Not Prompted for Password after enabling WPA2

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Not Prompted for Password after enabling WPA2

We recently went from an open SSID to one using WPA2 PSK. Over the past few days we have had no reports of anyone being required to authenticate before accessing the network. Are the devices that were already connected exempt from this new password or is there something we may have missed to force all users to authenticate using the new passcode? Our goal was to require users to re-authenticate so we can better ensure that only those with the PSK are authorized to access the network. Thank you!

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Brash
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Kind of a big deal

Devices that are already connected won't be prompted for a password unless they disconnect and reconnect, as they have already authenticated (when the SSID was set to open).

 

Changing the access controls in the Meraki Dashboard doesn't automatically require every device to re-authenticate.

alemabrahao
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Kind of a big deal

If you changed the password they need to edit the connexion and put the new password.

I am not a Cisco Meraki employee. My suggestions are based on documentation of Meraki best practices and day-to-day experience.

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