Weak Security WiFi on iPhone

IT IS NOT AN IOS PROBLEM OR A BUG IN iOS. PERIOD. It is a misconfigured router. And most people have fixed it by changing the settings in their router to the correct settings. It has nothing to do with what your router model is, unless it is too old to support WPA2(AES) or WPA3. If you get the message “weak security" your router is not configured for maximum security. Your router has ALWAYS had weak security; you just didn’t know it until iOS 14 told you about it.

And it is only a warning. It will not affect your ability to use the router with your iPhone or iPad. It warns you that bad actors can hack into your router. If it’s OK with you that strangers can invade your Wi-Fi network then just ignore the warning.

The risk if your router doesn’t have strong security is that someone can use your network, and can potentially monitor traffic on it that isn’t encrypted end-to-end. Further, if your router has remote management enabled they can install malware on the router and use it hack other people’s networks, launch denial-of-service attacks against other sites and monitor any home management devices you may have (security cameras, Alexa, Google Home, etc). If you live in an urban environment this is a greater risk than a rural area, because any hacker must be close to you to hack the router.

What you can do to mitigate the risk is to reboot your router frequently, and, if you can view the connected devices, make sure you recognize all of them.

Why don’t you have an option to change the security, setting, however?

Which generation Time Capsule do you have? Even the first one supported WPA2 Personal, are you not seeing that? Have you installed all the firmware updates?

Use WPA2 Personal.

Is it on WPA/WPA2 or WPA2 only, and if it is on WPA2 only is it WPA2(TKIP) or WPA2(AES)? And do you have any range extenders? What are they set to?

None of what Apple Support had you try will do a thing to change the router's settings. You have to go into your router's web configuration pages and change it's Wi-Fi settings there.

It just looks like some over-zealous security freak at Apple has just dumped the message on anyone who isn't using WPA3.

Conspiracy theories aren't equal to facts. I don't even have WPA3 as a choice on my DSL router. I set it to WPA2 Personal and the security message is gone.

Is your TP Link A7 AC1750 your ONLY router, serving also as your link to the Internet? Or do you also have a modem/router provided by your ISP? In our case, our Xfinity router's security was set correctly but the security on the Linksys router we use as an additional access point was not.

Try changing it to Enterprise and reset the router. If that doesn't work change it back to WPA2 Personal (not WPA/WPA2 Personal) and do the restart again. But if you have a 1st Generation model it may be time to recycle it at an Apple Store and get something up to date.

The weak security message is just a message. It will not prevent you from using a network with weak security. If you have a problem it is not because of the weak security warning, you need to troubleshoot the problem. See—>If your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch won’t connect to a Wi-Fi network - Apple Support

I had the same problem. Apple recommends changing the security settings to WPA/WPA2 & AES. I logged on to my modem/router to check my settings and my security was ALREADY on WPA/WPA2 & AES which was the setting that Apple recommended here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202068 to get rid of this “weak security” notification. THE RESOLUTION to this problem: Simply change the name of you router (instead of using the name it came with for example, linksys or netgear) by logging into your router settings (refer to your router’s user manual). After I changed the name of my router the notification went away.

I updated my router under the guidance of my ISP. The 'weak security' message disappeared from my iPhone but still appears on my Mac. I have been assured by my ISP that my wifi is up-to-date and secure; and since the alert has disappeared from my iPhone, I have assumed that my Mac is giving a false message. No other wifi user in the house is getting a security alert and I am not getting one on my old Mac.

Tried to forget the network, and re-add it?

Have you updated the extender and router firmware?

try that if not.

It's correct that if one changes it to WPA2 personal only in my case, which was the only option, the message disappears.