RE230 v2.8
Gone quiet thin evidence
no firmware for long enough to stand out against its own record
1187 days of silence, past the 730-day floor that applies where there is no cadence to compare against
- Last firmware
- 30 June 2023 (3 years ago)
- Releases seen
- 2
- Update rhythm
- too few releases to model
- Support observed
- ≥7 months
- 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.
- RE230 v1 (US) Gone quiet 3 releases
- RE230 v2 (US) Actively updated 7 releases
Firmware history
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RE230(US)_V2.8_1.0.23 Build 230418 30 June 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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RE230(US)_V2.8_1.0.11 Build 220805 25 November 2022
Release notes — disclosure 0.54
Note: 1. The firmware cannot be downgraded to the previous firmware; 2. Enhanced login password settings and UI notification; 3. Added the support of WPA3 encryption; 4. Fixed wireless related bug, enhanced the wireless stability; 5. Fixed the bug that prompted the app to disconnect after frequently clicking to view various functions on Tether.
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 RE230
Judged by lifecycle-1 on 29 September 2026.
How these verdicts are computed.