Hello, does Librem 5 supports WPA3? If not is this a software issue on the roadmap or is it a hardware issue? 2022 it would be a huge no go for a security focused device to not support WPA3. Most security concerns of WPA3 are as far as I know linked to transition mode networks (WPA2+WPA3) and it …

I am not able to connect to my router with WPA3 on my updated Librem 5 running Byzantium, so I don’t think it’s supported yet. But it works fine over WPA2. I’m no wifi expert, but I’ve seen routers sold years before WPA3 was designed which got WPA3 in firmware upgrades later on, so I’m guessing tha…

[image] Hristo: What I don’t care about: MMS - I have never used it in my life. For me it is a waste of time to work on this one. Phone calls via the cell phone network. It is nice to have, but I can live without them if the maimstream messanger apps work with audio and video calls and are sand…

In which country do you live? Maybe it is a US thing that people use MMS and phone calls. I live in Europe and 99% of the time I use messenger apps for the voice calls. It also has something to do with the fact that in Europe we have a lot of calls to different European countries and this still co…

U.S., correct. Here, no business, for example your doctor, dentist, bank, hospital, pharmacy, or stores, police, ambulance service, restaurants, etc., would communicate by messenger app. It’s just unthinkable. For long distance calling, including overseas, yes, it can cost more in the U.S., but th…

I get your arguments and they are totally valid. Especially as Purism is a US company and it must take care of it’s local customers. I can just share the perspective from Europe. One could have a normal Android/Apple phone at home for the case that you need to give your phone number to an institut…

[image] Hristo: MMS - I have never used it in my life. For me it is a waste of time to work on this one. The issue is … whether you use it ever is your business but your friends, relatives, colleagues can still send MMS to you. So if it doesn’t work then you don’t receive what they send to yo…

[image] irvinewade: (My WAPs all support WPA3 but I’m configuring to WPA2-only since few if any client devices that I have do also support WPA3.) Tip: Use WPA3-SAE mode on your router. That way, your devices supporting WPA3 are secure while your devices using WPA2 can still connect.

Hello Johan, Are you sure, you are not talking about transition mode? SAE is afaik used in the WPA3 only as well. Nevertheless the true benefit is when you don’t allow the backwords compatibility at all. I would preffer setting up a separate network with differenr SSID for WPA2 devices.

[image] Hristo: Are you sure, you are not talking about transition mode? SAE is afaik used in the WPA3 only as well. On my Android device it’s called “SAE transition mode”, but after some googling it seems that you are correct that SAE in itself is something else. I meant transition mode. …

[image] Hristo: I would prefer setting up a separate network with different SSID for WPA2 devices. That is what I have done for even older devices that don’t even support WPA2 i.e. separate SSIDs so that weaker devices are less able to expose stronger devices. [image] johan-bjareholt: Th…

Does Librem 5 supports WPA3?

Hardware Librem 5

Freedom_Right September 2, 2026, 9:38am 19

This is an issue of the SparkLAN card that is not yet solved:

I’m on Crimson now and I still need to set WPA2.