RE205 v3
Gone quiet reasonably evidenced
no firmware for long enough to stand out against its own record
1861 days since the last release against a median gap of 251 (7.4x)
- Last firmware
- 26 August 2021 (5 years ago)
- Releases seen
- 4
- Update rhythm
- about every 8 months
- Support observed
- ≥2 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 v2 (US) Gone quiet 6 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)_V3_210608 26 August 2021
Release notes — disclosure 0.11
Note: Enhanced system stability; Optimized wireless performance.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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RE205(US)_V3_201128 18 December 2020
Release notes — disclosure 0.30
Release
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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RE205(US)_V3_201030 20 November 2020
Release notes — disclosure 0.30
Release
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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RE205(US)_V3_20191011 19 November 2019
Release notes — disclosure 0.47
First firmware released for RE205(US) V3. New Features/Enhancement: 1. Support OneMesh function. 2. Support TP-Link Cloud function.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
Evidence
2 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 RE205 · openwrt_id tplink_re205-v3
Judged by lifecycle-1 on 30 September 2026.
How these verdicts are computed.