Frequent wifi disassociations

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I have a few smart devices that frequently disassociate every few minutes. I’m seeing logs like the following:

Wed Apr  6 15:04:42 2022 daemon.info hostapd: ath3: STA c4:41:1e:5b:30:cf IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Wed Apr  6 15:04:44 2022 daemon.info hostapd: ath3: STA c4:41:1e:5b:30:cf IEEE 802.11: authenticated
Wed Apr  6 15:04:44 2022 daemon.info hostapd: ath3: STA c4:41:1e:5b:30:cf IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 1)
Wed Apr  6 15:04:44 2022 daemon.info hostapd: ath3: STA c4:41:1e:5b:30:cf WPA: sending 1/4 msg of 4-Way Handshake
Wed Apr  6 15:04:44 2022 daemon.info hostapd: ath3: STA c4:41:1e:5b:30:cf WPA: received EAPOL-Key frame (2/4 Pairwise)
Wed Apr  6 15:04:44 2022 daemon.info hostapd: ath3: STA c4:41:1e:5b:30:cf WPA: sending 3/4 msg of 4-Way Handshake
Wed Apr  6 15:04:44 2022 daemon.info hostapd: ath3: STA c4:41:1e:5b:30:cf WPA: received EAPOL-Key frame (4/4 Pairwise)
Wed Apr  6 15:04:44 2022 daemon.info hostapd: ath3: STA c4:41:1e:5b:30:cf RADIUS: starting accounting session BF35FEB8D011A0DE
Wed Apr  6 15:04:44 2022 daemon.info hostapd: ath3: STA c4:41:1e:5b:30:cf WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)
Wed Apr  6 15:04:44 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[9552]: DHCPREQUEST(br-guest) 192.168.9.11 c4:41:1e:5b:30:cf
Wed Apr  6 15:04:44 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[9552]: DHCPACK(br-guest) 192.168.9.11 c4:41:1e:5b:30:cf wemo

Most devices are working fine though. Any suggestions?

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More details please…
What kind of devices were experiencing wifi disassociation? which router were you using?

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It’s the AX1800, and the devices are a few different HomeKit devices. One is a welkin wemo smart switch, the other is an Eve camera.

They seem to have resolved themselves for the time being, however.

I’m not sure what the problem was or what changed, but for a day or so they were frequently disassociating and reassociating.

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Pls report back if this happens again. Thanks