# Devices disconnecting from router repeating captive portal wifi **URL:** \ **Category:** Router\ **Created:** [July 27, 2023, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/devices-disconnecting-from-router-repeating-captive-portal-wifi/31802 "2023-07-27T12:41:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mikkelet](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/user_avatar/forum.gl-inet.com/mikkelet/32/10605_2.png) [@mikkelet](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/mikkelet)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/devices-disconnecting-from-router-repeating-captive-portal-wifi/31802/1 "2023-07-27T12:41:28Z")
Hey guys, I’m currently sitting in an airport and wanted to repeat their captive portal wifi via my ATX 1800 router. I followed the GLI net guide and everything worked as expected - Im online! However, every few minutes, my devices (macbook, phone) got disconnected from the router. Im currently trying to figure if this is a protection protocol by the airport wifi or if my router is having a bad time with repeating this signal. What’s curious is that _my_ devices got disconnected from _my_ router. The router didnt lose power and was still broadcasting its signal. I just had to reconnect my devices and they were back online. It seems like I was kicked off by the network admin, yknow? Here’s some logs: Im hoping some you network sleuths can solve this mystery. ```auto Thu Jul 27 14:25:20 2023 kern.info kernel: [2641.038030] br-lan: port 4(wlan0-1) entered forwarding state Thu Jul 27 14:25:21 2023 daemon.err hostapd: 80/80+80 MHz: center segment 1 wrong or no second channel offset Thu Jul 27 14:25:27 2023 daemon.err hostapd: 80/80+80 MHz: center segment 1 wrong or no second channel offset Thu Jul 27 14:25:30 2023 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0-1: AP-STA-DISCONNECTED b8:e6:0c:0e:8a:d9 0 0 Thu Jul 27 14:25:30 2023 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0-1: STA b8:e6:0c:0e:8a:d9 IEEE 802.11: authenticated Thu Jul 27 14:25:30 2023 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0-1: STA b8:e6:0c:0e:8a:d9 IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 1) Thu Jul 27 14:25:30 2023 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0-1: AP-STA-CONNECTED b8:e6:0c:0e:8a:d9 0 0 Thu Jul 27 14:25:30 2023 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0-1: STA b8:e6:0c:0e:8a:d9 RADIUS: starting accounting session 70C67FCF05659A43 Thu Jul 27 14:25:30 2023 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0-1: STA b8:e6:0c:0e:8a:d9 WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN) Thu Jul 27 14:25:31 2023 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[2169]: DHCPREQUEST(br-lan) 192.168.8.227 b8:e6:0c:0e:8a:d9 Thu Jul 27 14:25:31 2023 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[2169]: DHCPACK(br-lan) 192.168.8.227 b8:e6:0c:0e:8a:d9 DK-MAC-MITH Thu Jul 27 14:25:31 2023 daemon.notice wpa_supplicant[2829]: wlan-sta0: WNM: Disassociation Imminent - Disassociation Timer 40 Thu Jul 27 14:25:31 2023 daemon.notice wpa_supplicant[2829]: wlan-sta0: WNM: Preferred List Available Thu Jul 27 14:25:31 2023 kern.debug kernel: [2652.658359] wlan-sta0: Limiting TX power to 5 dBm as advertised by 74:a2:e6:5b:e1:af // LOST CONNECTION HERE Thu Jul 27 14:25:33 2023 daemon.notice wpa_supplicant[2829]: wlan-sta0: Unknown event 62 Thu Jul 27 14:25:33 2023 daemon.err hostapd: 80/80+80 MHz: center segment 1 wrong or no second channel offset Thu Jul 27 14:25:33 2023 daemon.err hostapd: 80/80+80 MHz: center segment 1 wrong or no second channel offset Thu Jul 27 14:25:35 2023 daemon.notice netifd: Network device 'wlan-sta0' link is down Thu Jul 27 14:25:35 2023 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wwan' has link connectivity loss Thu Jul 27 14:25:35 2023 kern.info kernel: [2656.616860] wlan-sta0: disassociated from 74:a2:e6:5b:e1:af (Reason: 1=UNSPECIFIED) Thu Jul 27 14:25:35 2023 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (21776): udhcpc: received SIGTERM Thu Jul 27 14:25:35 2023 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (21776): udhcpc: unicasting a release of 192.168.92.143 to 1.1.1.1 Thu Jul 27 14:25:35 2023 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (21776): udhcpc: sending release Thu Jul 27 14:25:35 2023 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (21776): udhcpc: entering released state Thu Jul 27 14:25:35 2023 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (21776): Command failed: Permission denied Thu Jul 27 14:25:35 2023 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wwan' is now down Thu Jul 27 14:25:35 2023 daemon.info avahi-daemon[3887]: Withdrawing address record for 192.168.92.143 on wlan-sta0. Thu Jul 27 14:25:35 2023 daemon.info avahi-daemon[3887]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface wlan-sta0.IPv4 with address 192.168.92.143. Thu Jul 27 14:25:35 2023 daemon.info avahi-daemon[3887]: Interface wlan-sta0.IPv4 no longer relevant for mDNS. Thu Jul 27 14:25:35 2023 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wwan' is disabled Thu Jul 27 14:25:35 2023 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wwan' is enabled Thu Jul 27 14:25:35 2023 daemon.warn dnsmasq[2169]: no servers found in /tmp/resolv.conf.d/resolv.conf.auto, will retry Thu Jul 27 14:25:36 2023 daemon.notice wpa_supplicant[2829]: wlan-sta0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=74:a2:e6:5b:e1:af reason=1 Thu Jul 27 14:25:36 2023 daemon.notice wpa_supplicant[2829]: BSSID 74:a2:e6:5b:e1:af ignore list count incremented to 2, ignoring for 10 seconds Thu Jul 27 14:25:36 2023 user.notice mwan3[23425]: Execute ifdown event on interface wwan (unknown) Thu Jul 27 14:25:36 2023 user.info mwan3track[22438]: Detect ifdown event on interface wwan (wlan-sta0) Thu Jul 27 14:25:36 2023 user.notice mwan3track[22438]: Interface wwan (wlan-sta0) is offline Thu Jul 27 14:25:36 2023 daemon.notice hostapd: handle_probe_req: send failed Thu Jul 27 14:25:36 2023 daemon.notice wpa_supplicant[2829]: wlan-sta0: Reject scan trigger since one is already pending Thu Jul 27 14:25:36 2023 daemon.warn wpa_supplicant[2829]: wlan-sta0: Failed to initiate AP scan Thu Jul 27 14:25:36 2023 daemon.notice hostapd: handle_probe_req: send failed Thu Jul 27 14:25:36 2023 daemon.notice wpa_supplicant[2829]: wlan-sta0: SME: Trying to authenticate with 74:a2:e6:5b:e1:af (SSID='CPH Airport Free Wi-Fi' freq=5240 MHz) Thu Jul 27 14:25:36 2023 kern.info kernel: [2656.971702] wlan-sta0: authenticate with 74:a2:e6:5b:e1:af Thu Jul 27 14:25:36 2023 kern.info kernel: [2657.058008] wlan-sta0: send auth to 74:a2:e6:5b:e1:af (try 1/3) Thu Jul 27 14:25:36 2023 daemon.notice wpa_supplicant[2829]: wlan-sta0: Trying to associate with 74:a2:e6:5b:e1:af (SSID='CPH Airport Free Wi-Fi' freq=5240 MHz) Thu Jul 27 14:25:36 2023 kern.info kernel: [2657.059761] wlan-sta0: authenticated Thu Jul 27 14:25:36 2023 kern.info kernel: [2657.068292] wlan-sta0: associate with 74:a2:e6:5b:e1:af (try 1/3) Thu Jul 27 14:25:36 2023 daemon.notice netifd: Network device 'wlan-sta0' link is up Thu Jul 27 14:25:36 2023 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wwan' has link connectivity Thu Jul 27 14:25:36 2023 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wwan' is setting up now Thu Jul 27 14:25:36 2023 kern.info kernel: [2657.070313] wlan-sta0: RX AssocResp from 74:a2:e6:5b:e1:af (capab=0x1101 status=0 aid=3) Thu Jul 27 14:25:36 2023 kern.info kernel: [2657.075085] wlan-sta0: associated Thu Jul 27 14:25:36 2023 daemon.notice wpa_supplicant[2829]: wlan-sta0: Associated with 74:a2:e6:5b:e1:af Thu Jul 27 14:25:36 2023 daemon.notice wpa_supplicant[2829]: wlan-sta0: CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 74:a2:e6:5b:e1:af completed [id=0 id_str=] Thu Jul 27 14:25:36 2023 daemon.err hostapd: 80/80+80 MHz: center segment 1 wrong or no second channel offset Thu Jul 27 14:25:36 2023 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (23623): udhcpc: started, v1.33.2 Thu Jul 27 14:25:36 2023 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (23623): udhcpc: sending discover Thu Jul 27 14:25:36 2023 daemon.err hostapd: 80/80+80 MHz: center segment 1 wrong or no second channel offset Thu Jul 27 14:25:36 2023 kern.debug kernel: [2657.178669] wlan-sta0: Limiting TX power to 5 dBm as advertised by 74:a2:e6:5b:e1:af Thu Jul 27 14:25:36 2023 daemon.notice wpa_supplicant[2829]: wlan-sta0: CTRL-EVENT-SUBNET-STATUS-UPDATE status=0 Thu Jul 27 14:25:36 2023 daemon.err hostapd: 80/80+80 MHz: center segment 1 wrong or no second channel offset Thu Jul 27 14:25:36 2023 daemon.notice wpa_supplicant[2829]: wlan-sta0: Unknown event 62 Thu Jul 27 14:25:36 2023 kern.info kernel: [2657.317465] ath11k c000000.wifi: bss color param 0x80000000 set on vdev 1 Thu Jul 27 14:25:37 2023 user.notice firewall: Reloading firewall due to ifdown of wwan () Thu Jul 27 14:25:38 2023 daemon.err repeater: (/usr/sbin/repeater:1156) NO IP for long time, down/up wlan-sta0 Thu Jul 27 14:25:38 2023 daemon.notice wpa_supplicant[2829]: wlan-sta0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=74:a2:e6:5b:e1:af reason=3 locally_generated=1 Thu Jul 27 14:25:38 2023 daemon.notice wpa_supplicant[2829]: BSSID 74:a2:e6:5b:e1:af ignore list count incremented to 2, ignoring for 10 seconds Thu Jul 27 14:25:38 2023 daemon.notice netifd: Network device 'wlan-sta0' link is down Thu Jul 27 14:25:38 2023 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wwan' has link connectivity loss Thu Jul 27 14:25:38 2023 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (23623): udhcpc: read error: Network is down, reopening socket Thu Jul 27 14:25:38 2023 kern.info kernel: [2659.489336] wlan-sta0: deauthenticating from 74:a2:e6:5b:e1:af by local choice (Reason: 3=DEAUTH_LEAVING) Thu Jul 27 14:25:38 2023 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (23623): udhcpc: received SIGTERM Thu Jul 27 14:25:38 2023 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (23623): udhcpc: entering released state Thu Jul 27 14:25:38 2023 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (23623): Command failed: Permission denied Thu Jul 27 14:25:38 2023 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wwan' is now down Thu Jul 27 14:25:38 2023 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wwan' is disabled Thu Jul 27 14:25:38 2023 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wwan' is enabled Thu Jul 27 14:25:39 2023 user.notice mwan3[24003]: Execute ifdown event on interface wwan (unknown) Thu Jul 27 14:25:39 2023 daemon.notice hostapd: handle_probe_req: send failed Thu Jul 27 14:25:39 2023 daemon.notice hostapd: handle_probe_req: send failed Thu Jul 27 14:25:39 2023 daemon.notice hostapd: handle_probe_req: send failed Thu Jul 27 14:25:39 2023 daemon.err hostapd: 80/80+80 MHz: center segment 1 wrong or no second channel offset Thu Jul 27 14:25:39 2023 daemon.notice netifd: Network device 'wlan0-1' link is down Thu Jul 27 14:25:39 2023 kern.info kernel: [2660.488629] br-lan: port 4(wlan0-1) entered disabled state Thu Jul 27 14:25:39 2023 kern.info kernel: [2660.491971] ath11k c000000.wifi: bss color param 0x80000000 set on vdev 1 Thu Jul 27 14:25:39 2023 kern.info kernel: [2660.493489] br-lan: port 4(wlan0-1) entered forwarding state Thu Jul 27 14:25:39 2023 kern.info kernel: [2660.499948] br-lan: port 4(wlan0-1) entered forwarding state Thu Jul 27 14:25:39 2023 daemon.notice netifd: Network device 'wlan0-1' link is up Thu Jul 27 14:25:39 2023 user.notice firewall: Reloading firewall due to ifdown of wwan () Thu Jul 27 14:25:40 2023 daemon.notice wpa_supplicant[2829]: wlan-sta0: SME: Trying to authenticate with 74:a2:e6:5b:e1:af (SSID='CPH Airport Free Wi-Fi' freq=5240 MHz) Thu Jul 27 14:25:40 2023 kern.info kernel: [2661.001361] wlan-sta0: authenticate with 74:a2:e6:5b:e1:af Thu Jul 27 14:25:40 2023 kern.info kernel: [2661.003754] wlan-sta0: send auth to 74:a2:e6:5b:e1:af (try 1/3) Thu Jul 27 14:25:40 2023 kern.info kernel: [2661.006889] wlan-sta0: authenticated Thu Jul 27 14:25:40 2023 daemon.notice wpa_supplicant[2829]: wlan-sta0: Trying to associate with 74:a2:e6:5b:e1:af (SSID='CPH Airport Free Wi-Fi' freq=5240 MHz) Thu Jul 27 14:25:40 2023 daemon.notice hostapd: handle_probe_req: send failed Thu Jul 27 14:25:40 2023 daemon.notice netifd: Network device 'wlan-sta0' link is up Thu Jul 27 14:25:40 2023 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wwan' has link connectivity Thu Jul 27 14:25:40 2023 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wwan' is setting up now Thu Jul 27 14:25:40 2023 kern.info kernel: [2661.148360] wlan-sta0: associate with 74:a2:e6:5b:e1:af (try 1/3) Thu Jul 27 14:25:40 2023 kern.info kernel: [2661.150647] wlan-sta0: RX AssocResp from 74:a2:e6:5b:e1:af (capab=0x1101 status=0 aid=4) Thu Jul 27 14:25:40 2023 kern.info kernel: [2661.156163] wlan-sta0: associated Thu Jul 27 14:25:40 2023 daemon.notice wpa_supplicant[2829]: wlan-sta0: Associated with 74:a2:e6:5b:e1:af Thu Jul 27 14:25:40 2023 daemon.notice wpa_supplicant[2829]: wlan-sta0: CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 74:a2:e6:5b:e1:af completed [id=0 id_str=] Thu Jul 27 14:25:40 2023 daemon.err hostapd: 80/80+80 MHz: center segment 1 wrong or no second channel offset Thu Jul 27 14:25:40 2023 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (24292): udhcpc: started, v1.33.2 Thu Jul 27 14:25:40 2023 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (24292): udhcpc: sending discover Thu Jul 27 14:25:40 2023 daemon.err hostapd: 80/80+80 MHz: center segment 1 wrong or no second channel offset Thu Jul 27 14:25:40 2023 kern.debug kernel: [2661.248784] wlan-sta0: Limiting TX power to 5 dBm as advertised by 74:a2:e6:5b:e1:af Thu Jul 27 14:25:40 2023 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (24292): udhcpc: sending select for 192.168.92.143 Thu Jul 27 14:25:40 2023 daemon.notice wpa_supplicant[2829]: wlan-sta0: CTRL-EVENT-SUBNET-STATUS-UPDATE status=0 Thu Jul 27 14:25:40 2023 kern.info kernel: [2661.387728] ath11k c000000.wifi: bss color param 0x80000000 set on vdev 1 Thu Jul 27 14:25:40 2023 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (24292): udhcpc: lease of 192.168.92.143 obtained, lease time 7175 Thu Jul 27 14:25:40 2023 daemon.info avahi-daemon[3887]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface wlan-sta0.IPv4 with address 192.168.92.143. Thu Jul 27 14:25:40 2023 daemon.info avahi-daemon[3887]: New relevant interface wlan-sta0.IPv4 for mDNS. Thu Jul 27 14:25:40 2023 daemon.info avahi-daemon[3887]: Registering new address record for 192.168.92.143 on wlan-sta0.IPv4. Thu Jul 27 14:25:40 2023 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wwan' is now up Thu Jul 27 14:25:40 2023 daemon.info dnsmasq[2169]: reading /tmp/resolv.conf.d/resolv.conf.auto Thu Jul 27 14:25:40 2023 daemon.info dnsmasq[2169]: using only locally-known addresses for domain test Thu Jul 27 14:25:40 2023 daemon.info dnsmasq[2169]: using only locally-known addresses for domain onion Thu Jul 27 14:25:40 2023 daemon.info dnsmasq[2169]: using only locally-known addresses for domain localhost Thu Jul 27 14:25:40 2023 daemon.info dnsmasq[2169]: using only locally-known addresses for domain local Thu Jul 27 14:25:40 2023 daemon.info dnsmasq[2169]: using only locally-known addresses for domain invalid Thu Jul 27 14:25:40 2023 daemon.info dnsmasq[2169]: using only locally-known addresses for domain bind Thu Jul 27 14:25:40 2023 daemon.info dnsmasq[2169]: using only locally-known addresses for domain lan Thu Jul 27 14:25:40 2023 daemon.info dnsmasq[2169]: using nameserver 1.1.1.1#53 Thu Jul 27 14:25:40 2023 daemon.info dnsmasq[2169]: using nameserver 1.0.0.1#53 Thu Jul 27 14:25:40 2023 user.info mwan3track[22438]: Detect ifdown event on interface wwan (wlan-sta0) Thu Jul 27 14:25:41 2023 user.info mwan3track[22438]: Lost 2 ping(s) on interface wwan (wlan-sta0) Thu Jul 27 14:25:41 2023 user.notice mwan3[24481]: Execute ifup event on interface wwan (wlan-sta0) Thu Jul 27 14:25:41 2023 user.notice mwan3[24481]: Starting tracker on interface wwan (wlan-sta0) Thu Jul 27 14:25:41 2023 user.notice mwan3track[22438]: Stopping mwan3track for interface "wwan" Thu Jul 27 14:25:43 2023 user.info mwan3rtmon[4451]: Detect rtchange event. Thu Jul 27 14:25:43 2023 user.notice firewall: Reloading firewall due to ifup of wwan (wlan-sta0) Thu Jul 27 14:25:44 2023 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0-1: AP-STA-DISCONNECTED b8:e6:0c:0e:8a:d9 0 0 Thu Jul 27 14:25:44 2023 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0-1: STA b8:e6:0c:0e:8a:d9 IEEE 802.11: authenticated Thu Jul 27 14:25:44 2023 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0-1: STA b8:e6:0c:0e:8a:d9 IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 1) Thu Jul 27 14:25:44 2023 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0-1: AP-STA-CONNECTED b8:e6:0c:0e:8a:d9 0 0 Thu Jul 27 14:25:44 2023 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0-1: STA b8:e6:0c:0e:8a:d9 RADIUS: starting accounting session 70C67FCF05659A43 Thu Jul 27 14:25:44 2023 daemon.info hostapd: wlan0-1: STA b8:e6:0c:0e:8a:d9 WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN) Thu Jul 27 14:25:44 2023 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[2169]: DHCPREQUEST(br-lan) 192.168.8.227 b8:e6:0c:0e:8a:d9 Thu Jul 27 14:25:44 2023 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[2169]: DHCPACK(br-lan) 192.168.8.227 b8:e6:0c:0e:8a:d9 DK-MAC-MITH Thu Jul 27 14:25:45 2023 daemon.err hostapd: 80/80+80 MHz: center segment 1 wrong or no second channel offset Thu Jul 27 14:25:47 2023 kern.info kernel: [2668.518453] br-lan: port 4(wlan0-1) entered forwarding state Thu Jul 27 14:25:48 2023 daemon.notice wpa_supplicant[2829]: wlan-sta0: Unknown event 62 Thu Jul 27 14:25:48 2023 daemon.err hostapd: 80/80+80 MHz: center segment 1 wrong or no second channel offset ``` ---
**Author:** ![lizh](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/a88e4f/32.png) [@lizh](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/lizh)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 12:12pm UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/devices-disconnecting-from-router-repeating-captive-portal-wifi/31802/2 "2023-07-28T12:12:28Z")
What firmware version? ---
**Author:** ![mikkelet](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/user_avatar/forum.gl-inet.com/mikkelet/32/10605_2.png) [@mikkelet](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/mikkelet)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 1:34am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/devices-disconnecting-from-router-repeating-captive-portal-wifi/31802/3 "2023-07-29T01:34:12Z")
Hi, I’m using fw v 4.2.3 Release5 ---
**Author:** ![lizh](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/a88e4f/32.png) [@lizh](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/lizh)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 3:17am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/devices-disconnecting-from-router-repeating-captive-portal-wifi/31802/4 "2023-07-29T03:17:05Z")
I’ll test and check it. ---
**Author:** ![boston019](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@boston019](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/boston019)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 7:38pm UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/devices-disconnecting-from-router-repeating-captive-portal-wifi/31802/5 "2023-10-11T19:38:39Z")
Any update on the testing? This was happening to me on 4.2.x and still happening on 4.4.6. ---
**Author:** ![bruce](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/user_avatar/forum.gl-inet.com/bruce/32/35649_2.png) [@bruce](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/bruce)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 4:25am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/devices-disconnecting-from-router-repeating-captive-portal-wifi/31802/6 "2025-10-29T04:25:36Z")