Archer A7 (v5)
No end date
No end date announced yet . estimated end May 2027
No new update in over a year. Check the maker’s support page for a newer one.
The maker discontinued this model in the US on May 29, 2024. The maker’s policy says security updates usually end 3 years after discontinuation, so I estimate the end at May 2027. TP-Link end-of-life policy (opens in a new tab)
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Dates and sources
Dates and sources
SourceTP-Link · calculated by us from the maker’s data (opens in a new tab)checked November 13, 2026
Key dates
- Release
- May 2018 · estimateHow I calculated it: Month of TP-Link's own press release (dated 2018-05-29) announcing that this model is now available. TP-Link does not state an exact on-sale date; the post date is used as the launch month. The first firmware TP-Link's US download page lists, Archer A7(US)_V5_180424, was published in the same month, on 2018-05-04.
- Last update
- November 8, 2022 · version 1.2.1 Build 20220714
- End of support
- No end date
- Estimated end
- May 2027 · estimateThe maker’s policy says security updates usually end 3 years after discontinuation.
- Discontinued in the US
- May 29, 2024
SourceTP-Link (opens in a new tab)checked November 13, 2026
Firmware updates
Updates I found on the maker’s pages, from May 2018 to November 2022. I read the notes of 16 of these updates and found security changes in 5.
- 1.2.1 Build 20220714 Security, bug fixes, new features or improvements
- 211210 Bug fixes
- 211022 Security, bug fixes
- 210519 Security
- 210125 Security, bug fixes, new features or improvements
11 more
- 201120 Bug fixes
- 201029 Security, bug fixes, new features or improvements
- 200721 New features or improvements
- 200220 Bug fixes, new features or improvements
- 191203 Bug fixes, new features or improvements
- 190810 Bug fixes, new features or improvements
- 190517 Bug fixes, new features or improvements
- 190403 New features or improvements
- 181210 Bug fixes, new features or improvements
- 181102 Bug fixes, new features or improvements
- 180424 New features or improvements
Sources
- TP-Link (opens in a new tab) Support pagelast verified November 13, 2026
- TP-Link (opens in a new tab) End-of-sale listlast verified November 13, 2026
- TP-Link Support page 2018-05-01 (opens in a new tab) Support page 2018-05-01last verified October 25, 2026
- TP-Link (opens in a new tab) Firmware downloadslast verified October 15, 2026
What to do now
- Open the router's admin page or app and install the latest firmware.
- Turn on automatic firmware updates if the router offers them.
- Change the default admin password.
- Turn off remote (WAN) management, WPS and UPnP unless you need them.
- Use WPA2 or WPA3 for Wi-Fi with a long passphrase.
Other TP-Link routers
| Model | End | |
|---|---|---|
| Ended · 2 | ||
| Archer C50 (v5), ended 5 months ago, Estimate · Released 2018-11 | ||
| Archer C50 (v4), ended 1 year 9 months ago, Estimate · Released 2018-01 | ||
| Likely ended · 2 | ||
| Archer C5400X (v1) · Released 2018-05 | ||
| Archer A10 (v1) · Released 2018-12 | ||
| No end date · 4 | ||
| Archer A6 (v2), 2 years 4 months left, Estimate · Released 2018-12 | ||
| Archer AX6000 (v1), 1 year 1 month left, Estimate · Released 2018-12 | ||
| Archer C6 (v2), 3 years 3 months left, Estimate · Released 2018-08 | ||
| Archer C7 (v5), 1 year left, Estimate · Released 2017-12 | ||
53 more
| Model | End | |
|---|---|---|
| Ended · 3 | ||
| Archer C50 (v5), ended 5 months ago, Estimate · Released 2018-11 | ||
| Archer C50 (v4), ended 1 year 9 months ago, Estimate · Released 2018-01 | ||
| Archer C50 (v3), ended 4 years 4 months ago, Estimate · Released 2017-02 | ||
| Likely ended · 10 | ||
| Archer C7 (v4) · Released 2017-03 | ||
| Archer A10 (v2) · Released 2020-05 | ||
| Archer C5400X (v1) · Released 2018-05 | ||
| Deco X20 (v1) · Released 2020-03 | ||
| Archer A9 (v6) · Released 2019-01 | ||
| Archer C1200 (v3) · Released 2017-02 | ||
| Archer A10 (v1) · Released 2018-12 | ||
| Archer AX20 (v1) · Released 2020-01 | ||
| Archer C9 (v5) · Released 2017-08 | ||
| Archer C9 (v3) · Released 2016-07 | ||
| No end date · 48 | ||
| Archer A6 (v2), 2 years 4 months left, Estimate · Released 2018-12 | ||
| Archer A6 (v3), 2 years 4 months left, Estimate · Released 2020-08 | ||
| Archer A6 (v4), 3 years 3 months left, Estimate · Released 2022-07 | ||
| Archer A8 (v1), 2 years 2 months left, Estimate · Released 2020-03 | ||
| Archer AX10 (v1), 6 months left, Estimate · Released 2019-08 | ||
| Archer AX10 (v2), 2 years 6 months left, Estimate · Released 2022-09 | ||
| Archer AX20 (v1.20), 6 months left, Estimate · Released 2020-04 | ||
| Archer AX21 (v1.20), 6 months left, Estimate · Released 2020-06 | ||
| Archer AX21 (v2), 6 months left, Estimate · Released 2020-12 | ||
| Archer AX21 (v3), 1 year left, Estimate · Released 2021-12 | ||
| Archer AX21 (v4.6), 3 years 3 months left, Estimate · Released 2023-06 | ||
| Archer AX50 (v1), 6 months left, Estimate · Released 2019-08 | ||
| Archer AX55 (v1), 3 years 1 month left, Estimate · Released 2021-06 | ||
| Archer AX55 (v4), 1 year 2 months left, Estimate | ||
| Archer AX55 Pro (v1), 3 years 1 month left, Estimate · Released 2022-10 | ||
| Archer AX73 (v1), 1 year 8 months left, Estimate · Released 2020-09 | ||
| Archer AX75 (v1), 6 months left, Estimate · Released 2021-12 | ||
| Archer AX80 (v1), 2 years 7 months left, Estimate · Released 2022-12 | ||
| Archer AX90 (v1), 1 year 4 months left, Estimate · Released 2020-04 | ||
| Archer AX3000 (v1), 5 months left, Estimate · Released 2019-08 | ||
| Archer AX6000 (v1), 1 year 1 month left, Estimate · Released 2018-12 | ||
| Archer AX11000 (v1), 2 years 2 months left, Estimate · Released 2019-01 | ||
| Archer AXE75 (v1), 3 years 1 month left, Estimate · Released 2022-01 | ||
| Archer BE230 (v1), 3 years 3 months left, Estimate · Released 2024-05 | ||
| Archer BE550 (v1), 3 years 3 months left, Estimate · Released 2023-07 | ||
| Archer BE800 (v1), 3 years 3 months left, Estimate · Released 2023-04 | ||
| Archer BE900 (v1), 3 years 3 months left, Estimate · Released 2023-02 | ||
| Archer C6 (v2), 3 years 3 months left, Estimate · Released 2018-08 | ||
| Archer C7 (v2), 11 months left, Estimate · Released 2013-12 | ||
| Archer C7 (v5), 1 year left, Estimate · Released 2017-12 | ||
| Archer C80 (v1), 5 months left, Estimate · Released 2019-12 | ||
| Archer C80 (v2), 3 years 1 month left, Estimate · Released 2022-08 | ||
| Archer C2300 (v2), 4 months left, Estimate · Released 2020-07 | ||
| Archer C4000 (v3), 1 year 8 months left, Estimate | ||
| Archer GX90 (v1), 2 years 8 months left, Estimate · Released 2020-04 | ||
| Deco BE63 (v1.6), 1 year 7 months left, Estimate · Released 2023-09 | ||
| Deco BE65 (v1), 3 years 4 months left, Estimate · Released 2023-09 | ||
| Deco BE85 (v2.6), 2 years 10 months left, Estimate · Released 2023-03 | ||
| Deco M4 (v2), 3 years 1 month left, Estimate · Released 2019-08 | ||
| Deco M5 (v2), 2 years 4 months left, Estimate | ||
| Deco M5 (v3), 2 years 4 months left, Estimate | ||
| Deco S4 (v2), 3 years 1 month left, Estimate · Released 2019-12 | ||
| Deco X20 (v4), 3 years 1 month left, Estimate | ||
| Deco X50 (v1), 3 years 1 month left, Estimate · Released 2021-09 | ||
| Deco X55 (v1), 3 years 1 month left, Estimate | ||
| Deco X60 (v3), 3 years 1 month left, Estimate · Released 2021-03 | ||
| Deco X90 (v1), 2 years 1 month left, Estimate · Released 2020-04 | ||
| Deco XE75 (v1), 3 years 1 month left, Estimate · Released 2022-02 | ||