Netgate FW-7551 End-of-Life & EOSL Dates
FW-7551 — end-of-sale and end-of-life dates as published by Netgate on its Product Lifecycle page.
Every tracked Netgate FW-7551 SKU group is past Netgate end of service life (last group May 2016). Units in production should be treated as unsupported. For past-EOSL units, weigh third-party maintenance, spares, replacement, or a documented run-to-failure. Netgate’s named migration path: SG-5100.
End of sale
May 2015
Last date of support
May 2016
Part numbers
1
126
months past last support
Why this score
- Past end of service life 126 months ago
- Vendor-published date, source-linked
- Vendor-named replacement / migration path available
- Category: security appliance
Support-lifecycle timing and source confidence only. Higher means more runway. It is not a risk, safety or compliance rating. How it is calculated
Part number in this family
This family has one tracked part number. Its dates are the ones above.
| Part number | End of sale | Last date of support | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| FW-7551 | May 2015 | May 2016 | Past support |
Options from here
The Netgate FW-7551 is past Netgate 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. Current eBay listings for Netgate FW-7551 ↗
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 and no maintenance, and lists no paid placements. Third-party maintenance keeps unsupported gear in production past the OEM cutoff; whether it fits depends on the role the asset plays.
Netgate FW-7551 questions
Is the Netgate FW-7551 end of life?
Yes. The FW-7551 is past its last date of support (May 2016, per the Netgate end-of-sale bulletin).
What is the last date of support for the FW-7551?
May 2016, per the Netgate end-of-sale bulletin.
Where do these FW-7551 dates come from?
Every end-of-sale and end-of-service-life date on this page links to the official Netgate end-of-sale bulletin it was taken from.
What is the replacement for the FW-7551?
Netgate's end-of-life bulletin lists SG-5100 as the recommended migration path for the FW-7551. Exact per-part-number replacements are in the linked bulletin.