Archer C1200 (v3)

Security updates likely ended . last update January 2022

The maker discontinued this model in the US on December 4, 2022. The maker’s policy says security updates usually end 3 years after discontinuation, so I estimate the end at December 2025. TP-Link end-of-life policy (opens in a new tab)

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The maker hasn’t announced an end date for this model. Its policy says security updates usually end 3 years after discontinuation, which for this model would be December 2025. No update has come out since then, so I estimate support has ended.

SourceTP-Link · calculated by us from the maker’s data (opens in a new tab)checked November 13, 2026

Key dates

Release: February 2017 · estimate
How I calculated it: The first firmware TP-Link's US download page lists for this hardware version is Archer C1200(US)_V3_170206, published 2017-02-06 and marked as the first firmware released. Its month is used as the launch month; the model may have gone on sale shortly before.
Last update: January 11, 2022 · version 211219
Estimated end: December 2025 · estimate
Discontinued in the US: December 4, 2022
SourceTP-Link (opens in a new tab)checked November 13, 2026

Firmware updates

Updates I found on the maker’s pages, from February 2017 to January 2022. I read the notes of 7 of these updates and found security changes in 2.

2022-01-11: 211219 Security
2020-10-09: 200831 New features or improvements
2020-05-13: 200401 Security, bug fixes, new features or improvements
2018-01-24: 180122 Bug fixes, new features or improvements
2018-01-10: 180104 Bug fixes
2017-11-17: 171117 Bug fixes, new features or improvements
2017-02-06: 170206 New features or improvements

Record

2022-01-11
Last advisory with a fix: 1 fixed
TP-Link Archer C1200 (v3) firmware 211219 · checked November 13, 2026

Sources

TP-Link (opens in a new tab) End-of-sale listlast verified November 13, 2026
TP-Link Firmware downloads 2017-02-01 (opens in a new tab) Firmware downloads 2017-02-01last verified October 25, 2026
TP-Link Firmware downloads 211219 (opens in a new tab) Firmware downloads 211219last verified October 15, 2026
Vulnerability data: vendor security bulletins, CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, NVD, FIRST EPSSas of November 13, 2026 · Data sources

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Until you replace it

If the maker’s support page has a newer update, install it. TP-Link end-of-life policy (opens in a new tab)
Check that firmware 211219 or later is installed.
Turn off remote (WAN) management, WPS and UPnP.
Change the admin and Wi-Fi passwords.

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