Device Support-Lifespan Observatory

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TP-Link

RE220 v1

Gone quiet well evidenced

no firmware for long enough to stand out against its own record

2139 days since the last release against a median gap of 190 (11.3x)

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Last firmware
20 November 2020 (6 years ago)
Releases seen
5
Update rhythm
about every 6 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.

Firmware history

  1. RE220(US)_V1_201022 20 November 2020

    Release notes — disclosure 0.30
    Release
  2. RE220(US)_V1_191024 10 January 2020

    Release notes — disclosure 0.44
    Modifications and Bug Fixes: 1. Optimize onemesh function. 2. Optimize NTP function. 3. Improve the stability of device.
  3. RE220(US)_V1_190616 13 August 2019

    Release notes — disclosure 0.24
    Modifications and Bug Fixes: New features/Enhancement: 1.Add OneMesh function. 2.Improve the stability of device.
  4. RE220(US)_V1_181206 26 December 2018

    Release notes — disclosure 0.53
    Modifications and Bug Fixes: New features/Enhancement: 1.Supported to connect a main router which only use WEP for Wi-Fi encryption 2.Enhanced the reply speed of management page when using MACbook Bugs fixes: 1. Fixed the bug of failing to change the AP mode after save in some situation. 2. Fixed the bug that clients of repeater cannot connect to Archer VR900
  5. RE220(US)_V1_180926 31 October 2018

    Release notes — disclosure 0.36
    First firmware released. For RE220(US) V1

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 RE220

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

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