Device Support-Lifespan Observatory

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TP-Link

TL-WR841N v7

Gone quiet well evidenced

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

5376 days since the last release against a median gap of 131 (41.0x)

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Last firmware
11 January 2012 (15 years ago)
Releases seen
5
Update rhythm
about every 4 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-WR841N_V7_111228 11 January 2012

    Release notes — disclosure 0.37
    Modifications and Bug Fixes: Add the function of IP conflict detection between LAN and WAN.Add the function that login the web page via domain name http://tplinklogin.net.Add the function of day-light saving time.Add MAC clone step in the Quick Setup configuration.Add the function of supporting different internal and external port in Virtual Server.Change the default LAN IP address to 192.168.0.1
  2. TL-WR841N_V7_110726 26 July 2011

    Release notes — disclosure 0.32
    Notes: For TL-WR841N hardware version 7 onlySupports Unifi users and general users
  3. TL-WR841N_V7_101231 31 December 2010

    Release notes — disclosure 0.06
    Modifications and Bug Fixes: Firmware in Portuguese
  4. TL-WR841N_V7_100929 29 September 2010

    Release notes — disclosure 0.48
    Modifications and Bug Fixes: Improve PPTP/L2TP performance. Improve wireless performance and stability. Add IGMP support. Add RTSP pass through. Add support to DHCP Option 249. Fix a backup & Restore problemSupport blank Username/password for PPPoE/PPTP/L2TP Support WAN gateway address can be in different subnet with WAN IP addressSome web page display modifications
  5. TL-WR841N_V7_100726 26 July 2010

    Release notes — disclosure 0.06
    Modifications and Bug Fixes: Add IGMP support.

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-WR841N

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

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