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iank10's avatar
iank10
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Jan 09, 2021

Security methods

Ive just purchased a wifi repeater ive set it up to my RBR50 and security method is set to WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK and when im log on with my phone to the repeater is saying Weak Security WPA/WPA2 (TKIP) is not concidered secure 

use WPA3 or WPA2/WPA3

 

does anyone now when they are going to upgrade firmware for the WPA3 option

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  • CrimpOn's avatar
    CrimpOn
    Guru - Experienced User
    Jan 11, 2021
    iank10 wrote:

    Ive just purchased a wifi repeater ive set it up to my RBR50 and security method is set to WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK and when im log on with my phone to the repeater is saying Weak Security WPA/WPA2 (TKIP) is not concidered secure 

    use WPA3 or WPA2/WPA3

    This appears inconsistent.  These old Orbis (2016 era) offer only three security options (see attachment).

    It is true that TKIP was superseded by WPA2  (see Wikipedia for information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_Protected_Access )

    If the Orbi is set to WPA-PSK/WPA2/PSK, that is different from WPA-PSK [TKIP] + WPA2-PSK [AES]

     

    So, which device is complaining about security? (phone or Orbi?)