Testing WPA3 on the UDM Pro
Roku doesn’t support it…look for Wi-Fi 6 certified
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So far the wifi is decent from the UDM Pro. I have yet to see a spinning wheel on the TV as compared to either the Google Wifi product or a Netgear product designed work on both mobile and wired networks. I’m using the same firewall rules on the pfSense.
So that’s all good.
The weird thing is, I’ve only had this set up for a couple of days. When I logged in last night, the systems all updated — and not just one minor version but a bunch of majors and minors it seemed like. I’ve only been running this a couple of days — why didn’t it do that the first time I ran the update?
So anyway I’m now seeing the option for WPA3 security. Cool. What is that?
To sum it up the Wifi alliance says it has a bunch of new security features:
Note this line:
WPA3 is a mandatory certification for Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ devices.
Without going into all the history of WiFi security, this is a good thing.
So the latest version of the UDM Pro software supports this and of course I want to enable it. But there’s a big warning saying it might break some wifi devices. Well, then they can just get right off my network, no?
First I test it out with my iPhone. Works like a charm.
Next up, the Roku. It’s a couple years old or so. I don’t remember. I fire it up and nope. No go. The Roku is not WPA3-friendly.

According to this post from three weeks ago, the latest version of Roku still does not support WPA3 / wifi 6.
I can’t see that it is supported on this page, either:
We’ve had issues that we suspected might have something to do with the Roku lately but never had time to pinpoint it. But not as many issues with the Apple TV. I was thinking of switching out the Roku for another Apple TV.
Turns out WPA3 is supported on Apple TV 4K or later. Obvious choice.
If you want to enforce WPA3 you could potentially set up two separate networks for different types of devices as I have on my network. You can buy two separate Ubiquiti wifi access points and configure one for WPA2/3 and one for WPA3. Put all the insecure devices on the WPA2/3 access point and network.
But when you’re looking into buying new wifi devices — you might want to make sure they are WPA3 compatible.
Also, if everyone starts asking manufacturers for this, they will start adding it if they want to keep their customers.
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By the way, if you are looking for WPA3 you might want to start looking for Wi-Fi 6 certified devices which include WPA3 or even better — WiFi 6E which takes advantage of new unlicensed 6GHz spectrum.

