A two-person municipal field office needs Personal-mode Wi-Fi on a capable SOHO AP. Which configuration fits?
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Short Explanation
Small office, real lock. When Personal mode is appropriate, use WPA2-Personal with a strong passphrase—or WPA3-Personal when every client can speak SAE—and skip open/MAC/WEP nostalgia.
Full Explanation
A two-person municipal field office needing Personal-mode Wi-Fi on a capable SOHO AP should use WPA2-Personal with a strong passphrase, and WPA3-Personal if all clients support it. Small staff count does not justify open networks or WEP. Personal mode with modern ciphers fits tiny civic offices that lack full 802.1X infrastructure yet still handle constituent work.
Open authentication with MAC filtering only because there are two users fails spoofing and eavesdropping tests. WEP-128 with a twenty-six hex digit key under the keyboard is still broken crypto. WPA-Personal (WPA1) TKIP to match the oldest laptop in the trunk revitalizes a deprecated suite.
Exam caveat: small office ≠ weak security. WPA2/WPA3-Personal is the correct Personal-mode answer.
Operational check: configure WPA2-Personal or WPA3-Personal with a long random passphrase stored in the city password vault, update both laptops, verify association, and disable open/WEP/WPA1 options. Municipal technicians document the verified setting in the as-built packet so the next shift inherits a known-good civic configuration rather than tribal knowledge. Municipal technicians document the verified setting in the as-built packet so the next shift inherits a known-good civic configuration rather than tribal knowledge.