Device Support-Lifespan Observatory

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TP-Link

TL-WA901ND v2

Gone quiet reasonably evidenced

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

5009 days since the last release against a median gap of 322 (15.6x)

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Last firmware
11 January 2013 (14 years ago)
Releases seen
4
Update rhythm
about every 11 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.

Firmware history

  1. TL-WA901ND_V2_130131_beta 11 January 2013

    Release notes — disclosure 0.31
    Modifications and Bug Fixes: Fixed the wireless instability and hang issue
  2. TL-WA901ND_V2_120224 24 February 2012

    Release notes — disclosure 0.35
    Modifications and Bug Fixes: Fixed the bug that it can't forward multicast packets when it works in AP Client/Universal Repeater mode;Fixed the bug that only when 4 SSID are used can VLAN function take effort;Added more IGMP group to support more applications.
  3. TL-WA901ND_V2_110214 14 February 2011

    Release notes — disclosure 0.41
    Modifications and Bug Fixes: Fix a bug that the backup file can change the MAC address;Make the APC has the same MAC address with AP in Repeater mode;Fix a bug that the Windows 7 system may ask for username and password if AP is in Repeater mode with WEP security;Fix a bug that if a wireless PC connect 802.1x radius server through it, it will cut the connection in short time;Fixed a bug in Multi-SSID mode that the AP cannot forward the packets which are bigger than 1514 bytes.
  4. TL-WA901ND_V2_100723 23 July 2010

    Release notes — disclosure 0.32
    Modifications and Bug Fixes: For V2 only, cannot be used on V1

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-WA901ND

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

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