Zyxel WAP5605 — End-of-Life & EOSL Dates
Zyxel has published end-of-life dates for the WAP5605. End of global marketing and end of service and support are taken from Zyxel's own end-of-life table, linked below.
Is the Zyxel WAP5605 end of life?
Past end of serviceEvery tracked Zyxel WAP5605 SKU group is past Zyxel end of service life (last group Dec 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. Zyxel’s named migration path: WAP5705.
Why this score
- Past end of service life — 116 months ago
- Vendor-published date, source-linked
- Vendor-named replacement / migration path available
- Category: service provider access equipment
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 →
WAP5605
EOSL — PAST1 SKU in this group
Options from here
Unsupported nowThe Zyxel WAP5605 is past Zyxel 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.
Zyxel WAP5605 — questions
Is the Zyxel WAP5605 end of life?
Yes — every tracked WAP5605 SKU group is past its last date of support.
What is the last date of support for the WAP5605?
Dec 2016 — per the Zyxel end-of-sale bulletin.
Where do these WAP5605 dates come from?
Every end-of-sale and end-of-service-life date on this page links to the official Zyxel end-of-sale bulletin it was taken from.
What is the replacement for the WAP5605?
Zyxel's end-of-life bulletin lists WAP5705 as the recommended migration path for the WAP5605. Exact per-part-number replacements are in the linked bulletin.
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