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What is the major difference between the TL-ER7208 hardware v1.0 & the 2.6?

What is the major difference between the TL-ER7208 hardware v1.0 & the 2.6?

What is the major difference between the TL-ER7208 hardware v1.0 & the 2.6?
What is the major difference between the TL-ER7208 hardware v1.0 & the 2.6?
2025-09-10 18:52:15 - last edited 2025-09-11 08:50:33
Tags: #Routing #Load Balancing #Firewall #Network Connectivity
Model: ER7206 (TL-ER7206)  
Hardware Version: V1
Firmware Version:

I have a TL-ER7206 hardware version V1.0. It's working okay.

I have a chance to buy a NIB TL-ER7206, hardware version 2.6

 

Other than the v2.6 having a USB port (which I'm not sure I'd use), is it worth the upgrade?

 

I assume my existing cfg file would not be plug & play between them, I'd have to reeneter all the details from the old to the new.

 

Thx.

 

PS: The TP-Link product page sells the TL-ER7206 hw v2.20. But there is a v2.6 version of code on the firmware download page.

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Re:What is the major difference between the TL-ER7208 hardware v1.0 & the 2.6?-Solution
2025-09-10 21:33:12 - last edited 2025-09-11 08:50:33

  @ticedoff 

 

v1 is EOL and hasnt recieved a firmware update for over a year now. 

 

v2 is still in support, had better hardware (specifically things like VPN throughput and concurrent sessions) and supports all the latest features being introduced into the Omada system,

 

v2 / 2.2 / 2.6 are the same exact hardware and firmware, just denotes a different factory of manufacture

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Re:What is the major difference between the TL-ER7208 hardware v1.0 & the 2.6?-Solution
2025-09-10 21:33:12 - last edited 2025-09-11 08:50:33

  @ticedoff 

 

v1 is EOL and hasnt recieved a firmware update for over a year now. 

 

v2 is still in support, had better hardware (specifically things like VPN throughput and concurrent sessions) and supports all the latest features being introduced into the Omada system,

 

v2 / 2.2 / 2.6 are the same exact hardware and firmware, just denotes a different factory of manufacture

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2025-09-10 21:36:37
Thanks. I got a v6.0 from eBay for 120 dollars to replace my v1.0. Is it safe to assume the v1.0's cfg file is not plug & play with the v6.0?
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Re:What is the major difference between the TL-ER7208 hardware v1.0 & the 2.6?
2025-09-10 21:42:06

  @ticedoff 

 

no it is not, has to be redone from scratch

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