GL-MT300N-V2 in repeater mode disconnects every 20 min

freibo · November 5, 2022, 3:03am

My GL-MT300N-V2 has been pretty solid since I got it in Feb 2022. I use it in repeater mode when I travel for hotel wifi.

Over the last couple of weeks, it’s been dropping the link to hotel wifi every 20 minutes. Usually, it picks it back up again in about 10-20 seconds but it is very disruptive for video calls.

I’m running 3.215 now. I reverted to 3.212 just in case, but same problem.

Here’s the log output. It looks the same everytime, starts with apcli disconnecting.

Fri Nov  4 19:59:48 2022 daemon.info apcli[4811]: disconnected
Fri Nov  4 19:59:49 2022 daemon.info apcli[4811]: scanning...
Fri Nov  4 19:59:54 2022 daemon.warn apcli[4811]: not found ap(wifiname)...re-scan in 10s
Fri Nov  4 20:00:05 2022 daemon.info apcli[4811]: scanning...
Fri Nov  4 20:00:07 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Network device 'apcli0' link is down
Fri Nov  4 20:00:07 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wwan' has link connectivity loss
Fri Nov  4 20:00:07 2022 daemon.info apcli[4811]: set apcli0 down
Fri Nov  4 20:00:07 2022 daemon.info apcli[4811]: exit
Fri Nov  4 20:00:07 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Network device 'apcli0' link is up
Fri Nov  4 20:00:07 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wwan' has link connectivity
Fri Nov  4 20:00:07 2022 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (4986): udhcpc: received SIGTERM
Fri Nov  4 20:00:07 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wwan' is now down
Fri Nov  4 20:00:07 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wwan' is disabled
Fri Nov  4 20:00:07 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wwan' is enabled
Fri Nov  4 20:00:07 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wwan' is setting up now
Fri Nov  4 20:00:07 2022 daemon.warn dnsmasq[12175]: no servers found in /tmp/resolv.conf.auto, will retry
Fri Nov  4 20:00:08 2022 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (23566): udhcpc: started, v1.30.1
Fri Nov  4 20:00:08 2022 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (23566): udhcpc: sending discover
Fri Nov  4 20:00:11 2022 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (23566): udhcpc: sending discover
Fri Nov  4 20:00:13 2022 user.info : [ 2740] gl-wifi-core>> bIsStaEnabled=1
Fri Nov  4 20:00:13 2022 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (23566): udhcpc: received SIGTERM
Fri Nov  4 20:00:13 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wwan' is now down
Fri Nov  4 20:00:13 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wwan' is disabled
Fri Nov  4 20:00:18 2022 daemon.info apcli[24259]: ifname: apcli0, ssid: "wifiname", key: "", bssid: 18:4B:0D:0C:C7:28, network: wwan
Fri Nov  4 20:00:18 2022 daemon.info apcli[24259]: set apcli0 up
Fri Nov  4 20:00:19 2022 daemon.info apcli[24259]: disconnected
Fri Nov  4 20:00:20 2022 daemon.info apcli[24259]: scanning...
Fri Nov  4 20:00:25 2022 daemon.info apcli[24259]: found ap(wifiname)...
Fri Nov  4 20:00:26 2022 daemon.info apcli[24259]: start connect: 'wifiname', NONE, NONE
Fri Nov  4 20:00:30 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12175]: DHCPREQUEST(br-lan) 192.168.8.204 5c:41:5a:5b:83:45
Fri Nov  4 20:00:30 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12175]: DHCPACK(br-lan) 192.168.8.204 5c:41:5a:5b:83:45
Fri Nov  4 20:00:35 2022 daemon.info apcli[24259]: connected!!!!!
Fri Nov  4 20:00:35 2022 daemon.info apcli[24259]: Add 'apcli0' to network 'wwan'
Fri Nov  4 20:00:35 2022 daemon.info apcli[24259]: ifup 'wwan'
Fri Nov  4 20:00:35 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wwan' is enabled
Fri Nov  4 20:00:35 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wwan' is setting up now
Fri Nov  4 20:00:35 2022 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (24864): udhcpc: started, v1.30.1
Fri Nov  4 20:00:35 2022 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (24864): udhcpc: sending discover
Fri Nov  4 20:00:35 2022 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (24864): udhcpc: sending select for 172.20.4.144
Fri Nov  4 20:00:35 2022 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (24864): udhcpc: lease of 172.20.4.144 obtained, lease time 43200
Fri Nov  4 20:00:36 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wwan' is now up
Fri Nov  4 20:00:36 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq[12175]: reading /tmp/resolv.conf.auto
Fri Nov  4 20:00:36 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq[12175]: using local addresses only for domain test
Fri Nov  4 20:00:36 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq[12175]: using local addresses only for domain onion
Fri Nov  4 20:00:36 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq[12175]: using local addresses only for domain localhost
Fri Nov  4 20:00:36 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq[12175]: using local addresses only for domain local
Fri Nov  4 20:00:36 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq[12175]: using local addresses only for domain invalid
Fri Nov  4 20:00:36 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq[12175]: using local addresses only for domain bind
Fri Nov  4 20:00:36 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq[12175]: using local addresses only for domain lan
Fri Nov  4 20:00:36 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq[12175]: using nameserver 172.20.0.1#53
Fri Nov  4 20:00:36 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12175]: DHCPREQUEST(br-lan) 192.168.8.219 b0:f1:d8:2b:50:17
Fri Nov  4 20:00:36 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12175]: DHCPACK(br-lan) 192.168.8.219 b0:f1:d8:2b:50:17 merida
Fri Nov  4 20:00:36 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12175]: DHCPREQUEST(br-lan) 192.168.8.219 b0:f1:d8:2b:50:17
Fri Nov  4 20:00:36 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12175]: DHCPACK(br-lan) 192.168.8.219 b0:f1:d8:2b:50:17 merida
Fri Nov  4 20:00:42 2022 user.info mwan3rtmon[2558]: Detect rtchange event.
Fri Nov  4 20:00:43 2022 user.notice firewall: Reloading firewall due to ifup of wwan (apcli0)

Appreciate any suggestions as to root cause or solutions.

alzhao · November 7, 2022, 10:17am

Does it happen only in one hotel or in multiple hotels.

The log does not show real reason for disconnect though.

freibo · November 8, 2022, 6:45pm

Happens at all hotels that I’ve been at including various Hilton (Hampton, Doubletree, Hilton) properties using the Hilton Honors SSID and Marriott (Marriott, Residence Inn, Springhill Suites, Courtyard, Ven) properties using the MarriottBonvoy_Guest (and other property specific SSID like Ven_Guest).

alzhao · November 9, 2022, 8:32am

The disconnect happens just above the first log.

If next time you can capture the disconnect log it will be better.

Marriott and Hilton are famous that they disconnect your router. The previous reports shows that you may be able to connect routers at all. Luckly you can connect for 20 minutes. It may be because of other reason.

Fri Nov  4 19:59:48 2022 daemon.info apcli[4811]: disconnected