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RUCKUS access points: the real end-of-life dates
R310 to R770, checked against the vendor's own end-of-life table — including the three things people most often get wrong about it.
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- ● Dates checked 27 July 2026
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Independent, and dated. 365 Techies is an independent IT firm. We are not an authorised partner, reseller or agent of RUCKUS Networks, Belden, CommScope, Cisco or Cisco Meraki, and we have no access to their support entitlements on your behalf. Every date on this page comes from the vendor’s own published notices, linked in the source column, and was checked on 27 July 2026. Where we could not verify something from a vendor source we say “check with vendor” rather than guess.
Every RUCKUS access point, with its real dates
Dates checked: 27 July 2026. Vendors move these. If you are making a decision on a date below, open the vendor link in the source column and check it yourself — then tell us if it has moved and we will correct this page.
| Model | Generation | End of sale | End of support | Status today | Last supported software | Vendor’s replacement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUCKUS R310 | 802.11ac Wave 1 (Wi-Fi 5) | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2026 | Support ended | SmartZone 6.1.x (AP zone) / ZoneDirector 10.5.x | R320 |
| RUCKUS R500 | 802.11ac Wave 1 (Wi-Fi 5) | 31/10/2018 | 30/04/2024 | Support ended | SmartZone 5.2.x (AP zone) / ZoneDirector 10.4.x | R510 |
| RUCKUS R600 | Check with vendor | 30/04/2019 | 30/04/2024 | Support ended | SmartZone 5.2.x (AP zone) / ZoneDirector 10.5.x | R610 |
| RUCKUS R510 | 802.11ac Wave 2 (Wi-Fi 5) | 31/01/2022 | 31/12/2028 | Supported | SmartZone 6.1.x (AP zone) / ZoneDirector 10.5.x | R550 |
| RUCKUS R610 | 802.11ac Wave 2 (Wi-Fi 5) | 31/01/2022 | 31/12/2027 | Ends in about 17 months | SmartZone 6.1.x (AP zone) / ZoneDirector 10.5.x | R650 |
| RUCKUS R710 | 802.11ac Wave 2 (Wi-Fi 5) | 31/01/2022 | 31/12/2028 | Supported | SmartZone 6.1.x (AP zone) / ZoneDirector 10.5.x | R750 |
| RUCKUS R720 | 802.11ac Wave 2 (Wi-Fi 5) | 31/01/2022 | 31/12/2027 | Ends in about 17 months | SmartZone 6.1.x (AP zone) / ZoneDirector 10.5.x | R750 |
| RUCKUS R320 | 802.11ac Wave 2 (Wi-Fi 5) | 31/01/2022 | 31/12/2028 | Supported | SmartZone 6.1.x (AP zone) / ZoneDirector 10.5.x | R350 |
| RUCKUS R730 | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) | 28/02/2022 | 28/02/2027 | Ends in about 7 months | SmartZone 6.1.0 (AP zone) / ZoneDirector 10.5.x | R850 |
| RUCKUS R550 | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) | — | Not announced | Current product — no end-of-life announced | — | — |
| RUCKUS R650 | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) | — | Not announced | Current product — no end-of-life announced | — | — |
| RUCKUS R750 | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) | — | Not announced | Current product — no end-of-life announced | — | — |
| RUCKUS R850 | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) | — | Not announced | Current product — no end-of-life announced | — | — |
| RUCKUS R670 | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be), tri-band | — | Not announced | Current product — no end-of-life announced | — | — |
| RUCKUS R770 | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be), tri-band | — | Not announced | Current product — no end-of-life announced | — | — |
Sources: RUCKUS Hardware AP end-of-life table · Cisco end-of-sale and end-of-life bulletins. We link the vendor, never a reseller or an end-of-life aggregator.
Three things this table shows that people get wrong
1. Newer does not mean longer. The R730 is a Wi-Fi 6 access point and its support ends 28/02/2027. The R510 is an older Wi-Fi 5 access point and its support runs to 31/12/2028 — nearly two years longer. If you are prioritising replacements by age, you may be replacing them in the wrong order.
2. The current models have no end-of-life dates at all. The R550, R650, R750, R850, R670 and R770 have no announced end of sale or end of support. You will see 31/01/2022 attached to them in various places online. That date belongs to the Wi-Fi 5 generation, not to these.
3. “Five years after end of sale” is a rule of thumb, not the rule. RUCKUS publishes a general policy, but the per-product table governs and sometimes exceeds it — the R510 went end of sale on 31/01/2022 and is supported to 31/12/2028, which is nearly seven years. Use the table, not the arithmetic.
| Software | First version with WPA3 | Released |
|---|---|---|
| RUCKUS ZoneDirector | 10.3 | 18 July 2019 |
| RUCKUS Unleashed | 200.8 | 23 January 2020 |
| RUCKUS SmartZone | 5.2 | — |
Why that table matters more than the datasheet. WPA3 arrived on the Wi-Fi 5 RUCKUS access points by firmware, not in the box. The 2019 revision of the R710 and R720 datasheets lists no WPA3 at all; the 2020 revision of the same datasheet does. So “does my access point support WPA3?” is really two questions — is the hardware capable, and is your controller new enough to offer it. We checked the negative case too: ZoneDirector 10.2 and Unleashed 200.7 contain no mention of WPA3 anywhere.
Specifications
| Model | Streams | Headline rate (theoretical) | Ports | PoE for full function | What you lose on 802.3af | WPA3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUCKUS R310 | 2x2:2 SU-MIMO (no MU-MIMO listed) | 300 / 867 Mbps | 1 x 1GbE | 802.3af (11W max) | af is its normal mode | No |
| RUCKUS R500 | 2x2:2 SU-MIMO | 300 / 867 Mbps | 2 x 1GbE | 802.3af (10.5W max) | af is its normal mode | No |
| RUCKUS R600 | Check with vendor | Check with vendor | Check with vendor | Check with vendor | Check with vendor | Check with vendor |
| RUCKUS R510 | 2x2:2, SU-MIMO and MU-MIMO | 300 / 867 Mbps | 2 x 1GbE, 1 x USB 2.0 | 802.3af (12.6W max) — no separate 802.3at mode listed | af is its normal mode — this is why R510 estates sit on af-only switches | Yes Listed on the current datasheet; needs later firmware and a controller version that exposes it. |
| RUCKUS R610 | 3x3:3, SU-MIMO and MU-MIMO | 450 / 1300 Mbps | 2 x 1GbE with LACP, 1 x USB | 802.3at (21.87W) | 2.4GHz limited to 2x3 (2-chain TX at 21dBm aggregate); USB port off; one Ethernet port off | Yes Firmware and controller dependent. |
| RUCKUS R710 | 4x4:4 SU-MIMO; 3 streams for MU-MIMO | 600 / 1733 Mbps | 2 x 1GbE with LACP, 1 x USB | 802.3at (peak 25W) | 2.4GHz drops to 2x4 at 19dBm/chain; 2nd Ethernet disabled; USB disabled | Yes On the current (2020) datasheet. The 2019 revision listed no WPA3 - it arrived by firmware. |
| RUCKUS R720 | 4x4:4, SU-MIMO and MU-MIMO | 600 / 1733 Mbps | 1 x 2.5GbE, 1 x 1GbE, 1 x USB | PoH / UPoE (up to 33.5W) for all features | af (12.95W): both radios collapse to 1x4. at (25.5W): full 4x4 but the 2nd Ethernet port and USB are still disabled | Yes On the current (2020) datasheet. The 2019 revision listed no WPA3 - it arrived by firmware. |
| RUCKUS R320 | 2x2:2, SU-MIMO and MU-MIMO | 300 / 867 Mbps | 1 x 1GbE | 802.3af (12.18W max) | af is its normal mode - nothing is disabled | Yes On the current datasheet only. The 2019 revision listed no WPA3, so it arrived by firmware - old firmware will not have it. |
| RUCKUS R730 | 8x8:8 (5GHz) + 4x4:4 (2.4GHz) - 12 streams | 1148 Mbps / 4.8 Gbps | 1 x 1/2.5/5GbE, 1 x 1GbE | PoH / UPoE / DC (31.0W max) | RUCKUS marks 802.3af not recommended. On 802.3at (23.8W) the 5GHz radio runs 4x4 instead of 8x8 and the Zigbee/BLE radio is disabled - so an R730 on an ordinary PoE+ switch silently runs at half its 5GHz streams | Yes Datasheet states WPA3 and Wi-Fi Enhanced Open. |
| RUCKUS R550 | 2x2:2 both bands, SU-MIMO and MU-MIMO | 574 / 1200 Mbps | 2 x 1GbE, 1 x USB | 802.3at (18.71W) | 12.71W limited mode: 2.4GHz 2x2 at 19dBm/chain; 2nd Ethernet, onboard IoT radio and USB all disabled | Yes WPA3-Personal and WPA3-Enterprise both listed on the datasheet. |
| RUCKUS R650 | 4x4:4 (5GHz) + 2x2:2 (2.4GHz) | 574 / 2400 Mbps (2974 combined) | 1 x 2.5GbE, 1 x 1GbE, USB, BLE + Zigbee | 802.3at (21.59W) | 12.25W: 5GHz drops 4x4 to 2x4; 2nd Ethernet, IoT radio and USB disabled | Yes |
| RUCKUS R750 | 4x4:4 both bands | 1148 / 2400 Mbps | 1 x 2.5GbE, 1 x 1GbE, USB, BLE + Zigbee | 802.3at (22.34W) | 12.54W: both radios 2x4; 2nd Ethernet, IoT radio and USB disabled | Yes |
| RUCKUS R850 | 8x8:8 (5GHz) + 4x4:4 (2.4GHz) - 12 streams | 1148 Mbps / 4.8 Gbps | 1 x 1/2.5/5GbE, 1 x 1GbE | 802.3bt-class supply (PoH / UPoE / DC) | On 802.3at the 5GHz radio runs 4x4 instead of 8x8 | Yes |
| RUCKUS R670 | 2x2:2 / 2x2:2 / 2x2:2 tri-band (6 streams), or 2x2:2 + 4x4:4 dual-band | 689 / 5765 / 5765 Mbps (9.34 Gbps combined) | 1 x 1/2.5/5GbE, 1 x 1GbE | Check with vendor | Check with vendor | Check with vendor |
| RUCKUS R770 | 2x2:2 (2.4GHz) / 4x4:4 (5GHz) / 2x2:2 (6GHz) | 689 / 5765 / 5765 Mbps (12.22 Gbps combined) | 1 x 1/2.5/5/10GbE, 1 x 1GbE | Check with vendor | Check with vendor | Check with vendor |
Vendor headline figures are theoretical PHY rates. Real throughput per client, on a shared access point, is a fraction of them — Cisco’s own datasheets use the word “theoretical”.
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