Bug 493238

Summary:	Incorrect names for Wi-Fi Security settings
Product:	[Applications] systemsettings	Reporter:	lynne
Component:	kcm_networkmanagement	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	minor	CC:	4wy78uwh, jgrulich, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:	https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-nm/-/commit/b0ebfce47e5b531a272333f032234532d6c96ca3	Version Fixed/Implemented In:	6.7.0
Sentry Crash Report:

Description lynne 2024-09-17 01:49:18 UTC

SUMMARY
The Wi-Fi Security settings tab in the "Wi-Fi & Networking" section of System Settings incorrectly labels some of its settings.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Create a NetworkManager connection with `wifi-sec.key-mgmt` set to `wpa-psk`, which is described by `nmcli` as "WPA2 + WPA3 personal"
2. Open that connection in KDE Settings
3. Change to the Wi-Fi Security tab

OBSERVED RESULT
Security is described as "WPA/WPA2 Personal"

EXPECTED RESULT
Security as described as e.g. "WPA2 + WPA3 Personal" or "WPA2/WPA3 Personal"

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Fedora Linux 40
KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.5.0
Qt Version: 6.7.2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This also applies to "wpa-eap", which is labelled by `nmcli` as "WPA2 + WPA3 enterprise", but labelled by KDE as "WPA/WPA2 Enterprise". I spent some time trying to diagnose why my WPA2/WPA3 home network was recognised as a WPA/WPA2 network before realising that `nmcli` had correctly identified it as a WPA2/WPA3 network all along.

NetworkManager's docs contain a list of descriptive names for each security mode: https://networkmanager.dev/docs/api/latest/settings-802-11-wireless-security.html

The code labelling the network as "WPA/WPA2 Personal" in plasma-nm is here: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-nm/-/blob/758d49eb524fd48151b83ae4735cc043e94fd0bc/libs/editor/settings/ui/wifisecurity.ui#L53

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2024-09-17 19:48:00 UTC

Thanks for reporting this. Would you like to submit a patch to fix it?

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-nm/-/merge_requests/

Comment 2 lynne 2024-09-19 02:11:24 UTC

I've opened a merge request here: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-nm/-/merge_requests/372

Comment 3 David Redondo 2026-01-20 18:34:04 UTC

Git commit b0ebfce47e5b531a272333f032234532d6c96ca3 by David Redondo, on behalf of Lynne Megido.
Committed on 20/01/2026 at 09:50.
Pushed by davidre into branch 'master'.

Rename Wi-Fi Security fields to match NM

NetworkManager describes `wpa-psk` as "WPA2 + WPA3 Personal", but Plasma
NM currently describes it as "WPA/WPA2 Personal". This is also true for
`wpa-eap`, which is described as "WPA/WPA2 Personal" as opposed to
"WPA2 + WPA3 Enterprise". This small patch changes Plasma NM's names to
more accurately reflect the behaviour as implemented by NetworkManager.

`wpa-psk` has supported WPA3 Personal encryption since this change
was merged:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/merge_requests/759
GUI

# Conflicts:
#	libs/editor/settings/ui/wifisecurity.ui

diff --git c/libs/editor/settings/ui/wifisecurity.ui i/libs/editor/settings/ui/wifisecurity.ui
index aba790105..a32f6fab7 100644
--- c/libs/editor/settings/ui/wifisecurity.ui
+++ i/libs/editor/settings/ui/wifisecurity.ui
@@ -62,12 +62,12 @@
        </item>
        <item>
         <property name="text">
-         <string>WPA/WPA2 Personal</string>
+         <string>WPA2/WPA3 Personal</string>
         </property>
        </item>
        <item>
         <property name="text">
-         <string>WPA/WPA2 Enterprise</string>
+         <string>WPA2/WPA3 Enterprise</string>
         </property>
        </item>
        <item>

M  +2    -2    libs/editor/settings/ui/wifisecurity.ui

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-nm/-/commit/b0ebfce47e5b531a272333f032234532d6c96ca3