WAX214 - WLAN Connection dropping with kernel Error

[michiShyGuy]

Hello there,

I have a WAX214 - AX1800 WiFi 6 Dual Band PoE Wireless Access Point and have irregular Connection Dropouts which are coherent with Log-Entries like this:
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May 6 14:27:46 WAX214 kern.err kernel: [9696680.960873] wlan: [0:I:ANY] ol_peer_sta_ps_state_change_handler: 2869: ol_peer_sta_ps_state_change_handler:Unable to find peer object
May 6 09:39:32 WAX214 kern.err kernel: [9679386.509404] wlan: [0:I:ANY] ol_peer_sta_ps_state_change_handler: 2869: ol_peer_sta_ps_state_change_handler:Unable to find peer object
May 5 18:41:09 WAX214 kern.err kernel: [9625483.370712] wlan: [0:I:ANY] ol_peer_sta_ps_state_change_handler: 2869: ol_peer_sta_ps_state_change_handler:Unable to find peer object
May 4 03:37:21 WAX214 kern.err kernel: [9484856.418162] wlan: [0:I:ANY] ol_peer_sta_ps_state_change_handler: 2869: ol_peer_sta_ps_state_change_handler:Unable to find peer object
May 2 23:07:21 WAX214 kern.err kernel: [9382258.249656] wlan: [0:I:ANY] ol_peer_sta_ps_state_change_handler: 2869: ol_peer_sta_ps_state_change_handler:Unable to find peer object
May 1 02:16:09 WAX214 kern.err kernel: [9220786.561810] wlan: [0:I:ANY] ol_peer_sta_ps_state_change_handler: 2869: ol_peer_sta_ps_state_change_handler:Unable to find peer object
Apr 29 08:57:50 WAX214 daemon.err dnsmasq-dhcp[28161]: failed to read /etc/ethers: No such file or directory
Apr 26 18:05:19 WAX214 kern.err kernel: [8845738.903042] wlan: [0:I:ANY] ol_peer_sta_ps_state_change_handler: 2869: ol_peer_sta_ps_state_change_handler:Unable to find peer object
Apr 26 18:04:42 WAX214 kern.err kernel: [8845701.909022] wlan: [0:I:ANY] ol_peer_sta_ps_state_change_handler: 2869: ol_peer_sta_ps_state_change_handler:Unable to find peer object
Apr 25 14:35:16 WAX214 kern.err kernel: [8746735.702749] wlan: [0:I:ANY] ol_peer_sta_ps_state_change_handler: 2869: ol_peer_sta_ps_state_change_handler:Unable to find peer object
Apr 24 16:27:37 WAX214 kern.err kernel: [8667078.687656] wlan: [0:I:ANY] ol_peer_sta_ps_state_change_handler: 2869: ol_peer_sta_ps_state_change_handler:Unable to find peer object
Apr 22 15:38:57 WAX214 kern.err kernel: [8491359.538456] wlan: [4128:I:ANY] wlan_cfg80211_mgmt_tx: 2406: wlan_cfg80211_mgmt_tx (Re)Assoc Resp failure, ni is NULL for macaddr:92:3b:80:22:9b:27
Apr 20 00:24:02 WAX214 kern.err kernel: [8263666.384118] wlan: [0:I:ANY] ol_peer_sta_ps_state_change_handler: 2869: ol_peer_sta_ps_state_change_handler:Unable to find peer object
Apr 16 22:11:32 WAX214 kern.err kernel: [7996516.580365] wlan: [0:I:ANY] ol_peer_sta_ps_state_change_handler: 2869: ol_peer_sta_ps_state_change_handler:Unable to find peer object

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The logs around it aren't suspicious at all:
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May 6 14:27:51 WAX214 daemon.info hostapd: ath1: STA 92:3b:80:22:9b:27 WPA: sending 3/4 msg of 4-Way Handshake
May 6 14:27:51 WAX214 daemon.info hostapd: ath1: STA 92:3b:80:22:9b:27 WPA: sending 1/4 msg of 4-Way Handshake
May 6 14:27:51 WAX214 daemon.info hostapd: ath1: STA 92:3b:80:22:9b:27 WPA: received EAPOL-Key frame (4/4 Pairwise)
May 6 14:27:51 WAX214 daemon.info hostapd: ath1: STA 92:3b:80:22:9b:27 WPA: received EAPOL-Key frame (2/4 Pairwise)
May 6 14:27:51 WAX214 daemon.info hostapd: ath1: STA 92:3b:80:22:9b:27 WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)
May 6 14:27:51 WAX214 daemon.info hostapd: ath1: STA 92:3b:80:22:9b:27 IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 4)
May 6 14:27:46 WAX214 kern.err kernel: [9696680.960873] wlan: [0:I:ANY] ol_peer_sta_ps_state_change_handler: 2869: ol_peer_sta_ps_state_change_handler:Unable to find peer object
May 6 14:27:46 WAX214 daemon.info hostapd: ath0: STA 92:3b:80:22:9b:27 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
May 6 14:13:36 WAX214 daemon.info hostapd: ath1: STA 92:3b:80:22:9b:27 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
May 6 14:13:33 WAX214 daemon.info hostapd: ath1: STA 92:3b:80:22:9b:27 IEEE 802.11: deauthenticated due to inactivity (timer DEAUTH/REMOVE)
May 6 14:13:03 WAX214 daemon.info hostapd: ath0: STA 92:3b:80:22:9b:27 WPA: sending 3/4 msg of 4-Way Handshake
May 6 14:13:03 WAX214 daemon.info hostapd: ath0: STA 92:3b:80:22:9b:27 WPA: sending 1/4 msg of 4-Way Handshake
May 6 14:13:03 WAX214 daemon.info hostapd: ath0: STA 92:3b:80:22:9b:27 WPA: received EAPOL-Key frame (4/4 Pairwise)
May 6 14:13:03 WAX214 daemon.info hostapd: ath0: STA 92:3b:80:22:9b:27 WPA: received EAPOL-Key frame (2/4 Pairwise)
May 6 14:13:03 WAX214 daemon.info hostapd: ath0: STA 92:3b:80:22:9b:27 WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)
May 6 14:13:03 WAX214 daemon.info hostapd: ath0: STA 92:3b:80:22:9b:27 IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 3)
May 6 13:57:55 WAX214 daemon.info hostapd: ath0: STA 00:22:61:7d:d8:c0 WPA: sending 1/2 msg of Group Key Handshake
May 6 13:57:55 WAX214 daemon.info hostapd: ath0: STA 00:22:61:7d:d8:c0 WPA: received EAPOL-Key frame (2/2 Group)
May 6 13:57:55 WAX214 daemon.info hostapd: ath0: STA 00:22:61:7d:d8:c0 WPA: group key handshake completed (RSN)
May 6 13:57:55 WAX214 daemon.info hostapd: ath0: STA 00:09:b0:0a:a5:b7 WPA: sending 1/2 msg of Group Key Handshake

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Any suggestions?

Regards

[DaneA]

@michiShyGuy,

Welcome to the community! 🙂

Is everything working fine before?  

What wireless devices are experiencing dropouts?  Is it an Android device, an iOS device, a Windows PC, etc?  

Are the dropouts happening on both 2.GHz and 5GHz SSIDs?

What is the current firmware version of your WAX214?

For the logs to be analyzed, I suggest you to open a support ticket with NETGEAR Support here at anytime.

Regards,

DaneA

NETGEAR Community Team