Device Support-Lifespan Observatory

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TP-Link

TL-WA901ND v3

Gone quiet well evidenced

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

4192 days since the last release against a median gap of 125 (33.5x)

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Last firmware
9 April 2015 (11 years ago)
Releases seen
5
Update rhythm
about every 4 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_V3_150409 9 April 2015

    Release notes — disclosure 0.51 
    Modifications and Bug Fixes: Bug Fixed: Fixed the directory traversal security bug. Fixed the bug that the LAN getway does not take effect when TL-WA901ND is in Client mode. Fixed a display error in the WDS scanning result page. Fixed the bug that chromecast cannot work with TL-WA901ND.

    Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026

  2. TL-WA901ND_V3_141030 30 October 2014

    Release notes — disclosure 0.45 
    Modifications and Bug Fixes: New Features/Enhancement：(1) Added Logout option to logout after configuration .(2) only allowed one user to login the management webpage at the same time. (3) Improved the security mechanism, enhanced the ability to prevent the XSS and DoS attack. (4)Optimized the remote access module, interface display and the performance of Smart IP.Bug Fixed：(1) Fixed a bug that the remote access function would not affect till a reboot. (2)Fixed an issue that some Samsung Smart TV can't get Internet access when connected to TL-WA901ND in Client mode. (3)Fixed a bug that the Broadcasting packet can't be transmitted from LAN to WLAN in Multi-SSID mode.(4)Fixed a bug that the channel display was incorrect in Bridge with AP mode.

    Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026

  3. TL-WA901ND_V3_130828 28 August 2013

    Release notes — disclosure 0.33 
    Modifications and Bug Fixes: Added gateway option under LAN section.Added "Allow remote access" option.Romoved the function of logining the management page with any domain.

    Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026

  4. TL-WA901ND_V3_130731 31 July 2013

    Release notes — disclosure 0.34 
    Modifications and Bug Fixes: Fixed the bug all websites will be redirected to management page when changing the LAN IP to static IP.Fixed the compatibility problem with Samsung Smart TV.

    Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026

  5. TL-WA901ND_V3_130503 3 May 2013

    Release notes — disclosure 0.06 
    Modifications and Bug Fixes: first firmware release

    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-WA901ND

Judged by lifecycle-1 on 30 September 2026. How these verdicts are computed.

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