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Re: [WNAP210] fail to access after a while

bramschats1
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[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 the access point because the client cannot connect to the WNAP210. After reboot everything works well again but after a few weeks it has to reboot again.

What can cause this issue?

Hope someone can help me on this issue.
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rilex
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Re: [WNAP210] fail to access after a while

Can you access it via the admin page? If so, what do the logs say, if anything?

FWIW, my WNAP210 running the .12 firmware currently has an uptime of 23 days, but it has been up for longer.
Message 2 of 19
bramschats1
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Re: [WNAP210] fail to access after a while

Rilex,

Thanks for the reply,

here are the logs from before restarting:
Apr 22 07:25:50 SDK daemon.info hostapd: wifi0vap0: STA 3c:74:37:58:f8:51 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Apr 22 07:25:57 SDK daemon.info hostapd: wifi0vap0: STA 3c:74:37:58:f8:51 IEEE 802.11: associated
Apr 22 07:26:00 SDK daemon.info hostapd: wifi0vap0: STA 3c:74:37:58:f8:51 IEEE 802.11: deauthenticated due to local deauth request
Apr 22 07:26:00 SDK daemon.info hostapd: wifi0vap0: STA 3c:74:37:58:f8:51 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Apr 22 07:26:12 SDK daemon.info hostapd: wifi0vap0: STA 3c:74:37:58:f8:51 IEEE 802.11: associated
Apr 22 07:26:15 SDK daemon.info hostapd: wifi0vap0: STA 3c:74:37:58:f8:51 IEEE 802.11: deauthenticated due to local deauth request


I don't know what the deauthenticated due to local deauth means, maybe you can help me.

I am running firmware:WNAP210_2.0.12

Is it possible to periodically restart the access point so i don't have to do this manually?

Hope you can help me.

thnx in advance.
Message 3 of 19
rclark
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Re: [WNAP210] fail to access after a while

bramschats wrote:
Rilex,

Thanks for the reply,

here are the logs from before restarting:
Apr 22 07:25:50 SDK daemon.info hostapd: wifi0vap0: STA 3c:74:37:58:f8:51 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Apr 22 07:25:57 SDK daemon.info hostapd: wifi0vap0: STA 3c:74:37:58:f8:51 IEEE 802.11: associated
Apr 22 07:26:00 SDK daemon.info hostapd: wifi0vap0: STA 3c:74:37:58:f8:51 IEEE 802.11: deauthenticated due to local deauth request
Apr 22 07:26:00 SDK daemon.info hostapd: wifi0vap0: STA 3c:74:37:58:f8:51 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Apr 22 07:26:12 SDK daemon.info hostapd: wifi0vap0: STA 3c:74:37:58:f8:51 IEEE 802.11: associated
Apr 22 07:26:15 SDK daemon.info hostapd: wifi0vap0: STA 3c:74:37:58:f8:51 IEEE 802.11: deauthenticated due to local deauth request


I don't know what the deauthenticated due to local deauth means, maybe you can help me.

I am running firmware:WNAP210_2.0.12

Is it possible to periodically restart the access point so i don't have to do this manually?

Hope you can help me.

thnx in advance.


I am experiencing this exact issue with one of my customers. It seemed to work better for awhile by restricting the channel use to 20 MHz, but now they're starting to experience the same issue - restarting the AP works sometimes, but not always. There's only 2-3 wireless devices (iPad's and iPhones).

-Randy
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rilex
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Re: [WNAP210] fail to access after a while

I also restrict my AP to 20Mhz as 20/40 dynamic causes a Roku I have to randomly disconnect.
Message 5 of 19
bramschats1
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Re: [WNAP210] fail to access after a while

I took a look at my setup but it is already on 20MHz fixed.....!
Message 6 of 19
NerdyMike
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Re: [WNAP210] fail to access after a while

I'm having an identical problem on multiple sites. For over a month I've been troubleshooting this with Netgear support. We've done all the basics including base station location, wiring, power supply and the unit itself. We've done factory resets and changed the location of the units. We've confirmed that the problem isn't any specific client or interference with other wireless networks (one of the networks that has the problem is remote mountain camp with no other camps/electronics within 20km).

Tip - Netgear has a beta release firmware (version 13) that has taken my worst base station from doing this 3-4 times a week down to approximately once a week. While not ideal, it's BETTER. You can get the firmware by quoting Issue ID 2389.


I was just talking to them today and they've now recommended that I change my "Network Authentication" from "WPA-PSK & WPA2-PSK" to just "WPA2-PSK". Apparently there's a known issue with that too. I've made the change but it'll likely take a week or more before I know the results.

What Network Authentication setting do you guys have?
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bramschats1
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Re: [WNAP210] fail to access after a while

I'm also using security mode WPA-PSK & WPA2-PSK.

Maybe it has something to do with this security mode indeed.

In the mainwhile, is it possible, since it is a linux based wap to change the crontab to restart the access point every day?

Hope someone from netgear can help us out.
Message 8 of 19
rilex
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Re: [WNAP210] fail to access after a while


Tip - Netgear has a beta release firmware (version 13) that has taken my worst base station from doing this 3-4 times a week down to approximately once a week. While not ideal, it's BETTER. You can get the firmware by quoting Issue ID 2389.


Does this beta fix the security issues with the WAPs admin site?
Message 9 of 19
bramschats1
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Re: [WNAP210] fail to access after a while

Is there any news on this topic?

Hope someone has some good testresults....
Message 10 of 19
Amberworks
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Re: [WNAP210] fail to access after a while

Just curious whether you'd gotten any further with this, I've got two WNAP210's on-site with the latest firmware 2.0.12 and have been experiencing the same problem.

Oddly they've worked perfectly for nearly 6 months, it's only in the last month that 1 of them has fallen over twice and required a reboot.
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Amberworks
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Re: [WNAP210] fail to access after a while

So no updates... looks like the WNAP210 is based on OpenWRT where this has been a common problem although supposedly recently fixed..
https://dev.openwrt.org/ticket/8830
https://dev.openwrt.org/changeset/26251

I'd love to know what I can do from here.. sounds like nobody has had any joy going directly to Netgear?
Message 12 of 19
rilex
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Re: [WNAP210] fail to access after a while

WNAP210 isn't based on OpenWrt (it contains no routing functionality, for instance), but most of these utilize the same applications and drivers (madwifi, Busybox, etc.).

Netgear has some "proprietary" pages on the WNAP210 that aren't part of their OSS distribution, but these pages are easily viewable from SSH.
Message 13 of 19
bramschats1
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Re: [WNAP210] fail to access after a while

I had to reset the AP again today, it is not really a stable AP since i have to reset the AP once in a while...

Can anyone tell me if it is possible to autorestart the AP every night?

When i use a simple linksys router wireless is always working, why is this a problem with a netgear AP wich is more expensive?

Hope someone can help me on this issue.
Message 14 of 19
bramschats1
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Re: [WNAP210] fail to access after a while

I have decided to change the WPA210 access point at my customer site to another AP of another brand.

It just not seem to work the way as it should and have to reboot the AP every week.

I tried to supply all my costumers with netgear products but i think i have to change my policy about this.

regards.
Message 15 of 19
GirthW
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Re: [WNAP210] fail to access after a while

I am also having to reboot my WNAP210 every 1-2 days. The logs before the reboot look like this:

Aug 23 19:44:50 SDK daemon.info hostapd: wifi0vap0: STA e8:3e:b6:a4:2a:30 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Aug 23 19:46:20 SDK daemon.info hostapd: wifi0vap0: STA e8:3e:b6:a4:2a:30 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Aug 23 19:46:35 SDK daemon.info hostapd: wifi0vap0: STA 38:59:f9:74:41:5c IEEE 802.11: disassociated

So as bramschats asks - any more news on this topic?
Message 16 of 19
Sparks_ZA
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Re: [WNAP210] fail to access after a while

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
Message 17 of 19
boatbodger
Tutor

Re: [WNAP210] fail to access after a while

I too have a WNAP210 and it was working fine for 8 or 9 months. I too have been using firmware 2.0.27 as 2.1.1 has a problem with web pages.
Then - after a power outage - I found all Windows clients were saying "Attempting to authenticate". The device is PoE powered, and the LAN switch was not damaged by the outage, and neither were any other electrical items in the house.
Simply rebooting the device did not clear the problem.
I then did a factory reset (which was hard - you have to hold the button in for nearly a minute - not the 5 seconds the user manual suggests), then reconfigured it from scratch, after which it worked fine.
Until we had another outage - the same symptoms have reappeared.
I've tried changing the authentication method, including changing the passphrase (in case that was somehow corrupted in memory) - no luck.
Just upgraded to 2.1.1. I made sure there was a valid DNS configured, and this seems to have sped up the config web pages. And the unit is now talking to clients again.
Given that this unit is supposedl "top end", it still seems very buggy.
Message 18 of 19
Sparks_ZA
Novice

Re: [WNAP210] fail to access after a while

Thanks for your contribution, boatbodger!

I never did manage to get my WNAP210 sorted. After making contact with Netgear support, their recommendation was to first upgrade to firmware to v2.1.1 (no surprises there), even though there's actually very little difference between v2.0.27 and v2.1.1 (see the release notes).

At one point I remember seeing another post which suggested that the slow response of the v2.1.1 firmware was to do with unit trying to make contact with the Netgear site to perform an initial registration after upgrade - this is mentioned in the v2.1.1 release notes. I remember seeing something like that happen when previously trying the v2.1.1 firmware. If for some reason that contact can't be made, the unit may appear sluggish due to repeated contact attempts and failures.
Once you're past that registration, access is normal.

I tried to perform the upgrade to v2.1.1 several times with numerous confirmed factory resets inbetween, but my unit steadfastly refused to work properly with any firmware above v2.0.27. The unit booted but had broken web pages everywhere on the config screens and just didn't work. Going back to v2.0.27 always worked fine.

Thinking it was browser-related (I use IE9), I tried both Google Chrome and Firefox with the same result. Eventually Netgear recommended a replacement - extreme perhaps, but there you are.

My conclusion : something seems to go wrong with the firmware build on these units when you upgrade firmware.

It's perhaps relevant that there were at least two hardware versions of this unit - WNAP210v1 and v2. I had all these problems with a v1 box.

The replacement unit offered to me by the Netgear local agent was also a v1 box. I elected to change horses and went with another brand instead - an Orinoco AP-8000 dual-band WAP from Proxim.

The Proxim is so reliable it's almost boring by comparison to the WNAP210. I've never yet had to reboot it in 6+ months of operation. But being dual-band, it's also a lot more expensive, not that the WNAP210 is cheap.

Bottom line : I guess every manufacturer typically has some lemons in its portfolio. The WNAP210 seems to be one of Netgear's. Hopefully other users have better luck than me. Possibly the v1 boxes are better - YMMV!
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