TL-WA855RE v1
Gone quiet reasonably evidenced
no firmware for long enough to stand out against its own record
3091 days since the last release against a median gap of 57 (54.2x)
- Last firmware
- 13 April 2018 (8 years ago)
- Releases seen
- 4
- Update rhythm
- about every 2 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-WA855RE v2 (US) Gone quiet 2 releases
- TL-WA855RE v3 (US) Gone quiet 2 releases
- TL-WA855RE v4 (US) Gone quiet 5 releases
- TL-WA855RE v5 (US) Gone quiet 6 releases
- TL-WA855RE v5.8 (US) Not enough evidence 1 releases
Firmware history
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TL-WA855RE(US)_V1_171206_Beta 13 April 2018
Release notes — disclosure 0.31
Modifications and Bug Fixes: Fixed the WPA2 Security (KRACKs) Vulnerability.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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TL-WA855RE(US)_V1_160427 27 April 2016
Release notes — disclosure 0.30
Notes: For TL-WA855RE(US)1.0
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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TL-WA855RE(US)_V1_160324 24 March 2016
Release notes — disclosure 0.37
Modifications and Bug Fixes: Modifications: 1.Remove the country code selection page. 2.Change the default SSID.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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TL-WA855RE(US)_V1_160127 27 January 2016
Release notes — disclosure 0.30
Notes: For TL-WA855RE(US)1.0
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-WA855RE
Judged by lifecycle-1 on 29 September 2026.
How these verdicts are computed.