A small municipal field office has no RADIUS server but still needs strong personal-mode Wi-Fi authentication. What should the designer select?
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Short Explanation
No RADIUS does not mean “leave the door open” or drag WEP out of retirement. WPA3-Personal with SAE is the modern personal lock for that little field office. Shared PSK nostalgia without SAE is yesterday’s answer.
Full Explanation
When Enterprise AAA is unavailable, WPA3-Personal using SAE provides stronger personal-mode authentication than legacy WPA2-PSK-only approaches or deprecated WEP. Open or unencrypted designs fail confidentiality requirements. CWSP design practice selects SAE-based personal mode for SMB or small-site WLANs that cannot field RADIUS.