RE205 v2
Gone quiet well evidenced
no firmware for long enough to stand out against its own record
1704 days since the last release against a median gap of 344 (5.0x)
- Last firmware
- 29 January 2022 (5 years ago)
- Releases seen
- 6
- Update rhythm
- about every 11 months
- Support observed
- ≥3 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.
- RE205 v1 (US) Gone quiet 2 releases
- RE205 v3 (US) Gone quiet 4 releases
- RE205 v3.6 (US) Gone quiet 1 releases
- RE205 v4 (US) Actively updated 5 releases
- RE205 v4.6 (US) Not enough evidence 1 releases
- RE205 v4.8 (US) Actively updated 3 releases
Firmware history
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RE205(US)_V2_210916 29 January 2022
Release notes — disclosure 0.24
Note: Fixed few vulnerabilities; Enhanced the system stability.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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RE205(US)_V2_201202 14 January 2021
Release notes — disclosure 0.30
Release
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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RE205(US)_V2_201030 20 November 2020
Release notes — disclosure 0.30
Release
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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RE205(US)_V2_190929 12 December 2019
Release notes — disclosure 0.44
Modifications and Bug Fixes: New features/Enhancement: 1. Add Onemesh function. 2. Add cloud function. 3. Improve the stability of device.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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RE205(US)_V2_181123 4 December 2018
Release notes — disclosure 0.57
Modifications and Bug Fixes: New features/Enhancement: 1.Enhanced the connecting stability on 5GHz channel 116-128. Bugs fixes: 1. Fixed the bug of failing to login via tplinkrepeater.net site when IPv6 is enabled on main router. 2. Fixed the connecting problem with Sky(UK) ER series router. 3. Fixed the problem that extender cannot scan wireless singal of channel 13 on 2.4GHz.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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RE205(US)_V2_180815 15 October 2018
Release notes — disclosure 0.30
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 RE205
Judged by lifecycle-1 on 29 September 2026.
How these verdicts are computed.