Question "This wifi network uses an older security standard" error, but only on my laptop ?

[Asmzn2009]

I have my home broadband that works fine on my smartphone and my desktop PC.
However whenever I try to connect my laptop I get this error:

"This wifi network uses an older security standard thats being phased out"

and the download speeds I get on my laptop are only a fraction of what I get on my desktop and smartphone.

I went to my router settings via and made sure its set to WPA2-PSK with AES but the issue remains.
I don't have the same issue on my desktop or phone on the same broadband network.

My friiend also has the same ISP at her home and there my laptop does not get this error message and the speeds there are fine.

Please help me figure out a solution for this issue.

 

[rgd1101]

exact model of the laptop?

 

[JohnMGotts]

If your friends router is identical to yours, there’s a setting issue. Have you hardware reset your router?

 

[gowtham_07]

Your laptop is likely using an outdated Wi-Fi driver or doesn’t fully support the router’s security mode (like WPA3). Try reconnecting after updating the Wi-Fi driver. If it's working on other networks, it's a compatibility issue.

 

[bill001g]

Your laptop is likely using an outdated Wi-Fi driver or doesn’t fully support the router’s security mode (like WPA3). Try reconnecting after updating the Wi-Fi driver. If it's working on other networks, it's a compatibility issue.

He manually set the router to support wpa2 and it still did it. WPA3 is not going to be the common standard anytime soon. It prevent the use of a very insecure authentication method used in previous WPA call WPS. WPS has been cracked almost since it was invented. Problem is many of the so called "smart" devices require the use of WPS or more likely they support other methods but the end users are to dumb/lazy to use them. Until smart devices get smarter WPA2 will be with us. WPA2 is only theroretically insecure, it would have to be a government can sitting outside your house linked back to their super computer.

 

[gowtham_07]

He manually set the router to support wpa2 and it still did it. WPA3 is not going to be the common standard anytime soon. It prevent the use of a very insecure authentication method used in previous WPA call WPS. WPS has been cracked almost since it was invented. Problem is many of the so called "smart" devices require the use of WPS or more likely they support other methods but the end users are to dumb/lazy to use them. Until smart devices get smarter WPA2 will be with us. WPA2 is only theroretically insecure, it would have to be a government can sitting outside your house linked back to their super computer.

Hey!! It sounds like your laptop’s WiFi driver might be old or not quite match the router’s settings. Even if your router’s set to WPA2, your laptop can still show that warning if the driver’s outdated. Try to updating the WiFi driver and reconnecting. Since it works fine on other networks, it’s probably just a laptop compatibility thing. No worries about WPA3 yet, it’s not common for most home setups..