TL-WA860RE, Frequently Network device 'wlan0' link is down

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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Hello,

I have my first OpenWrt from few days installed on TL-WA860RE and it has dropped the internet in some intervals.

The TP-link is a client of the another wifi network, and it connects to it by wifi.
From TP-link there is a lan cable to another router, but I tried it with my PC, and the same thing is happening.

Maybe someone could help me resolve the problem.

|Model| TP-Link TL-WA860RE v1|
|Architecture| Atheros AR9341 rev 3
|Firmware Version| OpenWrt 18.06.8 r7989-82fbd85747 / LuCI openwrt-18.06 branch (git-20.029.49294-41e2258)|

My log:

Sat Jul 11 22:24:19 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Network device 'wlan0' link is up
Sat Jul 11 22:24:19 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wwan' has link connectivity
Sat Jul 11 22:24:19 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wwan' is setting up now
Sat Jul 11 22:24:20 2020 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (17688): udhcpc: started, v1.28.4
Sat Jul 11 22:24:20 2020 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (17688): udhcpc: sending discover
Sat Jul 11 22:24:20 2020 kern.info kernel: [17714.452982] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
Sat Jul 11 22:24:23 2020 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (17688): udhcpc: sending discover
Sat Jul 11 22:24:23 2020 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (17688): udhcpc: sending select for 192.168.202.166
Sat Jul 11 22:24:23 2020 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (17688): udhcpc: lease of 192.168.202.166 obtained, lease time 1800
Sat Jul 11 22:24:23 2020 daemon.warn dnsmasq[1518]: no servers found in /tmp/resolv.conf.auto, will retry
Sat Jul 11 22:24:23 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wwan' is now up
Sat Jul 11 22:24:23 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1518]: reading /tmp/resolv.conf.auto
Sat Jul 11 22:24:23 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1518]: using local addresses only for domain test
Sat Jul 11 22:24:23 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1518]: using local addresses only for domain onion
Sat Jul 11 22:24:23 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1518]: using local addresses only for domain localhost
Sat Jul 11 22:24:23 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1518]: using local addresses only for domain local
Sat Jul 11 22:24:23 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1518]: using local addresses only for domain invalid
Sat Jul 11 22:24:23 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1518]: using local addresses only for domain bind
Sat Jul 11 22:24:23 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1518]: using local addresses only for domain lan
Sat Jul 11 22:24:23 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1518]: using nameserver ##########53
Sat Jul 11 22:24:23 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1518]: using nameserver ###########53
Sat Jul 11 22:24:23 2020 user.notice firewall: Reloading firewall due to ifup of wwan (wlan0)
Sat Jul 11 22:34:32 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Network device 'wlan0' link is down
Sat Jul 11 22:34:32 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wwan' has link connectivity loss
Sat Jul 11 22:34:32 2020 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (17688): udhcpc: received SIGTERM
Sat Jul 11 22:35:23 2020 kern.info kernel: [18376.565450] wlan0: authenticate with ##:##:##:##:##
Sat Jul 11 22:35:23 2020 kern.info kernel: [18376.588511] wlan0: send auth to ##:##:##:##:## (try 1/3)
Sat Jul 11 22:35:23 2020 kern.info kernel: [18376.595837] wlan0: authenticated
Sat Jul 11 22:35:23 2020 kern.info kernel: [18376.602687] wlan0: associate with ##:##:##:##:## (try 1/3)
Sat Jul 11 22:35:23 2020 kern.info kernel: [18376.611149] wlan0: RX AssocResp from ##:##:##:##:## (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=1)
Sat Jul 11 22:35:23 2020 kern.info kernel: [18376.619421] wlan0: associated
Sat Jul 11 22:35:23 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Network device 'wlan0' link is up
Sat Jul 11 22:35:23 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wwan' has link connectivity
Sat Jul 11 22:35:23 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wwan' is setting up now
Sat Jul 11 22:35:23 2020 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (18060): udhcpc: started, v1.28.4
Sat Jul 11 22:35:23 2020 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (18060): udhcpc: sending discover
Sat Jul 11 22:35:26 2020 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (18060): udhcpc: sending discover
Sat Jul 11 22:35:26 2020 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (18060): udhcpc: sending select for 192.168.202.166
Sat Jul 11 22:35:26 2020 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (18060): udhcpc: lease of 192.168.202.166 obtained, lease time 1800
Sat Jul 11 22:35:26 2020 daemon.warn dnsmasq[1518]: no servers found in /tmp/resolv.conf.auto, will retry
Sat Jul 11 22:35:26 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wwan' is now up
Sat Jul 11 22:35:26 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1518]: reading /tmp/resolv.conf.auto
Sat Jul 11 22:35:26 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1518]: using local addresses only for domain test
Sat Jul 11 22:35:26 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1518]: using local addresses only for domain onion
Sat Jul 11 22:35:26 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1518]: using local addresses only for domain localhost
Sat Jul 11 22:35:26 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1518]: using local addresses only for domain local
Sat Jul 11 22:35:26 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1518]: using local addresses only for domain invalid
Sat Jul 11 22:35:26 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1518]: using local addresses only for domain bind
Sat Jul 11 22:35:26 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1518]: using local addresses only for domain lan
Sat Jul 11 22:35:26 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1518]: using nameserver ##########53
Sat Jul 11 22:35:26 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1518]: using nameserver ##########53
Sat Jul 11 22:35:26 2020 user.notice firewall: Reloading firewall due to ifup of wwan (wlan0)
Sat Jul 11 22:50:26 2020 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (18060): udhcpc: sending renew to 172.16.0.1
Sat Jul 11 22:50:26 2020 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (18060): udhcpc: lease of 192.168.202.166 obtained, lease time 1800
Sat Jul 11 22:55:13 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Network device 'wlan0' link is down
Sat Jul 11 22:55:13 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wwan' has link connectivity loss
Sat Jul 11 22:55:13 2020 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (18060): udhcpc: received SIGTERM

It repeats again and again in different interwals. Sometimes it is 15minutes, sometime 10minutes.
I tried static IP adress for WWAN but it doesn/t do anything. I tryied different locations, even connected it to another router which is in the same network that TP-Link is connected. Deleted any ipv6 settings. Nothing works.

I have reset to defaults and only connect it to wifi.
the same thing occurs.
log:

Sun Jul 12 14:47:24 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1341]: read /etc/hosts - 4 addresses
Sun Jul 12 14:47:24 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1341]: read /tmp/hosts/dhcp.cfg01411c - 2 addresses
Sun Jul 12 14:47:24 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq-dhcp[1341]: read /etc/ethers - 0 addresses
Sun Jul 12 14:59:57 2020 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (2008): udhcpc: sending renew to 172.16.0.1
Sun Jul 12 14:59:57 2020 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (2008): udhcpc: lease of 192.168.202.166 obtained, lease time 1800
Sun Jul 12 15:01:55 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Network device 'wlan0' link is down
Sun Jul 12 15:01:55 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wwan' has link connectivity loss
Sun Jul 12 15:01:55 2020 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (2008): udhcpc: received SIGTERM
Sun Jul 12 15:01:56 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Network device 'wlan0-1' link is down
Sun Jul 12 15:01:56 2020 kern.info kernel: [ 1839.138195] br-lan: port 2(wlan0-1) entered disabled state
Sun Jul 12 15:02:00 2020 kern.info kernel: [ 1843.867499] br-lan: port 2(wlan0-1) entered blocking state
Sun Jul 12 15:02:00 2020 kern.info kernel: [ 1843.873243] br-lan: port 2(wlan0-1) entered forwarding state
Sun Jul 12 15:02:00 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Network device 'wlan0-1' link is up
Sun Jul 12 15:02:32 2020 kern.info kernel: [ 1875.053858] wlan0: authenticate with MAC adress
Sun Jul 12 15:02:32 2020 kern.info kernel: [ 1875.059617] wlan0: send auth to MAC adress (try 1/3)
Sun Jul 12 15:02:32 2020 kern.info kernel: [ 1875.066963] wlan0: authenticated
Sun Jul 12 15:02:32 2020 kern.info kernel: [ 1875.072135] br-lan: port 2(wlan0-1) entered disabled state
Sun Jul 12 15:02:32 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Network device 'wlan0-1' link is down
Sun Jul 12 15:02:32 2020 kern.info kernel: [ 1875.088193] wlan0: associate with MAC adress (try 1/3)
Sun Jul 12 15:02:32 2020 kern.info kernel: [ 1875.096832] wlan0: RX AssocResp from MAC (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=1)
Sun Jul 12 15:02:32 2020 kern.info kernel: [ 1875.105199] wlan0: associated
Sun Jul 12 15:02:32 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Network device 'wlan0' link is up
Sun Jul 12 15:02:32 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wwan' has link connectivity
Sun Jul 12 15:02:32 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wwan' is setting up now
Sun Jul 12 15:02:32 2020 kern.info kernel: [ 1875.128217] wlan0: deauthenticated from MAC (Reason: 20=INVALID_AKMP)
Sun Jul 12 15:02:32 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Network device 'wlan0' link is down
Sun Jul 12 15:02:32 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wwan' has link connectivity loss
Sun Jul 12 15:02:34 2020 daemon.notice hostapd: handle_probe_req: send failed
Sun Jul 12 15:02:34 2020 daemon.notice hostapd: handle_probe_req: send failed
Sun Jul 12 15:02:34 2020 daemon.notice hostapd: handle_probe_req: send failed
Sun Jul 12 15:02:36 2020 daemon.notice hostapd: handle_probe_req: send failed
Sun Jul 12 15:02:36 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Network device 'wlan0-1' link is up
Sun Jul 12 15:02:36 2020 kern.info kernel: [ 1879.904875] br-lan: port 2(wlan0-1) entered blocking state
Sun Jul 12 15:02:36 2020 kern.info kernel: [ 1879.910631] br-lan: port 2(wlan0-1) entered forwarding state
Sun Jul 12 15:02:43 2020 kern.info kernel: [ 1886.403241] wlan0: authenticate with MAC
Sun Jul 12 15:02:43 2020 kern.info kernel: [ 1886.408985] wlan0: send auth to MAC (try 1/3)
Sun Jul 12 15:02:43 2020 kern.info kernel: [ 1886.416508] wlan0: authenticated
Sun Jul 12 15:02:43 2020 kern.info kernel: [ 1886.421694] br-lan: port 2(wlan0-1) entered disabled state
Sun Jul 12 15:02:43 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Network device 'wlan0-1' link is down
Sun Jul 12 15:02:43 2020 kern.info kernel: [ 1886.438216] wlan0: associate with MAC (try 1/3)
Sun Jul 12 15:02:43 2020 kern.info kernel: [ 1886.448576] wlan0: RX AssocResp from MAC (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=1)
Sun Jul 12 15:02:43 2020 kern.info kernel: [ 1886.456874] wlan0: associated
Sun Jul 12 15:02:43 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Network device 'wlan0' link is up
Sun Jul 12 15:02:43 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wwan' has link connectivity
Sun Jul 12 15:02:43 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wwan' is setting up now
Sun Jul 12 15:02:43 2020 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (2757): udhcpc: started, v1.28.4
Sun Jul 12 15:02:43 2020 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (2757): udhcpc: sending discover
Sun Jul 12 15:02:43 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Network device 'wlan0-1' link is up
Sun Jul 12 15:02:43 2020 kern.info kernel: [ 1886.842740] br-lan: port 2(wlan0-1) entered blocking state
Sun Jul 12 15:02:43 2020 kern.info kernel: [ 1886.848483] br-lan: port 2(wlan0-1) entered forwarding state
Sun Jul 12 15:02:46 2020 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (2757): udhcpc: sending discover
Sun Jul 12 15:02:46 2020 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (2757): udhcpc: sending select for 192.168.202.166
Sun Jul 12 15:02:46 2020 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (2757): udhcpc: lease of 192.168.202.166 obtained, lease time 1800
Sun Jul 12 15:02:47 2020 daemon.warn dnsmasq[1341]: no servers found in /tmp/resolv.conf.auto, will retry
Sun Jul 12 15:02:47 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wwan' is now up
Sun Jul 12 15:02:47 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1341]: reading /tmp/resolv.conf.auto
Sun Jul 12 15:02:47 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1341]: using local addresses only for domain test
Sun Jul 12 15:02:47 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1341]: using local addresses only for domain onion
Sun Jul 12 15:02:47 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1341]: using local addresses only for domain localhost
Sun Jul 12 15:02:47 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1341]: using local addresses only for domain local
Sun Jul 12 15:02:47 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1341]: using local addresses only for domain invalid
Sun Jul 12 15:02:47 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1341]: using local addresses only for domain bind
Sun Jul 12 15:02:47 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1341]: using local addresses only for domain lan
Sun Jul 12 15:02:47 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1341]: using nameserver DNS number#53
Sun Jul 12 15:02:47 2020 daemon.info dnsmasq[1341]: using nameserver DNS number#53
Sun Jul 12 15:02:47 2020 user.notice firewall: Reloading firewall due to ifup of wwan (wlan0)

And next is:

Sun Jul 12 15:02:47 2020 user.notice firewall: Reloading firewall due to ifup of wwan (wlan0)
Sun Jul 12 15:17:46 2020 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (2757): udhcpc: sending renew to 172.16.0.1
Sun Jul 12 15:22:35 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Network device 'wlan0' link is down
Sun Jul 12 15:22:35 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wwan' has link connectivity loss
Sun Jul 12 15:22:35 2020 daemon.notice netifd: wwan (2757): udhcpc: received SIGTERM
Sun Jul 12 15:22:36 2020 daemon.notice netifd: Network device 'wlan0-1' link is down
Sun Jul 12 15:22:36 2020 kern.info kernel: [ 3079.142739] br-lan: port 2(wlan0-1) entered disabled state
Sun Jul 12 15:22:37 2020 kern.info kernel: [ 3080.121769] br-lan: port 2(wlan0-1) entered blocking state
Sun Jul 12 15:22:37 2020 kern.info kernel: [ 3080.127516] br-lan: port 2(wlan0-1) entered forwarding state

and it repeat the same as previously.

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Does anyone has any idea what is going on?
I'm stuck with this problem, and have frequent internet connection loss for few minutes.

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I am experiencing exactly the same thing on TL-WA860RE v1, so you're definitely not hallucinating.

OTOH, I have the same device at another location and it does not drop connection like this at all.

I've tested variety of different WLAN configuration settings, but random disconnects persist.

:persevere:

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Hi, glad that I'm not alone.
Can you write what is your environment?

I have in my place network with multiple access points, with the same SSID on every device. But every device has different MAC and are on different channel of 2,4GHz.
Many flats are connected to this big network. I wanted the TL-WA860RE to make another private, small network, to isolate my devices (smart TV, smartphones, tablets) from the whole network. Because I don't want someone else to stream videos on my TV. The original TP link software doesn't have that option. Only working like a bridge, with full transparency.

When I set my device I have choosen the most strong signal and I entered its MAC adress. I wonder if it has a problem with that, because the signal strength is changing. Sometimes different device has better signal. But I have tried few and always is the same problem. I have read that some erlier version of open-wrt has a problem with a MAC filtering when the same SSID is used with multiple points.

Do you connect to the network that has only one SSID in your neighbor?

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I still can't resolve the problem.
Any help to find out what is the problem is very appreciate. :frowning:

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Did you solve this problem?

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No, unfortunately I didn’t.

I don’t know how to findout what is the matter.

Why you ask?