Device Support-Lifespan Observatory

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TP-Link

TL-WR743ND v2

Gone quiet reasonably evidenced

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

4688 days since the last release against a median gap of 245 (19.1x)

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Last firmware
29 November 2013 (13 years ago)
Releases seen
3
Update rhythm
about every 8 months
Support observed
≥1 year
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_V2_131129 29 November 2013

    Release notes — disclosure 0.32
    Modifications and Bug Fixes: Fixed some vulnerabilities and improved security;Improved the compatibility with multicast app;Improved the stability.
  2. TL-WR743ND_V2_130318 18 March 2013

    Release notes — disclosure 0.31
    Modifications and Bug Fixes: Fixed some vulnerabilities and improved security
  3. TL-WR743ND_V2_120727 27 July 2012

    Release notes — disclosure 0.06
    Modifications and Bug Fixes: Stock firmware

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 30 September 2026. How these verdicts are computed.

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