iPSK without Radius not compatible with 6ghz?

[nerdherd]

Hi All, finally got some MR57s for testing.

Unfortunately I missed the memo (and still cant find it)...Apparently iPSK without radius is not compatible with 6 ghz? 

Regular PSK doesnt give any issue, but iPSK says "This SSID will not be broadcast on the 6 GHz band. Use OWE to enable this band." (WPA3 is also not available as an option when iPSK selected)

Seems weird since I thought iPSK from a client perspective is just PSK.

Is this a limitation right now because it's still in development? or is iPSK never going to work with 6ghz?

I cant find any documentation that says either way

Thanks for any help!

[NolanHerring]

I can't speak for Meraki, but 6GHz (Wi-Fi 6E) requires WPA3 or better. Meraki's current implementation of iPSK does not support WPA3, so that is why you are running into that. 

[PhilipDAth]

I've had terrible compatibility issues with clients when using WPA3 (last tested about a month ago).  IMHO, WPA3 is not ready for production deployment.

[KarstenI · Accepted solution]

The way the actual WPA3-SAE implementation is done, MPSK (or iPSK without RADIUS) can not work. The AP had to try multiple PSKs until the right one is matched. But this was prohibited by design in WPA3. On each connect, only one PSK can be checked. iPSK with RADIUS could work, but probably needs to be implemented.

[nerdherd]

Thank you!  Didnt know that's how iPSK worked under the hood.