WE3300 cannot disable PMF for WPA2-PSK
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Hi,
I have a ZyXEL EasyMesh setup with an EE5301 router (fw V5.63(ACLD.1)C0) as controller and a WE3300 extender (fw V5.70(ACKA.0)C0) as agent. I have a secondary SSID "Ra Ext" configured as WPA2-Personal with PMF set to Disabled on the router — this is required for Miele smart home devices which cannot connect when PMF is Capable or Required.
Problem: The WE3300 extender shows PMF=capable for this SSID instead of disabled, preventing Miele devices from connecting to the extender.
Verified via SSH CLI on both devices:
Router (cfg wlan get):
Index Band SSID SecurityMode PMF
2 2.4GHz Ra Ext WPA2-Personal disabled
Extender (cfg wlan get): Index Band SSID SecurityMode PMF
2 2.4GHz Ra Ext WPA2-Personal capable
What I tried:
- cfg wlan edit on the extender — --PMF parameter not available - cfg wlan set — no PMF option - Config backup/restore: manually edited EnableManagementFrameProtection to false in the JSON backup and restored it — device reverts the field to true on every restore, ignoring the value - Also set X_ZYXEL_Autoconfig: false for the SSID to prevent mesh override — Autoconfig change persists but PMF still reverts
The router correctly stores "EnableManagementFrameProtection": false in its backup for this SSID. The extender firmware appears to force true regardless of the value in the restored config.
Request: Please fix the firmware so the WE3300 correctly propagates and applies the PMF=Disabled setting from the EasyMesh controller, or expose a --PMF parameter in the cfg wlan edit CLI command.
Thank you.
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Regarding your request, I think you need to contact the provider from whom you obtained this router.
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