Device Support-Lifespan Observatory

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TP-Link

TL-WA5210G v1

Gone quiet well evidenced

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

4898 days since the last release against a median gap of 254 (19.3x)

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Last firmware
2 May 2013 (13 years ago)
Releases seen
6
Update rhythm
about every 8 months
Support observed
≥3 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. TL-WA5210G_V1_130502 2 May 2013

    Release notes — disclosure 0.32
    Modifications and Bug Fixes: Modify transmisson power per region to compliant with regional regulations.
  2. TL-WA5210G_V1_120821 21 August 2012

    Release notes — disclosure 0.39
    Modifications and Bug Fixes: Fix a bug that when connected to some specific routers, the AP may restart frequently;Fixed a bug that when DHCP enabled and LAN IP changed, PC will get the former LAN IP as Gateway;Fix a bug that after importing the configuring file, the country must be chosen again;Fixed a bug that AP can’t connect new clients when 64 clients abnormally disconnected;Improved compatibility with some mobile devices.
  3. TL-WA5210G_V1_111206_beta 6 December 2011

    Release notes — disclosure 0.34
    Modifications and Bug Fixes: Fixed the bug that the device remmenbers the illegal logged out clients' MAC address resulting into other clients can't access to the device when the MAC address rule is full.
  4. TL-WA5210G_V1_100930 30 September 2010

    Release notes — disclosure 0.31
    Modifications and Bug Fixes: Some web page display modifications
  5. TL-WA5210G_V1_100510 10 May 2010

    Release notes — disclosure 0.35
    Modifications and Bug Fixes: Fix LED display problem.Move Power setting option to Wireless Basic setting page.When work at AP Client Router mode, DHCP is enabled automatically.When work at AP Router mode, DHCP is enabled automatically.When work at AP mode, DHCP is disabled automatically.
  6. TL-WA5210G_V1_100226 26 February 2010

    Release notes — disclosure 0.30
    Notes: For TL-WA5210G

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 TL-WA5210G

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

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