BT Hub Manager - recent changes

[PeteK222]

They were, but I've changed back to WPA2 and everything is now working ok.

[gg30340]

There is no mention of any update or WPA3 on the business forum which if there was an update that defaulted to WPA3 only I would have expected at least one post regarding it.

I do not have a Smarthub3 so can not check to see the firmware or the options regarding WPA3 or if it has recently been added or has always been an option.

If it has always been there could it have been changed to WPA3 by someone in your house hold i.e trying to get around access controls or parental controls?

[PeteK222]

In response to your query about someone changing to WPA3, the only other person in our household is my Wife, and no disrespect to her, she wouldn't have a clue.

I don't really look at the Hub manager very often, but noticed the other day that my android phone and iPad would not connect to my BTWholeHome mesh system whilst down stairs, so had a look and that's when I noticed the WPA3, so I guess it's quite a recent addition. I've changed the default back to WPA2 and they are now working ok, so I am only guessing that WPA3 is the culprit. Again I stress that I am no tech genius and I maybe totally wrong.

[bobpullen]

There is no mention of any update or WPA3 on the business forum which if there was an update that defaulted to WPA3 only I would have expected at least one post regarding it.

I'd expect a lot of posts! No way BT would have intentionally forced a change from WPA2 > WPA3-Personal. To do so would be madness. A hefty chunk of devices in customers' homes don't carry support for strict WPA3. Case in point: of > 40 devices on my network, roughly half support WPA3.

@PeteK222 - suggest just changing the option back to either WPA3-Personal-Transition or WPA2-Personal and  calling it a day. Keep an eye on things to see if it happens again the next time there's a firmware update. 

On the HTTPS debate...

... there is no explanation of why this move to https is needed.

I noticed recently that AsusWRT have  done similar with their firmware. Makes me suspect it's the result of some regulation or other.

[licquorice]

More likely to simply reduce help desk calls due to browser's barfing.