WiFi Security standard

[jmacactually]

This WiFi network uses an older security standard that's being phased out.

I keep getting this message when I work from home.  

Are Sky going to update their standards or do I need to do something?  Like move to another WiFi network provider 

[Highlinder]

@jmacactually  Are you using an Apple device by any chance and it is looking for WPA3 security standard?

[TimmyBGood · Accepted solution]

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@jmacactually wrote:

Are Sky going to update their standards or do I need to do something?

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The Sky Hub, Sky Q Hub and Sky Broadband Hub cannot be updated to support WPA3 because the Protected Management Frames feature is implemented in hardware.

The new Max Hub supports this standard.

[TimmyBGood]

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@jmacactually wrote:

Like move to another WiFi network provider 

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The current standard routers from almost all UK ISPs are WPA2 and cannot be updated to WPA3: as noted above this is partly a hardware standard and so not found in most 802.11ac kit.  Any router specified as 'WiFi 6' (802.11ax) has to suppport WPA3 and some ISPs (including Sky) will offer these as a premium subscription item.

It's only Apple which has arbitrarily decide to display that message on its hardware.

[jmacactually]

Thanks @Highlinder @TimmyBGood 

FYI I'm on a DELL laptop. I've raised incident with works IT team but they say WPA2 Personal is sufficient so will see how I go.

[TimmyBGood]

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@jmacactually wrote:

I've raised incident with works IT team but they say WPA2 Personal is sufficient

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Everyone but Apple still thinks WPA2-PSK (AES) is adequate unless the user is being targeted by a state security agency or similar level adversary.