WPA3 broadcasting as WEP?

Installing and Using OpenWrt
1

I have a Linksys EA9200 with OpenWRT v25.12.0 installed. I'm trying to set up a WiFi AP with WPA3-SAE.

However, setting encryption to WPA3-SAE using LuCI makes client devices (tested with an Apple laptop and cellphone) believe that it's set to WEP. I haven't experimented with what happens if I actually try to connect over WEP.

WPA2-PSK works properly. WPA2-PSK/WPA3-SAE mixed appears to clients as WPA2-PSK/WEP mixed.

I have two different 802.11ac channels available on my device so if I use one to broadcast an AP and the other to scan for available WiFi networks, OpenWRT itself believes that the WiFi network is WEP.

Config:

config wifi-iface 'default_radio1'
	option device 'radio1'
	option network 'lan'
	option mode 'ap'
	option ssid '<redacted>'
	option encryption 'sae'
	option key '<redacted>'
	option ocv '0'

(I've tried various combinations of OCV and management frame protection, and also tried changing 'sae' to 'sae+ccmp' in the config.)

I found a similar topic for a different device a while back: Asus RT-AC88U: WPA3-SAE APs show up as WEP on client devices on 24.10.0-rc4

Any ideas?

2

If you set wpa3 alone (note wpa3 prevents downgrade, so you have to remove client profile IF you switch back to WPA2)

3

WPA3 alone broadcasts as WEP. WPA3/WPA2 mixed broadcasts as WPA2/WEP.

4

Well, broadcom limitations.