Hello,
Is there a way to connect an old, updated ATV 3G to my Netgear Orbi 750 router (v7.2.6.31_5.0.24) with its WPA2-PSK [AES] + WPA3-Personal [SAE]? Or do I really have to downgrade its wireless security to WPA-PSK [TKIP] + WPA2-PSK [AES]? :(
Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)
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If I was facing a similar situation and my old AppleTV had an Ethernet port, I would switch to a wired connection to the router. As a benefit, Ethernet will be a faster, more secure, and more stable connection than Wi-Fi. On the other hand, I don’t store any sensitive data on the ATV or use it for anything other than watching videos so I might just stay with the older wireless security setup if Ethernet wasn’t possible or convenient.
Have you actually tried it? I have an ATV3 and it is connected to my Wi-Fi using WPA2 with AES encryption. I have never enabled WPA/TKIP on my routers.
On the other hand, I found an Apple discussion where someone found it to be incompatible with a WPA2/WPA3 mixed environment. I presume because it is trying to connect via WPA3 when it only has WPA2 support. (My router at home is WPA2 only - I don’t have WPA3 support on it.)
If your Apple TV can’t support the mixed WPA2/WPA3 operation, can you configure it manually to use WPA2/AES-128? Or alternatively, can you configure your router to be WPA2 only? That would definitely be better than configuring your router for mixed WPA/WPA2 operation.
According to Apple all equipment should support WPA2 with 128-bit AES encryption. WPA3 with 256-bit AES is supported starting with the Apple TV 4K.
Wired Ethernet is always better, if you have it available as an option. But it’s not always an option.
Yeah, it won’t connect if I use WPA2-PSK [AES] + WPA3-Personal [SAE] setting in the router. WPA-PSK [TKIP] + WPA2-PSK [AES] worked though, but less secured. :(