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henrik367's avatar
henrik367
Follower
Feb 27, 2020

RAX80 support for WPA3

When will the RAX80 get WPA3 support?  It has been said from the start that the router should support wpa3 at a later date, but I'm starting to doubt. The competing router from Asus, RT-AX88U, got W...
Clibert's avatar
Clibert
Star
Mar 08, 2020
They can’t fix the issues it has doubt it ever gets it
  • Christian_R's avatar
    Christian_R
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    Mar 11, 2020

    Hi henrik367, 

     

    We currently do not have an ETA or any further details on when the RAX80 should support WPA3. We'll provide an update as soon as we can.

     

    Regards,

    Christian 

    • gibfahn's avatar
      gibfahn
      Initiate
      Aug 04, 2020

      Looks like WPA3-Personal has shipped, I just enabled it today on my RAX-80, I'm currently on Firmware Version V1.0.3.98_1.0.46 (didn't actively update it).

      • Clive61's avatar
        Clive61
        Aspirant
        Aug 17, 2020

        My new nighthawk has WPA3 option. And it either fails to connect to my iPhone or iPad. I have had to reset it back to wpa2. 
        the product loaded an update when first installing