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Brink
New Contributor
2 years ago

Panoramic WI-Fi will not stay set to WPA3

Whenever I change the security setting for Wi-Fi 5 GHz to "WPA3-Personal Only", confirm, and save settings it acts like it was changed. However, when I check the status, it shows "WPA2-PSK (AES)" i...
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Darkatt
Honored Contributor
2 years ago

You will have to disable WPS to be able to set it to wpa3. WPS and wpa3 are mutually exclusive to one another. WPS requires wpa 1 or 2, so if you have it enabled it cannot save wpa3. 

  • Bruce's avatar
    Bruce
    Honored Contributor III
    2 years ago

    How do you know OP is using WPS?  If the Pano uses NFC for WPS, I can understand moving the client farther away.

    • Darkatt's avatar
      Darkatt
      Honored Contributor
      2 years ago

      because WPS is on by default, it would have to be disabled for WPA3.

      • Bruce's avatar
        Bruce
        Honored Contributor III
        2 years ago

        I don't have the Pano.  I thought these had a button for WPS.  Does it require a PIN?  Always on doesn't appear to be secure.

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    Brink
    New Contributor
    2 years ago

    Thank you for your reply. I didn't get an email notification, so sorry for late reply.

    WPS is disabled, and I do not use PODS. I have noticed that it will stay set to WPA3 on the Android phone app, but still doesn't stay in the actual IP settings via computer. 

    • Bruce's avatar
      Bruce
      Honored Contributor III
      2 years ago

      Ensure the driver of your wireless NIC is up-to-date, delete the WiFi profile on your computer and rebuild it.

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        Brink
        New Contributor
        2 years ago

        Thank you for your reply. It will stay set to WPA3 for the Wi-Fi network interface (profile) settings on the computer, but just not in the Cox Panoramic settings to allow a WPA3 vs WPA2 connection.