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murdof
Jan 09, 2023Tutor
WAX206 - Shelly not able to keep state
I'm having issue with 2xWAX206 that I bought and using as APs. I have about 80 Shelly and smart wifi devices and while I have a cheap AX1800 Xiaomi that can handle all of them on 2.4 GHz - I can't g...
- Jan 09, 2023
It turns out I had to change authentication to WPA2-Personal
WPA3 wasn't backwards compatible.
I also moved 2.4 GHz WiFi network to Wireless 1 instead of 2.
In case anyone else faces similar problems.
Latency / pinging all seems to work ok now...
michaelkenward
Jan 09, 2023Guru - Experienced User
So, more a wifi client issue than a router thing.
Nice research Sherlock..
murdof
Jan 10, 2023Tutor
Yes the fact that a $30 Xiaomi router can work in WPA2/WPA3 auto mode and NETGEAR can’t was also a surprise for me.
Why some clients would authenticate with WPA3 mode and then disconnect after a while is also puzzling…
Why some clients would authenticate with WPA3 mode and then disconnect after a while is also puzzling…
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