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RAXE500 - Security options for the 2.4Ghz/5GHz bands are a step backward, why?
I recently set up my new RAXE500 Nighthawk router, and noticed something odd in the Wireless Security options. With the RAX200, the Security options for the wireless bands included a choice of "WPA2-...
from my understanding wpa2 + wpa3 was found to be unsecure and basically pointless.
so it was removed in testing.
Not that wpa3 has been shown to be that secure. But the basics of wpa3 is it should be backwards compatible enough to support wpa2 devices.
I've got the raxe500 and my wpa2 devices haven't had an issue connecting to wpa3
Well it wasn't pointless for me. I have multiple devices in my home that support WPA2 but not WPA3. When I was using my RAX200 and had "WPA2 + WPA3" set for the security option, these devices could connect just fine. Now on my RAXE500, they cannot connect when I have the security set to WPA3 only, I have to downgrade to WPA2 only, so the more advanced devices I have that are capable of WPA3 can't take advantage of it. Overall the RAXE500 is an impressive piece of hardware, but this step backwards in the wireless security options is disappointing.