Hi,
I use today WiFi AP mode on FEZDuino board (with ATWINC15xx).
I setup a simple key WEP for WiFi access and I would like implementing WPA-2 key which is supported by ATWINC15xx according to its datasheet.
It seems GHI libraries don’t yet support WPA or WPA-2…
Is this planned to be implemented in future releases because the WEP key is not supported in Windows 11 which consider it is an obsolete and insecured key.
Could you please send us that datasheet?
Hi Dat,
You can find the datasheet by following the link below :
https://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/aemDocuments/documents/WSG/ProductDocuments/DataSheets/ATWINC15x0-MR210xB-Wi-Fi-Module-Data-Sheet-DS70005304.pdf
I think because the chip does not support at the time we develop wifi modules.
As quick look again, seems same result. In STA, it does support WPA/WPA2 as well but in AP, it does not.
This is from digikey:
This is from AI:
Of course we don’t make decision bases on AI results but it is always good reference.
But, I am not surprised if latest firmware now supports WAP in AP mode, technology is updated every day,
Something we will look into then.
Thank for your sharing.
Thanks a lot for your detailed answer.
As mentionned in this Microchip documentation WPA/WPA2 security mode (with WiFi AP) was introduced as early as the 2nd version of Microchip’s firmware (19.5.2).
On my FEZDuino boards I add the following line and I see the WiFi firmware version is 19.6.1.
Debug.WriteLine("ATWINC1500 fimware version : " + Winc15x0Interface.GetFirmwareVersion());
In the same documentation we can read in changes in version 19.7.6 :
Support for the WEP protocol is deprecated in 19.7.5.
Attempts to configure it will result in error.
Do you think that would be possible to upgrade GHI librairies according to the last firmware version of ATWINC1500 ? Especially with version 19.6.1, I have some issues with Wi-Fi disconnections that may be probably fixed in newer versions.
We are seeing this issue has been added to github.
we will look into it asap.