Weak Security WiFi on iPhone

But I cannot tell other people to change their router settings. It happens with every network that I try to use. I need to use my iphone, ipad and macbook on many home networks as I am a home teacher and I teach in various homes. I believe it is an Apple problem and should be fixed so that I can access all the wifi networks that I was able to access last week. Please help me Apple

Me too!! The instructions for altering the router settings are irrelevant. My friends with non Apple devices are not having this problem. Also I cannot ask other people to alter their router settings!

Typical reply from Apple.

its my fault or some other faulty equipment.

They won’t accept responsibility for the issue they created.

It all worked fine before IOS 14 now it doesn’t.

please explain this!!!

I shouldn’t have to change or update any other equipment as it worked before YOUR update.

In my experience with IOS 14.01, Apple did not break anything, and did not prevent WiFi connections. Apple simply started displaying a "Weak security" warning message when you connect to a router that did not have at least "WPA2-PSK (AES)" security. In our case, our Linksys routers were set to "WPA2/WPA Mixed Personal". Once those routers were set to "WPA2 Personal", the warning message disappeared. (It doesn't help that various vendors use different wording for the same security. What Linksys lists as "WPA2 Personal" is equivalent to Xfinity's Technicolor modem/router's "WPA2-PSK (AES)".)

If I go somewhere else and connect to a WiFi network that has WPA TKIP security, then that security is weak, regardless of whether Apple displays a "Weak security" message or not. From my perspective, Apple did us a favor by alerting us to a weak level of security of which many of us were unaware. As a result, our home WiFi now has better security.

Good analysis. “Weak security” is a threat to the network itself, not to devices using the network as long as the devices always use TLS/SSL connections, which is the default for all services on an iPhone. So if you use a public network that has weak security it is the network owner’s problem, not yours.

Drop down options for both 2.4 and 5Ghz networks are WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK

and encryption TKIP or AES.

And both are set to WPA2-PSK with AES.

but somehow my phone is insisting I’m using TKIP and that’s why I get the weak security message. But I’m clearly not on TKIP.

it’s a new model router (TP Link), but doesn’t have the WPA3. Guess that’s even newer.

PetitSky88: Is the TP Link router the only router on your WiFi network, or do you also have a modem/router from your internet service provider? If you do, the security on that modem/router also needs to be set appropriately.

The fundamental question here is why are my IOS 14.2 iPhone and iPad reporting the use of WPA2 -TKIP and suggesting that I use WPA2 - AES when I am in fact already using WPA2 - AES?

Can anyone answer just this specific question?

I have tried every combination of turning wifi on/off, resetting networking connections, etc. etc. Some things seem to have cleared the message, but then sometime later it reappears.

Could it be that IOS 14.2 is incorrectly determining the encryption method, hence issuing an incorrect warning message?

Thank you CakePrincess.

I cannot see anyway of changing my router’s name in its settings (TP-Link AX3000). I can, and have, changed the wireless network names (SSID) of both wireless frequencies. I access the router by entering its IP address into my Web browser and then entering the password.

What is the setting you changed in your router?

Many thanks.

Ah - you meant SSID network name not router name. ;o)

As I said in my first reply, I had already changed the SSIDs from the originals. However, I went ahead and changed them again and whilst the wireless setting on my iPhone and iPad did not show the weak security immediately after the change, it is has now returned.

I’d still like to know why IOS 14.2 seems to think I am not connected to WPA2 AES when my router is set to that encryption????????

Thanks again for trying to help.

Thank you for your response.

WRT my router (TP-Link AX3000) its settings are WPA/WPA2-Personal (Recommended) and WPA2-PSK AES for both frequencies.

I have the latest 2020 iPhone SE running IOS 14.2, so can I assume it does support WPA2 and therefore not revert to WPA? If it can, then what else can be causing the problem?

One very specific question perhaps you can answer (setting aside the cause of the Weak Security message for one moment) why does my iPhone think I am using WPA2 TKIP?

Many thanks for your help.

My router only has the following options :- No security, WPA/WPA2 - Personal, WPA2/WPA2 - Enterprise and WEP. I guess I'll just have to live in the warning.

It seems as though you don't know why my iPhone thinks my router is using TKIP, but thanks anyway.

Anyone else out there, can you explain it?

Does anyone not using a TP Link AX3000 have this issue?

Thanks.

That's the most illogical layout I've ever seen for a router. You choose a "generic" option of WPA/WPA2, but then specify with a radio button under that which security version you want to use. And it still isn't clear enough you've disabled WPA by choosing WPA2.

As per my reply to Horsetcher yesterday at 12:37, I am using the very latest firmware (downloaded 3 days ago). The router was bought 3 days ago.

It seems to me that you are dismissing the fact that my iPhone reports that I am using TKIP when I am not. Why is that?

If you set your router to use WPA2 as specified on your iPhone and you still have the weak security message, all you have to do is shut off the phone and turn it on after 20 seconds. The message will disappear.