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bramschats1
Aspirant
Apr 22, 2011

[WNAP210] fail to access after a while

Hello, I have a WNAP210 access point and it is working very well, except for one strange thing. I usually have 1 or 2 clients connected to the access point but every three weeks i have to reboot...
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Sparks_ZA
Novice
Apr 24, 2013
Hi all

I'm having the same problem with my WNAP210. I'm running firmware version 2.0.27, which isn't the latest, I know. I had other problems with the latest version 2.1.1 (very slow, unusable response on web control panel) and found 2.0.27 to be more stable.

The AP has been up for quite a few months with no problem, using only 2 or 3wireless devices. Over the last while there've been more wireless clients using to the device, which seems to have exacerbated the problem of not being able to get access sometimes. The symptom is that everything works fine for a few days, the suddenly people can't connect - usually an "authentication failure". A reboot solves the problem for a few more days, but it recurs.

A look at the system logs reveals a pattern like the following :

Apr 24 11:54:38 SDK daemon.info hostapd: wifi0vap0: STA 68:ed:43:12:21:f2 IEEE 802.11: associated
Apr 24 11:54:41 SDK daemon.info hostapd: wifi0vap0: STA 68:ed:43:12:21:f2 IEEE 802.11: deauthenticated due to local deauth request
Apr 24 11:54:41 SDK daemon.info hostapd: wifi0vap0: STA 68:ed:43:12:21:f2 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Apr 24 11:54:56 SDK daemon.info hostapd: wifi0vap0: STA 68:ed:43:12:21:f2 IEEE 802.11: associated
Apr 24 11:54:59 SDK daemon.info hostapd: wifi0vap0: STA 68:ed:43:12:21:f2 IEEE 802.11: deauthenticated due to local deauth request
Apr 24 11:54:59 SDK daemon.info hostapd: wifi0vap0: STA 68:ed:43:12:21:f2 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Apr 24 11:55:51 SDK daemon.info hostapd: wifi0vap0: STA 1c:69:a5:f0:fc:90 IEEE 802.11: associated
Apr 24 11:55:54 SDK daemon.info hostapd: wifi0vap0: STA 1c:69:a5:f0:fc:90 IEEE 802.11: deauthenticated due to local deauth request
Apr 24 11:55:54 SDK daemon.info hostapd: wifi0vap0: STA 1c:69:a5:f0:fc:90 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Apr 24 11:56:12 SDK daemon.info hostapd: wifi0vap0: STA 68:ed:43:12:21:f2 IEEE 802.11: associated
Apr 24 11:56:15 SDK daemon.info hostapd: wifi0vap0: STA 68:ed:43:12:21:f2 IEEE 802.11: deauthenticated due to local deauth request
Apr 24 11:56:15 SDK daemon.info hostapd: wifi0vap0: STA 68:ed:43:12:21:f2 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Apr 24 11:57:36 SDK daemon.info hostapd: wifi0vap0: STA 68:ed:43:12:21:f2 IEEE 802.11: associated
Apr 24 11:57:39 SDK daemon.info hostapd: wifi0vap0: STA 68:ed:43:12:21:f2 IEEE 802.11: deauthenticated due to local deauth request
Apr 24 11:57:39 SDK daemon.info hostapd: wifi0vap0: STA 68:ed:43:12:21:f2 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Apr 24 11:57:59 SDK daemon.info hostapd: wifi0vap0: STA 1c:69:a5:f0:fc:90 IEEE 802.11: associated
Apr 24 11:58:02 SDK daemon.info hostapd: wifi0vap0: STA 1c:69:a5:f0:fc:90 IEEE 802.11: deauthenticated due to local deauth request
Apr 24 11:58:02 SDK daemon.info hostapd: wifi0vap0: STA 1c:69:a5:f0:fc:90 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Apr 24 11:58:11 SDK daemon.info hostapd: wifi0vap0: STA 1c:69:a5:f0:fc:90 IEEE 802.11: associated
Apr 24 11:58:14 SDK daemon.info hostapd: wifi0vap0: STA 1c:69:a5:f0:fc:90 IEEE 802.11: deauthenticated due to local deauth request
Apr 24 11:58:14 SDK daemon.info hostapd: wifi0vap0: STA 1c:69:a5:f0:fc:90 IEEE 802.11: disassociated

I've tried restricting the authentication method to WPA2 (as opposed to WPA/WPA2) - no apparent improvement.

Did anyone else manage to get aroudn this problem ?

Thanks