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TP-Link

Deco W3600 v2.6

Slowing down well evidenced

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

316 days since the last release against a median gap of 192 (1.6x)

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Last firmware
17 November 2025 (10 months ago)
Releases seen
11
Update rhythm
about every 6 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.

Firmware history

  1. Deco W3600(US)_V2.6_1.3.0 Build 20250912 17 November 2025

    Release notes — disclosure 0.34
    New Features/Enhancement: 1. Supported more parental control functions. 2. Improved system stability and security.
  2. Deco W3600(US)_V2.6_1.2.5 Build 20240720 26 September 2024

    Release notes — disclosure 0.28
    New Features/Enhancements: 1. Fixed several security vulnerabilities. 2. Improved system stability.
  3. Deco W3600(US)_V2.6_1.2.4 Build 20231206 3 January 2024

    Release notes — disclosure 0.49
    New features/Enhancements: 1. Added OFDMA/MU_MIMO switch. 2. Improve system stability and security. Bug Fixes: 1. Fixed the bug that the name of guest network is restored to the default value after it's closed and reopened. 2. Fixed the bug related to client device listing. 3. Fixed the bug related to IPTV.
  4. Deco W3600(US)_V2.6_1.2.3 Build 20230906 11 September 2023

    Release notes — disclosure 0.31
    Fixed the bug that parental control doesn't take effect.
  5. Deco W3600(US)_V2.6_1.2.1 Build 20230726 7 August 2023

    Release notes — disclosure 0.32
    Fixed the issue of abnormal link on the Ethernet port in some cases.
  6. Deco W3600(US)_V2.6_1.2.0 Build 20230612 5 July 2023

    Release notes — disclosure 0.60
    New Features/Enhancements: 1. Support for customizing Satellite Deco signal source. 2. Support for customizing Clients connection preference. 3. Support for Reboot Schedule. 4. Support for NO-IP and DynDNS. 5. Support for setting Effective Time and Bandwidth Limit for guest network. 6. Added Smart DHCP switch under Access Point mode. 7. Added an alert in the App when the main Deco and modem negotiation speed is only 10/100Mbps. 8. Added the static route function. 9. Added the ability to customize the MTU. 10. Added IOT network function. 11. Added configuration via DS-Lite. 12. Improved system stability.
  7. Deco W3600(US)_V2.6_1.1.4 Build 20221115 28 December 2022

    Release notes — disclosure 0.49
    Improvements: 1. Optimized the stability of wireless backhaul. 2. Improved system reliability and security. Bug fixed: 1. Fixed the bug of unavailability of satellite Deco's guest network in a specific network topology. 2. Fixed the bug of low upload speed in some scenes.
  8. Deco W3600(US)_V2.6_1.1.3_20211122 27 January 2022

    Release notes — disclosure 0.35
    Modifications and Bug fixes: 1. Fixed the bug that Wi-Fi configuration might not take effect under certain circumstances. 2. Improved backhaul stability.
  9. Deco W3600(US)_V2.6_1.0.7_20210607 15 July 2021

    Release notes — disclosure 0.24
    Modifications and Bug fixes: 1. Improved roaming experience.
  10. Deco W3600(US)_V2.6_210424 2 July 2021

    Release notes — disclosure 0.28
    Modifications and Bug Fixes: 1. Improved performance. 2. Improved compatibility and stability.
  11. Deco W3600(US)_V2.6_201029 27 November 2020

    Release notes — disclosure 0.32
    Modifications and Bug Fixes: Improved stability on both 2.4GHz and 5GHz connections.

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 Deco W3600

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

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