Device Support-Lifespan Observatory

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TP-Link

TL-WR743ND v1

Gone quiet reasonably evidenced

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

5011 days since the last release against a median gap of 438 (11.4x)

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Last firmware
9 January 2013 (14 years ago)
Releases seen
3
Update rhythm
about every 1 year
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-WR743ND_V1_130109 9 January 2013

    Release notes — disclosure 0.36
    Modifications and Bug Fixes: Fixed some connection dropped and crash problem.Fixed a problem that DNS Proxy become invalid when using some DHCP Server.Fixed a problem that dial-up connection become invalid in Status interface after reboot the router when using L2TP and Dynamic IP mode.
  2. TL-WR743ND_V1_111212 12 December 2011

    Release notes — disclosure 0.35
    Modifications and Bug Fixes: Fixed the bug that can't get WAN IP Address on AP Client Router or AP Router mode;Added a WDS option on AP Client mode;Added Gateway in Network->LAN page to make it can be managed remotely.
  3. TL-WR743ND_V1_100816 16 August 2010

    Release notes — disclosure 0.33
    Modifications and Bug Fixes: Fix a bug that WAN port can´t get DNS parameter if WAN connection type is Dynamic IP.

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-WR743ND

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

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