"DHCPDISCOVER DHCPOFFER DHCPREQUEST DHCPACK" loop

I have a galaxy s8+ with custom rom and it keeps disconnecting and reconnecting.... apart from that I see various "DHCPDISCOVER DHCPOFFER DHCPREQUEST DHCPACK" from other wireless devices too, but as far as I'm aware it doesn't disconnect as it does with my phone.
Is that normal behavior? any suggestions?

  • Model: EA8300 / IPQ40xx
Thu Jan  6 18:34:38 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12615]: DHCPREQUEST(br-lan) 192.168.0.175 xx:xx:xx:f7:89
Thu Jan  6 18:34:38 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12615]: DHCPACK(br-lan) 192.168.0.175 xx:xx:xx:f7:89 MacBook-Air
Thu Jan  6 18:46:39 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12615]: DHCPDISCOVER(br-lan) xx:xx:xx:xx:3c:22
Thu Jan  6 18:46:39 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12615]: DHCPOFFER(br-lan) 192.168.0.198 xx:xx:xx:xx:3c:22
Thu Jan  6 18:46:39 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12615]: DHCPREQUEST(br-lan) 192.168.0.198 xx:xx:xx:xx:3c:22
Thu Jan  6 18:46:39 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12615]: DHCPACK(br-lan) 192.168.0.198 xx:xx:xx:xx:3c:22 null-Galaxy-Note9
Thu Jan  6 18:56:41 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12615]: DHCPDISCOVER(br-lan) xx:xx:xx:xx:3c:22
Thu Jan  6 18:56:41 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12615]: DHCPOFFER(br-lan) 192.168.0.198 xx:xx:xx:xx:3c:22
Thu Jan  6 18:56:41 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12615]: DHCPREQUEST(br-lan) 192.168.0.198 xx:xx:xx:xx:3c:22
Thu Jan  6 18:56:41 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12615]: DHCPACK(br-lan) 192.168.0.198 xx:xx:xx:xx:3c:22 null-Galaxy-Note9
Thu Jan  6 18:59:24 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12615]: DHCPDISCOVER(br-lan) xx:xx:xx:xx:3c:22
Thu Jan  6 18:59:24 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12615]: DHCPOFFER(br-lan) 192.168.0.198 xx:xx:xx:xx:3c:22
Thu Jan  6 18:59:24 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12615]: DHCPREQUEST(br-lan) 192.168.0.198 xx:xx:xx:xx:3c:22
Thu Jan  6 18:59:24 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12615]: DHCPACK(br-lan) 192.168.0.198 xx:xx:xx:xx:3c:22 null-Galaxy-Note9
Thu Jan  6 19:12:38 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12615]: DHCPDISCOVER(br-lan) xx:xx:xx:xx:3c:22
Thu Jan  6 19:12:38 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12615]: DHCPOFFER(br-lan) 192.168.0.198 xx:xx:xx:xx:3c:22
Thu Jan  6 19:12:38 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12615]: DHCPREQUEST(br-lan) 192.168.0.198 xx:xx:xx:xx:3c:22
Thu Jan  6 19:12:38 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12615]: DHCPACK(br-lan) 192.168.0.198 xx:xx:xx:xx:3c:22 null-Galaxy-Note9
Thu Jan  6 19:20:43 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12615]: DHCPDISCOVER(br-lan) xx:xx:xx:xx:3c:22
Thu Jan  6 19:20:43 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12615]: DHCPOFFER(br-lan) 192.168.0.198 xx:xx:xx:xx:3c:22
Thu Jan  6 19:20:43 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12615]: DHCPREQUEST(br-lan) 192.168.0.198 xx:xx:xx:xx:3c:22
Thu Jan  6 19:20:43 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12615]: DHCPACK(br-lan) 192.168.0.198 xx:xx:xx:xx:3c:22 null-Galaxy-Note9
Thu Jan  6 19:21:05 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12615]: DHCPDISCOVER(br-lan) xx:xx:xx:f7:89
Thu Jan  6 19:21:05 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12615]: DHCPOFFER(br-lan) 192.168.0.175 xx:xx:xx:f7:89
Thu Jan  6 19:21:12 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12615]: DHCPDISCOVER(br-lan) xx:xx:xx:f7:89
Thu Jan  6 19:21:12 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12615]: DHCPOFFER(br-lan) 192.168.0.175 xx:xx:xx:f7:89
Thu Jan  6 19:21:19 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12615]: DHCPDISCOVER(br-lan) xx:xx:xx:f7:89
Thu Jan  6 19:21:19 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12615]: DHCPOFFER(br-lan) 192.168.0.175 xx:xx:xx:f7:89
Thu Jan  6 19:46:33 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12615]: DHCPDISCOVER(br-lan) xx:xx:xx:xx:08:c5
Thu Jan  6 19:46:33 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12615]: DHCPOFFER(br-lan) 192.168.0.110 xx:xx:xx:xx:08:c5
Thu Jan  6 19:46:33 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12615]: DHCPREQUEST(br-lan) 192.168.0.110 xx:xx:xx:xx:08:c5
Thu Jan  6 19:46:33 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12615]: DHCPACK(br-lan) 192.168.0.110 xx:xx:xx:xx:08:c5 s-S21
Thu Jan  6 20:06:53 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12615]: DHCPDISCOVER(br-lan) xx:xx:xx:f7:89
Thu Jan  6 20:06:53 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12615]: DHCPOFFER(br-lan) 192.168.0.175 xx:xx:xx:f7:89
Thu Jan  6 20:07:00 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12615]: DHCPDISCOVER(br-lan) xx:xx:xx:f7:89
Thu Jan  6 20:07:00 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12615]: DHCPOFFER(br-lan) 192.168.0.175 xx:xx:xx:f7:89
Thu Jan  6 20:07:07 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12615]: DHCPDISCOVER(br-lan) xx:xx:xx:f7:89
Thu Jan  6 20:07:07 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12615]: DHCPOFFER(br-lan) 192.168.0.175 xx:xx:xx:f7:89
Thu Jan  6 20:08:51 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12615]: DHCPDISCOVER(br-lan) xx:xx:xx:xx:ed:8f
Thu Jan  6 20:08:51 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12615]: DHCPOFFER(br-lan) 192.168.0.185 xx:xx:xx:xx:ed:8f
Thu Jan  6 20:08:52 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12615]: DHCPREQUEST(br-lan) 192.168.0.185 xx:xx:xx:xx:ed:8f
Thu Jan  6 20:08:52 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12615]: DHCPACK(br-lan) 192.168.0.185 xx:xx:xx:xx:ed:8f
Thu Jan  6 20:20:13 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12615]: DHCPREQUEST(br-lan) 192.168.0.175 xx:xx:xx:f7:89
Thu Jan  6 20:20:13 2022 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[12615]: DHCPACK(br-lan) 192.168.0.175 xx:xx:xx:f7:89 MacBook-Air

What OpenWRT version do you have?

NoTengoBattery v3.0.1 r16325-88151b8303, v21.02.1, the issue still persists on a fresh install (without restoring) (also happens on snapshot etc). I would also like to point out this also happens when connected to my separate APs in bridge mode. this issue should be isolated to dnsmasq.

Yes, thats the reason I asked because dnsmasq had exactly this issue on 19.07.6.

Did you re use old configs (dhcp) from 19.07 for 21.02?

Have you tried turning off private mac address mode on the clients?

My phone doesn't have that feature. I've set a static ip for it, so I can see if the issue persists...

Yea... it's definitely rom related in my case... as for other devices, its just DHCPDISCOVER/DHCPOFFER which isn't bad

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