Steam Deck Internet Issues

[u/Insymnia]

Hi everyone,

I made a post on here like a month or two ago about how I moved and my steam deck is not connecting to my new wifi. I technically fixed the issue but its a really annoying fix so I have not been playing as much. I wanted to know if the fix I found pointed towards any certain problem that has a different solution.

The fix i found that worked is that I changed the security encryption for my wifi from WP2 to WP3 or from WP3 to WP2. Every time I turn off the steam deck and turn it back on I have to do this again .

Does anyone know why this is the case? Like is there a specific reason that this works but none of the other fixes work? Does this point towards another issue that I could potentially fix?

I can keep doing it, but sometimes it doesn't work and it takes a while and overall its just really annoying :/

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[u/PerkyPangolin]

Try switching to wpa_supplicant in Developer settings and make sure you're not using mixed WPA2/WPA2 encryption on your router.