Release device from Wireless ban

I did a really dummy thing to check the consequences; I clicked "disconnect" next to my Android device on the Wi-Fi page in LuCI. Even restarting the Wi-Fi didn't helped to get me back, so I was wondering how can I unban myself?

Sorry for being idiot but I really tried to google it and didn't found anything, Not even in the iw documentation...

I think I found it, it's in hostapd. I'll learn it and avoid stupid mistakes in the future :sweat_smile:

Strange. Others may please correct me, but to my knowledge, the “Disconnect” button does not store bans or hold blacklists; it just causes a single disconnect instruction (deauthentication/disassociation) to be sent from your AP (hostapd) to your client.

So, to my knowledge, it’s entirely up to your Android device to interpret the disconnection request as a “please don’t come back” or not in the first place.

I’m running 6 APs here, all at current 24.10.4. When I “Disconnect” some of my devices, they all behave slightly differently.

Some switch between 2 APs. When I push disconnect on the first, they connect to the second; when I push disconnect on the second, they resume back to the first. But they never stay disconnected and reconnect to another AP immediately.

Some switch between 3 APs, basically the same as before but using a third AP in their cycle.

Some just disconnect, don’t reconnect immediately, but resume back to the one AP I just kicked them from after a couple of minutes.

I assume it’s either the client operating system or the client driver, but I’m fairly certain there’s no “ban list” on the OpenWrt side.

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