Extender AX3000Q

Key dates

Release

August 2025

Note: ipTIME's company news post announcing the launch is dated 2025-10-02.

Last update

November 11, 2026 · version 16.00.8

End of support

No end date

Estimated end

August 2029 · estimate

The release date plus the median support length of 3 ipTIME Router models with a known end: 4 years.

Firmware updates

Updates I found on the maker’s pages, from August 2026 to November 2026. I read the notes of 4 of these updates and found security changes in all of them.

2026-11-11

16.00.8

2026-11-04

16.00.6 Security, bug fixes, new features or improvements · 4 vulnerability IDs (opens in a new tab)

2026-10-13

16.00.4 Security, bug fixes, new features or improvements · 10 vulnerability IDs (opens in a new tab)

2026-09-16

16.00.0 Security, bug fixes, new features or improvements · 21 vulnerability IDs (opens in a new tab)

2026-08-25

15.36.6 Security, bug fixes, new features or improvements · 4 vulnerability IDs (opens in a new tab)

Sources

• EFM Networks (ipTIME) Support page 16.00.8 (opens in a new tab) Support page 16.00.8last verified November 11, 2026
• EFM Networks (ipTIME) Support page 2025-08-01 (opens in a new tab) Support page 2025-08-01last verified October 25, 2026
• EFM Networks (ipTIME) Release notes 15.36.6 (opens in a new tab) Release notes 15.36.6last verified October 15, 2026
• EFM Networks (ipTIME) Release notes 16.00.4 (opens in a new tab) Release notes 16.00.4last verified October 14, 2026
• EFM Networks (ipTIME) Release notes 16.00.0 (opens in a new tab) Release notes 16.00.0last verified October 13, 2026