Cisco 1562 support WPA3?

[dickmycheung]

May I know if Cisco 1562 AP support WPA3?  

OK, wave-1 AP excluded from WPA3:

Cisco Wireless Controller Configuration Guide, Release 8.10 - WLAN Security [Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Software] - Cisco

Guidelines and Restrictions on WPA3

• WPA3 is not supported in Cisco Wave 1 (IOS-based) APs.

And I see 1560 are wave-2 AP:

Cisco Aironet 1560 Series Outdoor Access Points Data Sheet - Cisco

But from its specification, I cannot find WPA3 support.

Wireless Access

●  802.11i, Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2), and WPA

●  802.1X authentication, including Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) and Protected EAP (EAP -PEAP), ...

So, could 1562 support WPA3?  Any idea?

Thanks.

[Leo Laohoo]

2800/3800/4800/1560 will never support WPA3.  

[marce1000]

 - The specifications are authoritative : it can not do WPA3,

 M.

[Rich R · Accepted solution]

I disagree @marce1000 and @Leo Laohoo - this has been discussed on these boards before.
WPA3 is supported on the Wave 2 APs as long as the software (AireOS and 9800) is up to date as per the 8.10 link in the original post.  The data sheet was published before WPA3 support was added and was not updated after WPA3 was released.
The specific variants of WPA3 which are supported depend on the software version and hardware.

@Rasika Nayanajith summarised it here:
https://community.cisco.com/t5/wireless/wpa3-and-wave-1-aps/m-p/4066473/highlight/true#M169270

1562 is a Wave 2 AP running ClickOS (AP-COS) so it should support WPA3.

For 9800 WLC with 91xx APs latest info on all the variants is in:
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/controller/9800/technical-reference/wpa3-dg.html

[JPavonM]

As @Rich R mentioned before, Wave2 COS APS do support WPA3 as covered under their corresponding datasheets:

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/wireless/aironet-4800-access-point/nb-09-air-4800-acces-ds-cte.html#:~:text=%E2%97%8F-,Security,-%3A

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/wireless/aironet-3800-series-access-points/datasheet-c78-741682.html#:~:text=%E2%97%8F-,Security,-%3A