A county IT desk still has many staff laptops that only support WPA…

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A county IT desk still has many staff laptops that only support WPA2-Enterprise, while a few new devices already offer WPA3. Leadership wants a modern secure SSID for city hall without jumping straight to WEP or WPA1-era settings. Which choice best matches technician guidance during the transition?

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Configure WPA2-Enterprise for staff while planning WPA3-Enterprise upgrades as clients catch up. — WPA2-Enterprise is still in the modern secure club when the fleet cannot all do WPA3 yet. Think of it as a solid deadbolt while you stage the newer locks—not a return to WEP’s cardboard latch. Skip the legacy TKIP/WPA1 nostalgia and the “hide SSID” theater.

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Keep WEP on the staff SSID until every laptop is replaced, then flip to WPA3 overnight.

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Force WPA-Personal with TKIP so older and newer clients share one weak legacy cipher.

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Hide the SSID and rely on MAC filtering as the only staff security control.

A county IT desk still has many staff laptops that only support WPA2-Enterprise, while a few new devices already offer WPA3. Leadership wants a modern secure SSID for city hall without jumping straight to WEP or WPA1-era settings. Which choice best matches technician guidance during the transition?

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