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j3trooper
Guide
May 13, 2021
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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 w...
  • microchip8's avatar
    microchip8
    May 15, 2021

    Use WPA2-PSK [AES] only

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michaelkenward
Guru - Experienced User
May 14, 2021
j3trooper wrote:

I am getting a message informing me of weak security (WPA)

 

Message from what?

 

j3trooper wrote:

 

Should I be concerned or should I just ignore the message?

 

Hard to know without some idea of where this message comes from. Browser? Firewall? Security software?