Device Support-Lifespan Observatory

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TP-Link

RE200 v5

Actively updated reasonably evidenced

firmware is arriving about as often as it always has

97 days since the last release against a median gap of 143 (0.7x)

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Last firmware
25 June 2026 (3 months ago)
Releases seen
7
Update rhythm
about every 5 months
Support observed
≥5 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. RE200(US)_V5_1.0.50 Build 250821 25 June 2026

    Release notes — disclosure 0.45
    New Features/Enhancement: 1. Added the Ethernet backhaul feature. 2. Added the customizable encryption method option for the extended network. 3. Optimized the device stability.
  2. RE200(US)_V5_1.0.23 Build 230418 17 July 2023

    Release notes — disclosure 0.49
    Note: 1. Newly supported EasyMesh function; 2. Enhanced WiFi stability; 3. Fixed the bug that some IoT devices can't connect to 2.4G WiFi.
  3. RE200(US)_V5_1.0.12 Build 230220 30 March 2023

    Release notes — disclosure 0.06
    Note: Optimized the wireless stability.
  4. RE200(US)_V5_1.0.11 Build 220805 14 October 2022

    Release notes — disclosure 0.47
    Note: 1. Cannot downgrade to the older version after upgrade to this new version; 2. Enhanced WiFi stability; 3. Newly support WPA3 security method; 4. Optimized the system stability.
  5. RE200(US)_V5_210408 26 May 2021

    Release notes — disclosure 0.46
    Modification and bug fixes: 1. Fixed the bug the device reboots when received some unusual packets 2. Fixed the bug related to WPS and optimized the WPS mechanism 3. Fixed the bug that the device cannot connect to the cloud server after the LAN IP being changed 4. Optimized total performance
  6. RE200(US)_V5_201224 27 January 2021

    Release notes — disclosure 0.30
    Release
  7. RE200(US)_V5_201105 27 January 2021

    Release notes — disclosure 0.30
    Release

Evidence

3 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 RE200

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

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