RE505X v1
Gone quiet reasonably evidenced
no firmware for long enough to stand out against its own record
1021 days since the last release against a median gap of 76 (13.4x)
- Last firmware
- 13 December 2023 (3 years ago)
- Releases seen
- 11
- Update rhythm
- about every 2 months
- Support observed
- ≥4 years
- 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.
- RE505X v1.6 (US) Not enough evidence 4 releases
- RE505X v1.8 (US) Not enough evidence 4 releases
- RE505X v2 (US) Not enough evidence 1 releases
- RE505X v2.6 (US) Not enough evidence 1 releases
Firmware history
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RE505X(US)_V1_1.0.13 Build 20230926 13 December 2023
Release notes — disclosure 0.06
Note: Enhanced system stability.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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RE505X(US)_V1_211107 12 November 2021
Release notes — disclosure 0.37
Note: Fixed the wireless security vulnerabilities of FragAttacks (fragmentation and aggregation attacks); Fixed the bug that tether may fail to manage the RE505X in few special cases; Enhanced the stability of the Onemesh network; Enhanced the system stability.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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RE505X(US)_V1_210511 23 June 2021
Release notes — disclosure 0.30
Release
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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RE505X(US)_V1_210514 17 May 2021
Release notes — disclosure 0.31
Bug Fixed: Fixed the FragAttacks vulnerabilities.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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RE505X(US)_V1_210223 25 April 2021
Release notes — disclosure 0.34
Modification and bug fixes: 1. Set the security type as WPA2+AES in AP mode by default 2. Fixed related bugs
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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RE505X(US)_V1_201013 27 November 2020
Release notes — disclosure 0.42
Modification and bug fixes: 1. Supported totally enabling/disabling OneMesh function 2. Supported disabling the front/end dual-band Wi-Fi at the same time 3. Fixed security bugs and increased security level
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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RE505X(US)_V1_200730 24 September 2020
Release notes — disclosure 0.46
Modification and bug fixes: 1. Fixed the bug that the device could possibly not be able to start up in some situations 2. Improved compatibility of the Ethernet port 3. Fixed the bug that some devices cannot connect to the range extender 4. Optimized total performance
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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RE505X(US)_V1_200604 19 August 2020
Release notes — disclosure 0.26
Modification and bug fixes: 1. Fixed bug that related to Tether and DNS 2. Optimized performance of band steering
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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RE505X(US)_V1_200310 20 March 2020
Release notes — disclosure 0.24
New features and enhancements: 1. Added tether advance features support.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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RE505X(US)_V1.0_191118 23 December 2019
Release notes — disclosure 0.30
First firmware released.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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RE505X(US)_V1_191025 9 December 2019
Release notes — disclosure 0.31
First firmware released for RE505X(US) V1.
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 RE505X
Judged by lifecycle-1 on 29 September 2026.
How these verdicts are computed.