RE205 v4.8
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 617 (0.2x)
- Last firmware
- 25 June 2026 (3 months ago)
- Releases seen
- 3
- Update rhythm
- about every 2 years
- 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 v2 (US) Gone quiet 6 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
Firmware history
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RE205(US)_V4.8_1.0.50 Build 250821 25 June 2026
Release notes — disclosure 0.40
New Features/Enhancements: 1. Optimized EasyMesh wired backhaul performance. 2. Optimized the Auto Update feature. Bug Fixed: 1. Security and stability improvements.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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RE205(US)_V4.8_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.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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RE205(US)_V4.8_1.0.12 Build 221019 7 February 2023
Release notes — disclosure 0.23
Note: 1. Optimized the system stability.
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 30 September 2026.
How these verdicts are computed.