RE500X v1
Gone quiet reasonably evidenced
no firmware for long enough to stand out against its own record
1868 days since the last release against a median gap of 38 (49.2x)
- Last firmware
- 18 August 2021 (5 years ago)
- Releases seen
- 5
- Update rhythm
- about every 38 days
- Support observed
- ≥7 months
- Vendor's promise
- ≥ 31 December 2029 — at least, and may be extended — not being kept: silent well before this date
- 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.
- RE500X v2.6 (US) Not enough evidence 2 releases
Firmware history
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RE500X(US)_V1_210611 18 August 2021
Release notes — disclosure 0.33
Note: Fixed the FragAttacks vulnerabilities; Enhanced the system stability; Optimized Onemesh stabiltiy.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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RE500X(US)_V1_210511 24 June 2021
Release notes — disclosure 0.30
Release
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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RE500X(US)_V1_20201225 4 February 2021
Release notes — disclosure 0.30
Release
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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RE500X(US)_V1_210118 4 February 2021
Release notes — disclosure 0.30
Release
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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RE500X(US)_V1_201207 14 January 2021
Release notes — disclosure 0.30
Release
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 RE500X
Judged by lifecycle-1 on 29 September 2026.
How these verdicts are computed.