# A04 - Wifi won't connect to WPA3/2 network, connects to "older" AP WPA2/WPA

**URL:** <https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/a04-wifi-wont-connect-to-wpa3-2-network-connects-to-older-ap-wpa2-wpa/7786>\
**Category:** DevTerm\
**Created:** [January 4, 2022, 2:09am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/a04-wifi-wont-connect-to-wpa3-2-network-connects-to-older-ap-wpa2-wpa/7786 "2022-01-04T02:09:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![bapplegate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@bapplegate](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/bapplegate)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/a04-wifi-wont-connect-to-wpa3-2-network-connects-to-older-ap-wpa2-wpa/7786/2 "2022-01-04T20:29:23Z")

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See this thread for solution:

> [@DevTerm A04 wifi not connecting? I may have a solution for you](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/devterm-a04-wifi-not-connecting-i-may-have-a-solution-for-you/7797):
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> When I first turned on my Devterm yesterday, the wifi worked as far as seeing networks, but wouldn’t connect to my home network. After going down a few dead ends, I found the solution. The problem was that my home network advertises both WPA2-personal and WPA3-personal for security. NetworkManager on the Devterm tries to use WPA3 if it’s available, but the hardware doesn’t actually support WPA3 and so it fails when it tries to configure the cryptographic machinery. The fix is to go into the co…

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