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iPhone 12, iOS 14
Yes! what you said. That. WPA2(AES). I gotta write that down a 100 times to remember. These acronyms are killing me lately. Ha!
Axel F.
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Thanks for the detailed information. What I did not know is that WPA2-Personal and WPA2-PSK(AES) were the same thing. Always thought there was some difference. I knew about WPA/WPA2(AES) and that it will allow WPA or WPA2 to connect. Knew about WEP and TKIP but needed your post to bring them back into memory. Thank You again.
Axel F.
You are welcome. Did you change the security settings in your Router to WPS (AES) ?
Axel F.
Yes. Thank you
The problem is different routers call it different things. Alternates include:
- WPA2-PSK(AES)
- WPA2-Personal
- WPA2/WPA3
The ones to NOT use:
- WEP
- WPA/WPA2(AES)
- WPA/WPA2-PSK(AES)
- Any setting with TKIP anywhere in it
In theory any router manufactured or updated after 2004 should support WPA2, but the industry was slow to adjust to the new standard and as recently as 5 years ago some still only offered WPA/WPA2(AES), which is not secure because a WPA device can connect to it.
I think you mean WPA2(AES) 😏
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