02-19-2023, 02:13 PM
(02-19-2023, 01:18 PM)Tim Curtis Wrote: The current listed protocol options are below and they have worked for many years.
WPA/WPA2-Personal
No security
The proposal is to add "WPA3-Personal Transition Mode" to the list so that Pi can connect to Routers configured in WPA2/WPA3 mixed mode. Anyone that configures a Router that way should know whats going on.
When RaspiOS gets around to supporting WPA3 the protocol options can be revisited.
It's really not any more complex than that.
Agreed. That's all I was trying to demonstrate could be done and it seems that it can be done with no user-selection at all. From what we've done, I don't see a compelling reason to get baroque with this. At most, I'd add a line about moOde can't connect to a WPA3 router unless that router can and is configured to support the WPA2/WPA3 mixed-mode aka transition-mode.
Remember, all we're doing is telling moOde what security protocols and what encryption methods it's allowed to use, either because we haven't specified a configuration option for which there is a default value/s or because we have restricted a configuration option to one or more values. It's the router which dictates which can actually be used so the two negotiate to a mutually agreeable set (similar to what Samba does). I'm not the expert here, but AIUI they negotiate to the highest mutually available set.
As an aside, don't mix up security protocols (WEP, WPA, WPA2, WPA3), encryption protocols (fixed-key, TKIP, CCMP), cipher types (RC4, TKIP, AES, ...), key-exchange methods (whatever WEP did, PSK, SAE, ...), .... Which goes with which is a matter of the standards and configuration within the context of the standards.
@adam_zzz
I'm curious. What does wpa_cli tell you after you've connected with your mixed-mode router?
Regards,
Kent
