RT-BE92U and Nvidia Shield Pro 2019

[sfx2000]

I've got an onn4k Google TV dongle in the guestroom, and it's based on Android 12 - it's 11ac on the radio side (realtek) and it can handle WPA2/3 Mixed...

update - wpa3 on that device works fine...

Going back the shield and WiFi7 - could be a thing - with WiFi7, the number of elements in the beacon frames gets to be large, as the beacon just adds more parameters with each version of WiFi - HT (WiFi4) VHT (WiFi5), HE (WiFi6), and then finally EHT for WiFi7 - I've seen some devices that have issues with HE capabilities causing issues with the driver running out of room to parse and store parameters there - and also as noted, the WPA supplicant needs to support WPA3...

There's an interesting article over on Android Open Source that might be useful - there's a number of things that need to be done in Android to fully support WPA3...

WPA3 and Wi-Fi Enhanced Open | Android Open Source Project

source.android.com

 

[Ceejus]

At the beginning of the year, WPA2/WPA3-Personal didn't work for me on my 2019 NVIDIA Shield TV Pros, GE Cync Smart Plugs, or Canon Pixma TS9120 even with WiFi 7 disabled. A firmware update dated May 8th, 2025 for the GT-BE98 Pro and May 5th, 2025 for the RT-BE96U respectively listed "1. Improved compatibility with IoT devices on WPA2/WPA3 networks." as one of the changes in the release notes. While I do not use stock firmware, when I updated both devices to Merlin 3006.102.5 last week and changed the authentication back to WPA2/WP3-Personal, all three devices connected successfully. Those with devices rocking 3006 might wanna give this another shot.

 

[iFrogMac]

I have a Shield TV Pro (2019) with all current updates installed. I have mine hard wired though as @RMerlin stated that he does. I use My Shield mainly for Plex media local streaming, as it's still the best device for lossless bitstream audio passthrough.

I no longer have my BE92U as I got rid of it after having it almost a year and running into issues I couldn't resolve. With that said, the Shield never had issues. If possible, I would connect your Shield by Ethernet, as that will give you a more stable, and faster connection overall, especially if you do high bitrate streaming.

 

[Ceejus]

I have a Shield TV Pro (2019) with all current updates installed. I have mine hard wired though as @RMerlin stated that he does. I use My Shield mainly for Plex media local streaming, as it's still the best device for lossless bitstream audio passthrough.

I no longer have my BE92U as I got rid of it after having it almost a year and running into issues I couldn't resolve. With that said, the Shield never had issues. If possible, I would connect your Shield by Ethernet, as that will give you a more stable, and faster connection overall, especially if you do high bitrate streaming.

I do use ethernet for the Shield. There's nothing wrong with having WPA2/WPA3 mixed mode as a fallback Wi-Fi connection in the case of an issue with the cable or physical port.

 

[iFrogMac]

I do use ethernet for the Shield. There's nothing wrong with having WPA2/WPA3 mixed mode as a fallback Wi-Fi connection in the case of an issue with the cable or physical port.

No, not at all, I just came into the conversation with the impression of WiFi being your only option, so that's why I suggested using the gigabit port for Ethernet would give you a much better connection.

 

[kepler]

En el último update de asus merlin (3006.102.5) la shield tv pro ya conecta con wifi7 activado en la banda de 5ghz con mixed wpa2 y 3

In the latest update of Asus Merlin (3006.102.5) the Shield TV Pro now connects with WiFi 7 activated in the 5GHz band with mixed WPA2 and 3