported One Mesh function. 2. Supported WPA3. 3. Supported Alexa. 4. Supported UPNP Lookback function.

    Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026

  6. Archer C6(US)_V2_190712 25 July 2019

    Release notes — disclosure 0.24 
    Modifications and Bug Fixes Improved device stability. Notes For Archer C6(US) V2.

    Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026

  7. Archer C6(US)_V2_190115 20 May 2019

    Release notes — disclosure 0.55 
    Modifications and Bug Fixes: New Features/Enhancement: 1. Optimize WiFi QR code function for connecting wireless network. 2. Add time synchronization function when quick setup through Tether APP. 3. Support 64 entries for DHCP address reservation function. 4. Optimize parental control, QoS function. 5. Enhance the stability of the PPPoE function when work with some ISP in Romania.

    Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026

Evidence

4 archived pages sit behind this record, the earliest read on 1 August 2026. Everything above was read from them, and each is kept byte for byte so it can be checked after the vendor edits the original.

Identifiers: marketing_name Archer C6 · openwrt_id tplink_archer-c6-v2

Judged by lifecycle-1 on 29 September 2026. How these verdicts are computed.

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