AirPort Extreme router capable of higher level securities for network?

Is there a possibility to update AirPort Extreme router to use wpa3 ?

AirPort Extreme 802.11ac Gen1

Posted on Sep 20, 2020 8:58 PM

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Sep 20, 2020 9:10 PM in response to hyllaerye

No, since the AirPort Extreme would need new hardware to be able to handle WPA3.

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