Device Support-Lifespan Observatory

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TP-Link

TL-WA801ND v2

Gone quiet reasonably evidenced

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

4178 days since the last release against a median gap of 362 (11.5x)

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Last firmware
22 April 2015 (11 years ago)
Releases seen
4
Update rhythm
about every 12 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-WA801ND_V2_150422 22 April 2015

    Release notes — disclosure 0.52 
    Modifications and Bug Fixes: Bug Fixed： 1. Fixed the compatibility problem with Chrome cast; 2. Fixed the bug that MAC filtering function can only take effect for SSID1 under Multi SSID; 3. Fixed the bug that web interface will not respond to some special HTTP request.

    Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026

  2. TL-WA801ND_V2_140425 25 April 2014

    Release notes — disclosure 0.32 
    Modifications and Bug Fixes: Improved security mechanism.Added the numbers of maximum wireless clients.Fixed the compatibility problem with Samsung TV.

    Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026

  3. TL-WA801ND_V2_130121 21 January 2013

    Release notes — disclosure 0.34 
    Modifications and Bug Fixes: Fixed the problem that the device will crash when multiple adapters, especially atheros adapters, connect to it.Fixed the IGMP broadcast issue when multiple TL-WA801ND_V2_120524 connect to the switch.

    Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026

  4. TL-WA801ND_V2_120524 24 May 2012

    Release notes — disclosure 0.34 
    Modifications and Bug Fixes: Quick Setup page as default page when first enter the web management page.DHCP server is enabled by default and will be disabled after finish Quick Setup.Improved Bridge with AP mode.

    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 TL-WA801ND

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

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