I've got an R7800 right now, and Wi-Fi Easy Connect is supposed to be one of my requirements, but I haven't been able to find any routers yet that advertise it. Anyone knows any? The Wi-Fi Alliance product finder only lists some Qualcomm SoCs and some Fujitsu phones, and I know all Android phones since Android 10 support both configurator and enrollee roles.
But doesn't this also require support from the router/AP? Before, I thought it would just be part of the WPA3 protocol, but the first link above says it can be used with WPA2 as well, so I'm guessing it's a separate thing. I'm wondering if it's even available to use in the real world at all.
Also I have a question maybe more technical people could answer. Right now an issue with sharing your password w/friends is that then it's not secure, they can retrieve it and share it (remember Wi-Fi Sense in Windows 10?) . I was under the impression that Wi-Fi Easy Connect would use something like unique keypairs to authenticate the enrollee instead of giving the password to them. I can't find anything to corroborate that, instead it seems it may just transmit the SSID + password but in encrypted form until it gets to the device? There are very easy ways to read the plaintext wifi password on Android and Windows. Even if you're using a guest network, not having to share a password lets you have tighter control over the network.
But doesn't this also require support from the router/AP? Before, I thought it would just be part of the WPA3 protocol, but the first link above says it can be used with WPA2 as well, so I'm guessing it's a separate thing. I'm wondering if it's even available to use in the real world at all.
Also I have a question maybe more technical people could answer. Right now an issue with sharing your password w/friends is that then it's not secure, they can retrieve it and share it (remember Wi-Fi Sense in Windows 10?) . I was under the impression that Wi-Fi Easy Connect would use something like unique keypairs to authenticate the enrollee instead of giving the password to them. I can't find anything to corroborate that, instead it seems it may just transmit the SSID + password but in encrypted form until it gets to the device? There are very easy ways to read the plaintext wifi password on Android and Windows. Even if you're using a guest network, not having to share a password lets you have tighter control over the network.
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