Sorry to be late to this thread. I was just thinking of switching my RBR/RBS network to WPA3-Personal [SAE] but wondered, "am I going to regret this?" Except for a somewhat dated Samsung TV, I *think* that all of my (mostly Apple) devices should work....
Make sure that ALL of your devices support WPA3. I would guess that most may not. Not alot of client side devices support WPA3, especially older devices. Check with the Mfr of thsse devices for additional help and information regarding this.
Sorry to be late to this thread. I was just thinking of switching my RBR/RBS network to WPA3-Personal [SAE] but wondered, "am I going to regret this?" Except for a somewhat dated Samsung TV, I *think* that all of my (mostly Apple) devices should work....
My Setup | ISP SparkLight | Internet Cable 1000↓/50↑ CAX80 Modem Mode | Wifi Router RAXE500 and RBKE963; Router mode | Switches NG GS105/8, GS308v3, GS110MX and XS505M | Additional NG HW: C7800/CAX30/CAX80/CM1100/CM1200/CM2000, Orbi: CBK40, CBK752, RBK50, RBK853, RBK752, RBK953, SXK30 | NightHawk: MK63, R7000, R7800, R7960P, R8000, RAXE500, RAX120v2, RAX50v2, XR450/500/700/1000, EX7500/EX7700
If all your devices support WPA3, there's no reason to regreat it. WPA3 fixes some security weaknesses and makes IEEE 802.11w mandatory, which is long overdue.
The only problem is interoperability with devices in the wild, sadly including brandnew ones (and IoT in particular). If all your devices support it, great - sadly the situation is different for most of us, partially because of older device, partially because of contemporary IoT devices, partially because of brandnew devices where the vendor messed up and doesn't really support WPA3 despite claiming to do so, partially because you may have friends and family coming over with non-WPA3-compliant devices.
But, there's no harm done in trying - if it succeeds in your environment, great.
I wonder if Netgear has any plan to add WPA2 + WPA3 mode to their older Orbi models since I just found out myself that new RBKE960 family supports that exact mode I was wanted previously on RBK850 family. I'm happy with my new RBKE963 but it'd be very nice to have that feature added to the older models too.
