topic Re: Wi-Fi broadband saying weak security in Broadband & Landline

Wi-Fi broadband saying weak security

SG971 — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 13:42:33 GMT

My wi-fi has a message underneath it saying weak security, It’s a bright box 2 wireless router?

Re: Wi-Fi broadband saying weak security

Kirigaya_Kazuto — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 14:39:56 GMT

This warning comes up when you use WPA/WPA2 TKIP standard, I think - See if you can change it to WPA3/WPA2 Mixed security - this will get rid of the message on devices that support WPA3, like iPhone 11 and up (previous models may support it)

2021 How to Fix "Weak Security" Wi-Fi Warning on iPhone (mobitrix.com)

Re: Wi-Fi broadband saying weak security

XRaySpeX — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 13:57:18 GMT

Set its WiFi security to:

Security	WPA

WPA Mode	WPA2
Cipher Suite	AES

for both the 2.4 & 5 GHz bands. That is sufficiently strong & should satisfy Apple!

@Kirigaya_Kazuto : The Brightbox does not support WPA3, nor do any of the EE routers nor most, if any, ISP routers.

Re: Wi-Fi broadband saying weak security

Chris_B — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 14:05:04 GMT

@SG971 It’s Apples iOS way of saying there is a stronger security method that can be used if your router supports it. It’s accurate in what it says but it doesn’t mean your security is compromised.

Re: Wi-Fi broadband saying weak security

Kirigaya_Kazuto — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 14:27:08 GMT

Ah, thank you @XRaySpeX I was not aware that the EE's Brightbox did not support WPA3