WPA3 network listed as "Open" network

[psykora]

Reproduced with: WPA3 Wifi network in range Device: ESP32C3 Micropython version: 1.19.1

Reproduce steps

1. Click Wi-fi Connection
2. Look for network secured with WPA2-PSK/WPA3-SAE (OpenWRT settings)

Actual results

The wireless network is listed as (OPEN) network and connection to it fails. Connecting manually in REPL (sta_if.connect("<network>", "<pass>") works OK

[jczic]

Good evening @psykora and thank you for your feedback! 👍🏻 I'm afraid that the Wi-Fi network type identifier is zero. Can you run this code in the IDE or terminal:

import network
w = network.WLAN(network.STA_IF)
w.active(True)
print(w.scan())

So, can you send me what it shows as well as the name (ssid) of your network that is in WPA3 so I can just compare and find the authentication type? Thanks a lot!

[psykora]

Hi @jczic,

sorry for the delay. There is indeed zero in the 5th element of the tuple, which probably represents the network type. So this seems to be a micropython issue and ESP32-MPY-Jama can't do much until there is a new distinguishable id.

[(b'WPA3Network', b'^\x02\x14\xb0\x18\xfd', 11, -35, 0, False),
 (b'OMPH2', b'\xf82\xe4\xb4S\xd8', 11, -69, 3, False),
 (b'UPC61234', b'8C}c\x05\xbc', 11, -84, 4, False)]

I am afraid the issue is still present in master. Will check if I have time.

[jczic]

Thanks for your feedback. Indeed since MicroPython I can't detect the WPA3 in this case. The zero authentication type is supposed to be an open network... I think it'll have to go up this problem :o My software doesn't ask you for a key for the connection and that's why the connection won't work. See you later and thanks again 👍🏻

[jczic]

Hi, @psykora, Sorry, I have just a last question on your chip : What does this simple code returns ?

import network
dir(network)

This is just to show if you have a dedicated constant for WPA3. Thank you very much.

[psykora]

# MicroPython >>> import network
# MicroPython >>> dir(network)

['__class__', '__init__', '__name__', 'AP_IF', 'AUTH_MAX', 'AUTH_OPEN', 'AUTH_WAPI_PSK', 'AUTH_WEP',
 'AUTH_WPA2_ENTERPRISE', 'AUTH_WPA2_PSK', 'AUTH_WPA2_WPA3_PSK', 'AUTH_WPA3_PSK', 'AUTH_WPA_PSK', 'AUTH_WPA_WPA2_PSK',
 'MODE_11B', 'MODE_11G', 'MODE_11N', 'PPP', 'STAT_ASSOC_FAIL', 'STAT_BEACON_TIMEOUT', 'STAT_CONNECTING', 'STAT_GOT_IP',
 'STAT_HANDSHAKE_TIMEOUT', 'STAT_IDLE', 'STAT_NO_AP_FOUND', 'STAT_WRONG_PASSWORD', 'STA_IF', 'WLAN', 'phy_mode']

# MicroPython >>> network.AUTH_WPA3_PSK, network.AUTH_WPA2_WPA3_PSK

(6, 7)

Best, Peter.

[jczic]

Ok, too bad... :-/ So, I don't know why the auth type is zero when the network is in WPA3... Strange, maybe I'll put it back together.