JHZR2
Staff member
As many know, I was tracking issues with my old netgear router. For kicks, I decided to get an Asus RT-AX56U, since it claims its ideal for more users (we dont necessarily use a ton of bandwidth, but have a lot of simultaneous connections), and a number of other benefits. I figured since returns were free on Amazon, the worst that could happen is that it doesnt make anything better, and we return it.
Set it up, including using new WPA3 security. Seems to work for a lot of things, including the 2013 MBP running 10.15.4 currently. But other items (a kid tablet, my old 2010 MBA, etc) dont.
While it doesnt seem like I have a choice, Id still like to understand - what's the downside to using WPA2/WPA3 versus just WPA3? Is there a reason Id want to avoid this? For example, I could put the old devices on either the 2.4GHz network that is segregated, or just use a guest network for those devices... Something like that.
Thoughts?
Thanks!
Set it up, including using new WPA3 security. Seems to work for a lot of things, including the 2013 MBP running 10.15.4 currently. But other items (a kid tablet, my old 2010 MBA, etc) dont.
While it doesnt seem like I have a choice, Id still like to understand - what's the downside to using WPA2/WPA3 versus just WPA3? Is there a reason Id want to avoid this? For example, I could put the old devices on either the 2.4GHz network that is segregated, or just use a guest network for those devices... Something like that.
Thoughts?
Thanks!