WPA and WPA2 at the same time

RouterOS Beginner Basics
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Very novice question here…initially I had my router set up to just use WPA2 with AES. But then I’ve discovered I’ve got some legacy equipment (A Linksys WVC200 and a Linksys Wifi VOIP phone) that only talk WPA+TKIP.

I enabled WPA and TKIP on the quick settings page and checked the Wireless security profile settings…it appears that WPA and WPA2 have the same password for the AP, which is fine.

However, none of the WPA-only devices can connect. I don’t see anything logged in the MikroTik router log either.

Is there some basic step I have missed somewhere?

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If they are so old that they only do WPA and TKIP then maybe they only do B/G? Do you have B/G enabled or only N?

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another suggestion is to create a VirtualAP for the WPA1-TKIP devices and for the main interface use the WPA1/2-AES.

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I have 2Ghz b/g/n enabled so they SHOULD be able to talk to it. Is there any chance the channel width might have something to do with it? I am using 20/40 Mhz HT above…

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I would follow the suggestion from uldis and make a specific virtual AP under the main interface. You may also want to bridge that VAP to a different VLAN and treat it as less secure given the use of WPA & TKIP.

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Thank you guys; I will give the VirtualAP a try. I will let you know if it works out.

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Hey folks: just a quick follow-up. Creating a VirtualAP with it’s own WPA-only security profile did the trick. The old equipment is now communicating again.

Thanks for the suggestions…