Device Support-Lifespan Observatory

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TP-Link

TL-WPA4220 v1

Gone quiet reasonably evidenced

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

3064 days since the last release against a median gap of 462 (6.6x)

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Last firmware
10 May 2018 (8 years ago)
Releases seen
3
Update rhythm
about every 1 year
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-WPA4220(US)_V1_180509_Beta 10 May 2018

    Release notes — disclosure 0.25
    Modifications and Bug Fixes: 1. Changed the default IP address of the device from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.0.254.
  2. TL-WPA4220(US)_V1_160421 21 April 2016

    Release notes — disclosure 0.32
    Modifications and Bug Fixes: Modification: Upgrade the Powerline Transfer Speed from 500Mbps to 600Mbps.
  3. TL-WPA4220(US)_V1_151026 30 October 2015

    Release notes — disclosure 0.40
    Notes: 1.For TL-WPA4220(US)_V1 2.Once you have upgraded to this firmware, you will not be able to downgrade to the old version. 3.Once you have upgraded to this firmware, you will not be able to upgrade or downgrade to the firmware for TL-WPA4220(EU)_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-WPA4220

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

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