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Netgear Router, unable to change security mode from WPA2, to WPA + WPA2

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July 23, 2014 1:29:29 PM

Netgear WNDR3400v3, when I use 'Netgear Genie' website to try to change security settings from WPA2-TSK to WPA-TSK + WPA2-TSK, (clicking the bubble next to WPA ... + WPA2 ... , then clickin 'apply') it automatically unfills the bubble next to the new security option I've chosen, and refills it next to the original WPA2-TSK setting, before applying the changes, when it reloads the webpage nothing has changed and it is at the original setting, even after turning off the router and on again then reloading the webpage. Why might this be happening, the password is 17 lowercase letters with no symbols, numbers, capitals, or spaces, if it is relevant.

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July 23, 2014 1:59:39 PM

scout_03 said:
on page 31 select the tkip and aes the rewrite your passphrase then apply and see what happens you may hae to do tha for both the 2.5 and 5 mgz band http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/WNDR3400V3/W...


Unfortunately that did not work but thank you for the suggestion scout_03

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July 23, 2014 2:19:07 PM

the only thing i could is to reset it to factory settings then redo all the network and security settings to see if this will work if not there is something with it and if it still under warranty ram .
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July 23, 2014 2:56:20 PM

So I have not been able to change the security of the initial network, but I was able to create a guest network with the desired security settings.
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July 23, 2014 3:00:07 PM

that is weird i would contact them why you cannot do it .
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July 23, 2014 6:59:44 PM

Unless you have something that is really old that does not support AES I would not run tkip. It is strange that you can not select that option but the other downside to running WPA instead of WPA2 is that according to the 802.11n-2009 standard you can not exceed 54m if your use wpa-tkip.

Although I have seen routers that seem to violate this rule the router may not be allowing you to select this if you have feature enabled that allow the router to run above 54m. These would be things like wide channels or mimo.

I never dug around to see if there is actual a technical reason if you use TKIP instead of AES you can't run faster than 54m or if that is just some rule in the standard.

Hard to say what other routers I have seen do is when you select wpa-tkip as a option it will just silently limit you to 54m if you connect a device using the protocol.
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