HPE HP WX5002/WX5004 Wireless Controllers — End-of-Life & EOSL Dates
With the introduction of the MSM4xx access point and Unified Wireless Controllers, HP is taking the next step in the migration to the HP unified wireless solution that started in the fall of 2011. HP is announcing the EOL of the following A-Series WX5000 series wireless controllers. These products a
Is the HPE HP WX5002/WX5004 Wireless Controllers end of life?
Past end of serviceEvery tracked HPE HP WX5002/WX5004 Wireless Controllers SKU group is past HPE end of service life (last group Dec 2019). Units in production should be treated as unsupported. For past-EOSL units, weigh third-party maintenance, spares, replacement, or a documented run-to-failure. HPE’s named migration path: JG640A.
Why this score
- Past end of service life — 80 months ago
- EOSL computed from the vendor support-life policy, not a per-model published date
- Vendor-named replacement / migration path available
- Category: wireless
The score reflects support-lifecycle timing and source confidence only — higher means more support runway. It is not a risk, safety or compliance rating. How it’s calculated →
HP WX5002/WX5004 Wireless Controllers
EOSL — PAST3 SKUs in this group
Options from here
Unsupported nowThe HPE HP WX5002/WX5004 Wireless Controllers is past HPE end of service life. These are the paths teams take from here:
Keep it in production past the OEM cutoff with an independent maintainer.
Buy spares now, while units still circulate on the secondary market.
It is unsupported today — set a migration timeline and budget.
Low-criticality role — document the risk, harden backups, retire on your terms.
Independent and informational — EOSL.ai sells no hardware or maintenance and lists no paid placements. Third-party maintenance keeps unsupported gear in production past the OEM cutoff; whether it fits depends on the asset's role.
End-of-sale dates are taken from the HPE end-of-sale bulletin linked in each group. End-of-service-life is computed as end-of-sale + 5 years per HPE's published support-life policy — HPE does not publish a per-model EOSL date.
HP WX5002/WX5004 Wireless Controllers — questions
Is the HPE HP WX5002/WX5004 Wireless Controllers end of life?
Yes — every tracked WX5002/WX5004 Wireless Controllers SKU group is past its last date of support.
What is the last date of support for the WX5002/WX5004 Wireless Controllers?
Dec 2019 — derived from HPE's published 5-year support-life policy applied to the end-of-sale date.
Where do these WX5002/WX5004 Wireless Controllers dates come from?
End-of-sale dates link to the official HPE end-of-sale bulletin. End-of-service-life is computed as end-of-sale plus HPE's published 5-year support-life policy, which is also linked.
What is the replacement for the WX5002/WX5004 Wireless Controllers?
HPE's end-of-life bulletin lists JG640A as the recommended migration path for the WX5002/WX5004 Wireless Controllers. Exact per-part-number replacements are in the linked bulletin.
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