WiFi: mandate WPA3 in >= 6GHz bands
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Description
I want to get some feedback before adding a fix for this. It's my understanding that 6GHz bands (WiFi 6E and beyond) mandate WPA3 and OWE only. See here and here. Even there may be some devices which don't care about this.
How does the One (with WiFi 7) behave here? @Ansuel @aparcar
WiFi 7 in general @rmandrad ?
A 'force' option as the new default is possible, so those wanting older WPA2 in 6GHz can have it.
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Research direction
Start with the linked Extreme Networks and Intel references and the OpenWrt forum example, then investigate how LuCI currently handles WiFi security for 6GHz and WiFi 7. Done means establishing the expected WPA3/OWE behavior for bands at or above 6GHz and deciding whether a force option should preserve older WPA2 configurations.
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- javascript
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- networking
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- Feature
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