Device Support-Lifespan Observatory

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TP-Link

RE215 v1

End of support well evidenced

the vendor has said support is over

the vendor has declared end of support for this product

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Last firmware
2 July 2026 (3 months ago)
Releases seen
8
Update rhythm
about every 5 months
Support observed
≥6 years
Vendor's promise
16 May 2026
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. RE215(US)_V1_1.0.50 Build 250821 2 July 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.
  2. RE215(US)_V1_1.0.23 Build 230418 30 June 2023

    Release notes — disclosure 0.49
    Note: 1. Added the support of EasyMesh function; 2. Improved the WiFi stability; 3. Fixed the bug that some IoT devices can't connect to 2.4G WiFi.
  3. RE215(US)_V1_1.0.11 Build 220805 19 December 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.
  4. RE215(US)_V1_210907 9 November 2021

    Release notes — disclosure 0.30
    Release
  5. RE215(US)_V1_210425 9 June 2021

    Release notes — disclosure 0.31
    Modification and bug fixes: Fixed the bug related to cloud account
  6. RE215(US)_V1_210318 19 May 2021

    Release notes — disclosure 0.47
    Modification and bug fixes: 1. Fixed the bug that related to WPS 2. Fixed the bug that the device will reboot when receives some unusual packets 3. Fixed the bug that the device will be unable to connect to the cloud server for some time after the LAN IP being changed 4. Optimized total performance
  7. RE215(US)_V1_210115 25 March 2021

    Release notes — disclosure 0.30
    Release
  8. RE215(US)_V1_201103 18 December 2020

    Release notes — disclosure 0.30
    Release

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 RE215

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

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