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Weak Security
I am getting a message informing me of weak security (WPA)
"If this is your Wi-Fi network, configure the router to use WPA2/WPA3 Personal (AES) security type for this network"
In Netgear Genie my wireless network is listed with the Security enabled (WPA2-PSK)
and the same on my 5G network.
It is on the highest security option availalve. WPA3 is not displayed as an option.
My router has the latest firmware.
Should I be concerned or should I just ignore the message?
As an access point the EX7300 needs to be hardwired in. So there isn't a "hardwired extender mode".
Its simply access point mode.
If you have it hardwired in and running as an access point, it'll actually function faster than it would in extender mode. In extender mode, the wireless chip has to send/recieve from router---->extender and then extender---->devices. And they can't do both at once. So they take a 50% speed hit. They don't take that same speed hit when its hardwired in.
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Thanks for your reply.
Not the browser. It is shown on my iMac desktop in the top right hand corner when I click on the Wi-Fi icon.
It also displays on my Windows 10 laptop.
Down to your operating system then.
It is up to you which you believe, that or your router.
This is where to read about Netgear's security:
Security Advisory | About Us | NETGEAR
