How to disable WPA3 and enable WPA2 only on WAX630E access point?

[Tom2112]

I have a Netgear WAX630E access point running firmware v10.8.11.4 that I do not have connected to cloud management. The local management interface only has four options for wireless authentication: none (open), WPA3 Personal, WPA3 Enterprise, and WPA3/WPA2 Personal. I need to disable WPA3 and only use WPA2 personal because I have devices that are not WPA3 compatible and refuse to connect with WPA3 enabled.

How can I disable WPA3 and only have WPA2 enabled?

[hnagaraju · Accepted solution]

Create the SSID for only 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz Radios.  
 
Only WPA3 is allowed on 6Ghz as per Wi-Fi standards.
If 2.4Ghz/5Ghz/6Ghz is enabled one the SSID,  then WPA2/WPA3 is the minimum that is allowed
 
One common way to achieve this is to create two SSIDs linked to the same wired network. 
One WPA3_only SSID is for newer Wi-Fi clients, and another WAP2_only SSID is for legacy Wi-Fi clients.
 
 

[hnagaraju · Accepted solution]

Create the SSID for only 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz Radios.  
 
Only WPA3 is allowed on 6Ghz as per Wi-Fi standards.
If 2.4Ghz/5Ghz/6Ghz is enabled one the SSID,  then WPA2/WPA3 is the minimum that is allowed
 
One common way to achieve this is to create two SSIDs linked to the same wired network. 
One WPA3_only SSID is for newer Wi-Fi clients, and another WAP2_only SSID is for legacy Wi-Fi clients.
 
 

[Tom2112]

Thank you, hnagaraju!

That worked perfectly! I should have realized the 6 GHz part of it was messing me up. As soon as I disabled 6 GHz (which I wasn't using anyway), I could select WPA2 personal only.