Caveats to changing wifi authentication method from WPA2 to WPA2/WPA3?

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paulchinnz

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#304626 22-May-2023 06:43

Hi my router currently is set to WPA2.
I've some older devices connected to it that are working with WPA2.
However going forward with new devices added to the network I'd like to take advantage of the router's WPA3 capability.

Should I expect any problems changing to WPA2/WPA3 now? Will that change lead to older devices dropping their connection?

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toejam316

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#3078448 22-May-2023 07:11

In theory, no issues, just means devices that support WPA3 will authenticate with that, otherwise WPA2 devices will continue as is. I'd just keep it in mind if any older devices that don't support WPA3 start having issues on the network, that may be the issue.

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