Device Support-Lifespan Observatory

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TP-Link

RE700X v1

Gone quiet well evidenced

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

750 days since the last release against a median gap of 100 (7.5x)

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Last firmware
9 September 2024 (2 years ago)
Releases seen
8
Update rhythm
about every 3 months
Support observed
≥3 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.

Firmware history

  1. RE700X(US)_V1_1.1.9 Build 20240426 9 September 2024

    Release notes — disclosure 0.40
    Note: 1. Added EasyMesh display on the Tether APP; 2. Enhanced system stability.
  2. RE700X(US)_V1_1.1.7 Build 20230721 18 October 2023

    Release notes — disclosure 0.50
    Note: 1. Optimized EasyMesh function; 2. Enhanced WiFi stability; 3. Fixed the bug that client list doesn't display link speed of wired client; 4. Optimized WPS function.
  3. RE700X(US)_V1_1.1.6 Build 20230307 6 April 2023

    Release notes — disclosure 0.57
    Note: 1. Optimized the networking configuration process; 2. Optimized the web management page display; 3. Added the support of customizing password and encryption type for extended network; 4. Optimized the methods to login the web management page; 5. Fixed the bug that the devices behind RE have no network in some cases.
  4. RE700X(US)_V1_1.1.5 Build 20221108 27 December 2022

    Release notes — disclosure 0.43
    Note: 1. Newly support EasyMesh; 2. Enhanced WiFi stability; 3. Optimized the system stability.
  5. RE700X(US)_V1_1.1.2 Build 20220927 17 October 2022

    Release notes — disclosure 0.23
    Note: Newly support EasyMesh; Enhanced system stability.
  6. RE700X(US)_V1_220105 9 February 2022

    Release notes — disclosure 0.06
    Note: Enhanced system stability.
  7. RE700X(US)_V1_211112 24 November 2021

    Release notes — disclosure 0.26
    Note: Fixed the issue that LED/Reboot schedule may not work in special cases; Optimized the Wi-Fi stability; Ehanced the OneMesh stability.
  8. RE700X(US)_V1_210912 3 November 2021

    Release notes — disclosure 0.31
    Note: First firmware released for RE700X(US) 1.0

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 RE700X

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

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