TetheringWiFiAuthenticationKind Enum

Definition

Namespace:

Windows.Networking.NetworkOperators

Defines constants that specify the wireless authentication algorithm to be used for the Wi-Fi tethering connection.

public enum class TetheringWiFiAuthenticationKind

/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract, 1048576)]
enum class TetheringWiFiAuthenticationKind

[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(typeof(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract), 1048576)]
public enum TetheringWiFiAuthenticationKind

var value = Windows.Networking.NetworkOperators.TetheringWiFiAuthenticationKind.wpa2

Public Enum TetheringWiFiAuthenticationKind

Inheritance

Enum

TetheringWiFiAuthenticationKind

Attributes

ContractVersionAttribute

Windows requirements

Device family	Windows 11, version 24H2 (introduced in 10.0.26100.0)
API contract	Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced in v19.0)
App capabilities	wiFiControl

Fields

Name	Value	Description
Wpa2	0	Specifies that the Wi-Fi adapter should use only the WPA2 authentication kind. Supported by all current hardware.
Wpa3TransitionMode	1	Specifies that the Wi-Fi adapter should choose WPA3 if available; and otherwise will fall back to WPA2 for each individual client/peer connection. This is supported only on hardware that supports WPA3, and it's meant to allow WPA2 clients to also be able to connect to WPA3 hardware. Also known as WPA3 Transitional or WPA3 Transition Mode.
Wpa3	2	Specifies that the Wi-Fi adapter should use only the WPA3 authentication kind.

Remarks

Older Wi-Fi adapters don't support WPA3. Call Windows.Networking.NetworkOperators.NetworkOperatorTetheringAccessPointConfiguration.IsAuthenticationKindSupported to find out whether your adapter supports a specific authentication kind.

Use Wpa3TransitionMode to let the adapter automatically fall back to WPA2 if WPA3 is not supported.