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jrmm
Aspirant
Apr 02, 2023

Weak Network Security warning on iPhone

I have an R7850 Netgear router and use Nighthawk to monitor my network. I recently activated an iPhone SE. Ever since, I’ve had problems with weak protection showing up on the iPhone and it won’t connect to our Wi-Fi because of what it perceives as weak network security, even though network security settings haven’t changed. I read that Apple considers 2.0 and 3.0 as highest Wi-Fi security protection, but when I logged into router settings online, there were no such settings for this router. Please advise how I should handle this. Currently, iPhone refuses to log on to our wireless network because it keeps showing weak security under the network in settings. Thinking I should go back to an android phone. Never had these problems before iPhone.

Has anyone experienced this problem and what should I do to solve it?

Thanks so much.

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  • michaelkenward's avatar
    michaelkenward
    Guru
    Apr 02, 2023
    jrmm wrote:

    I have an R7850 Netgear router and use Nighthawk to monitor my network. I recently activated an iPhone SE. Ever since, I’ve had problems with weak protection showing up on the iPhone and it won’t connect to our Wi-Fi because of what it perceives as weak network security, even though network security settings haven’t changed.

    If the network settings haven't changed, it sounds more like an iPhone thing than anything to do with the router.

     

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  • plemans's avatar
    plemans
    Guru
    Apr 03, 2023

    Apple is great at trying to push people to use the latest security standards. the newest is wpa3 but most older routers don't support wpa3 and only use wpa2. I wouldn't worry about it to much. You should be able to go in on the apple and disable the warnings

  • FURRYe38's avatar
    FURRYe38
    Guru
    Apr 03, 2023

    Be sure to set WPA2 and AES only on the router. There maybe a mixed mode WPA2/ TPIK and AES. Apple considers TPIK compromised. 

    Also if you turn OFF WiFi Private IP address while your at home, even if you have AES only set on the router, you'll see this message as well. This is ok, while your at home. If you travel, then re-enabled WiFi Private IP address. 

    jrmm wrote:

    I have an R7850 Netgear router and use Nighthawk to monitor my network. I recently activated an iPhone SE. Ever since, I’ve had problems with weak protection showing up on the iPhone and it won’t connect to our Wi-Fi because of what it perceives as weak network security, even though network security settings haven’t changed. I read that Apple considers 2.0 and 3.0 as highest Wi-Fi security protection, but when I logged into router settings online, there were no such settings for this router. Please advise how I should handle this. Currently, iPhone refuses to log on to our wireless network because it keeps showing weak security under the network in settings. Thinking I should go back to an android phone. Never had these problems before iPhone.

    Has anyone experienced this problem and what should I do to solve it?

    Thanks so much.