TL-WA850RE v2
Gone quiet well evidenced
no firmware for long enough to stand out against its own record
3155 days since the last release against a median gap of 172 (18.4x)
- Last firmware
- 9 February 2018 (9 years ago)
- Releases seen
- 5
- Update rhythm
- about every 6 months
- Support observed
- ≥2 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.
- TL-WA850RE v1.2 Gone quiet 1 releases
- TL-WA850RE v2 Gone quiet 1 releases
- TL-WA850RE v3 Gone quiet 1 releases
- TL-WA850RE v4 (US) Gone quiet 4 releases
- TL-WA850RE v5 (US) Gone quiet 2 releases
- TL-WA850RE v6 (US) Gone quiet 5 releases
- TL-WA850RE v7 (US) Gone quiet 4 releases
Firmware history
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TL-WA850RE(US)_V2_171228 9 February 2018
Release notes — disclosure 0.06
Modifications and Bug Fixes: Optimize the online-detection mechanism.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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TL-WA850RE(US)_V2_171123 23 November 2017
Release notes — disclosure 0.49
Modifications and Bug Fixes: New Features/Enhancement: Improved system stability. Bug fixes: 1. Fixed the WPA2 Security (KRACKs) Vulnerability. 2. Fixed the bug that can't obtain correct IP in some situation.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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TL-WA850RE(US)_V2_160517 18 September 2016
Release notes — disclosure 0.58
Modifications and Bug Fixes: New Features/Enhancement： 1. Added the language selection menu in the up right corner. 2. The default SSID has been changed to TP-LINK_WA850RE. 3. Added Power schedule function and Wi-Fi coverage control function. 4. Added the Access Point mode, which means the device can transform your existing wired network to a wireless network. 5. The popups function is added, which means a web UI of the device would automatically pop out the first time you configure it.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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TL-WA850RE(US)_V2_151228_US 28 December 2015
Release notes — disclosure 0.31
Notes: For TL-WA850RE(US/USA) 2.0
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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TL-WA850RE(US)_V2_151105 5 November 2015
Release notes — disclosure 0.30
Notes: TL-WA850RE(US)2.0.
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-WA850RE
Judged by lifecycle-1 on 30 September 2026.
How these verdicts are computed.