Wireless goes crazy - wireless devices visible as disabled but actually works, but only some networks

Hey there,
Sorry for compliated topic, I couldn't think of a better way to shortly describe what's happening.

Router: Netgear Nighthawk X4S R7800
Firmware Version: OpenWrt 19.07.6 r11278-8055e38794 / LuCI openwrt-19.07 branch git-21.018.57536-6ba9740
Kernel Version: 4.14.215

So I am having issues with wireless networks. I have 2 5GHz and 3 2.4GHz wireless networks.

After around 24-48h usually the 2nd 2.4GHz network breaks - devices cannot connet (usually they are stuck on "obtaining IP address", but on my PC even with static address I cannot connect. Sometimes all 2.4GHz break and only main (1st configured) 5GHz network seems to work.

On my old router (R6220, few older versions of OpenWRT) I was having exactly the same issue. At this point I wasn't able to access web panel nor ssh. Web panel was returning Out of memory info.

On new router I can still access everything. Memory usage seems to be a bit higher than usual (currently 104MB, it seems to slowly grow as it was 90MB when I started writing this post).

What's weird that Luci reports all wireless devices of the router as "not active" and networks as "disabled", which is of course not true.
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Log is spammed with something like this: (probably because of devices trying to reconnect)

Sun Feb 14 13:21:48 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:df:c8:21 IEEE 802.11: deauthenticated due to inactivity (timer DEAUTH/REMOVE)
Sun Feb 14 13:21:48 2021 daemon.err dnsmasq[1710]: failed to send packet: Network unreachable
Sun Feb 14 13:21:48 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:21:48 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA 60:01:94:fc:ef:3e IEEE 802.11: authenticated
Sun Feb 14 13:21:48 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA 60:01:94:fc:ef:3e IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 5)
Sun Feb 14 13:21:48 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1-2: AP-STA-CONNECTED 60:01:94:fc:ef:3e
Sun Feb 14 13:21:48 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA 60:01:94:fc:ef:3e WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)
Sun Feb 14 13:21:48 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:b3:78:fa IEEE 802.11: deauthenticated due to inactivity (timer DEAUTH/REMOVE)
Sun Feb 14 13:21:48 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:21:48 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:21:49 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA dc:4f:22:be:69:cc IEEE 802.11: authenticated
Sun Feb 14 13:21:49 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA dc:4f:22:be:69:cc IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 1)
Sun Feb 14 13:21:49 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1-2: AP-STA-CONNECTED dc:4f:22:be:69:cc
Sun Feb 14 13:21:49 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA dc:4f:22:be:69:cc WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)
Sun Feb 14 13:21:49 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:21:49 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:df:c6:23 IEEE 802.11: authenticated
Sun Feb 14 13:21:49 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:df:c6:23 IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 6)
Sun Feb 14 13:21:49 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1-2: AP-STA-CONNECTED d8:f1:5b:df:c6:23
Sun Feb 14 13:21:49 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:df:c6:23 WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)
Sun Feb 14 13:21:49 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:21:49 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1-2: AP-STA-DISCONNECTED 24:62:ab:20:07:27
Sun Feb 14 13:21:49 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA 24:62:ab:20:07:27 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:21:49 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA 24:62:ab:20:07:27 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:21:49 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA 24:62:ab:20:07:27 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:21:49 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA 24:62:ab:20:07:27 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:21:49 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA 24:62:ab:20:07:27 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:21:50 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:21:50 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA 24:62:ab:20:07:27 IEEE 802.11: deauthenticated due to inactivity (timer DEAUTH/REMOVE)
Sun Feb 14 13:21:50 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:21:51 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:21:51 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:df:c8:21 IEEE 802.11: authenticated
Sun Feb 14 13:21:51 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:df:c8:21 IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 2)
Sun Feb 14 13:21:51 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1-2: AP-STA-CONNECTED d8:f1:5b:df:c8:21
Sun Feb 14 13:21:51 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:df:c8:21 WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)
Sun Feb 14 13:21:51 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:21:51 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:21:51 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:b3:78:fa IEEE 802.11: authenticated
Sun Feb 14 13:21:51 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:b3:78:fa IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 7)
Sun Feb 14 13:21:51 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1-2: AP-STA-CONNECTED d8:f1:5b:b3:78:fa
Sun Feb 14 13:21:51 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:b3:78:fa WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)
Sun Feb 14 13:21:51 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:21:52 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1-2: AP-STA-DISCONNECTED d8:f1:5b:c2:8e:a9
Sun Feb 14 13:21:52 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:c2:8e:a9 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:21:52 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:21:53 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:21:53 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:21:53 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:c2:8e:a9 IEEE 802.11: deauthenticated due to inactivity (timer DEAUTH/REMOVE)
Sun Feb 14 13:21:53 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA 24:62:ab:20:07:27 IEEE 802.11: authenticated
Sun Feb 14 13:21:53 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA 24:62:ab:20:07:27 IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 4)
Sun Feb 14 13:21:53 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1-2: AP-STA-CONNECTED 24:62:ab:20:07:27
Sun Feb 14 13:21:53 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA 24:62:ab:20:07:27 WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)
Sun Feb 14 13:21:53 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:21:54 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1-2: AP-STA-DISCONNECTED d8:f1:5b:df:c6:23
Sun Feb 14 13:21:54 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:df:c6:23 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:21:54 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:df:c6:23 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:21:54 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:df:c6:23 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:21:54 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:df:c6:23 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:21:54 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:df:c6:23 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:21:54 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:df:c6:23 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:21:54 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:21:55 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:21:55 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1-2: AP-STA-DISCONNECTED d8:f1:5b:df:c8:21
Sun Feb 14 13:21:55 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:df:c8:21 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:21:55 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:df:c6:23 IEEE 802.11: deauthenticated due to inactivity (timer DEAUTH/REMOVE)
Sun Feb 14 13:21:55 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:21:56 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:df:c8:21 IEEE 802.11: deauthenticated due to inactivity (timer DEAUTH/REMOVE)
Sun Feb 14 13:21:57 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:c2:8e:a9 IEEE 802.11: authenticated
Sun Feb 14 13:21:57 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:c2:8e:a9 IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 2)
Sun Feb 14 13:21:57 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1-2: AP-STA-CONNECTED d8:f1:5b:c2:8e:a9
Sun Feb 14 13:21:57 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:c2:8e:a9 WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)
Sun Feb 14 13:21:57 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1-2: AP-STA-DISCONNECTED c8:2b:96:43:94:ad
Sun Feb 14 13:21:57 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA c8:2b:96:43:94:ad IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:21:57 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:21:57 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA c8:2b:96:43:94:ad IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:21:57 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA c8:2b:96:43:94:ad IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:21:57 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA c8:2b:96:43:94:ad IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:21:57 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA c8:2b:96:43:94:ad IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:21:57 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:21:58 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA c8:2b:96:43:94:ad IEEE 802.11: deauthenticated due to inactivity (timer DEAUTH/REMOVE)
Sun Feb 14 13:21:58 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:df:c6:23 IEEE 802.11: authenticated
Sun Feb 14 13:21:58 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:df:c6:23 IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 3)
Sun Feb 14 13:21:58 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1-2: AP-STA-CONNECTED d8:f1:5b:df:c6:23
Sun Feb 14 13:21:58 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:df:c6:23 WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)
Sun Feb 14 13:21:58 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:21:58 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1-2: AP-STA-DISCONNECTED 60:01:94:fc:ef:3e
Sun Feb 14 13:21:58 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA 60:01:94:fc:ef:3e IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:21:58 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA 60:01:94:fc:ef:3e IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:21:58 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA 60:01:94:fc:ef:3e IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:21:58 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA 60:01:94:fc:ef:3e IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:21:58 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA 60:01:94:fc:ef:3e IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:21:59 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:21:59 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1-2: AP-STA-DISCONNECTED dc:4f:22:be:69:cc
Sun Feb 14 13:21:59 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA dc:4f:22:be:69:cc IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:21:59 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA dc:4f:22:be:69:cc IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:21:59 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA dc:4f:22:be:69:cc IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:21:59 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA dc:4f:22:be:69:cc IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:21:59 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA dc:4f:22:be:69:cc IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:21:59 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA dc:4f:22:be:69:cc IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:21:59 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:df:c8:21 IEEE 802.11: authenticated
Sun Feb 14 13:21:59 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:df:c8:21 IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 6)
Sun Feb 14 13:21:59 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1-2: AP-STA-CONNECTED d8:f1:5b:df:c8:21
Sun Feb 14 13:21:59 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:df:c8:21 WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)
Sun Feb 14 13:21:59 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:21:59 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA 60:01:94:fc:ef:3e IEEE 802.11: deauthenticated due to inactivity (timer DEAUTH/REMOVE)
Sun Feb 14 13:21:59 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:22:00 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA dc:4f:22:be:69:cc IEEE 802.11: deauthenticated due to inactivity (timer DEAUTH/REMOVE)
Sun Feb 14 13:22:00 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:22:01 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1-2: AP-STA-DISCONNECTED 24:62:ab:20:07:27
Sun Feb 14 13:22:01 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA 24:62:ab:20:07:27 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:22:01 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA 24:62:ab:20:07:27 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:22:01 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA 24:62:ab:20:07:27 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:22:01 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA 24:62:ab:20:07:27 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:22:01 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA 24:62:ab:20:07:27 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:22:01 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA 24:62:ab:20:07:27 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:22:01 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1-2: AP-STA-DISCONNECTED d8:f1:5b:b3:78:fa
Sun Feb 14 13:22:01 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:b3:78:fa IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:22:01 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:b3:78:fa IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:22:01 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:b3:78:fa IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:22:01 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1-2: STA c8:2b:96:43:94:ad IEEE 802.11: did not acknowledge authentication response
Sun Feb 14 13:22:01 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA c8:2b:96:43:94:ad IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 1)
Sun Feb 14 13:22:01 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1-2: AP-STA-CONNECTED c8:2b:96:43:94:ad
Sun Feb 14 13:22:01 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA c8:2b:96:43:94:ad WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)
Sun Feb 14 13:22:01 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:22:01 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:22:02 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA 24:62:ab:20:07:27 IEEE 802.11: deauthenticated due to inactivity (timer DEAUTH/REMOVE)
Sun Feb 14 13:22:02 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:b3:78:fa IEEE 802.11: deauthenticated due to inactivity (timer DEAUTH/REMOVE)
Sun Feb 14 13:22:03 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA 60:01:94:fc:ef:3e IEEE 802.11: authenticated
Sun Feb 14 13:22:03 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA 60:01:94:fc:ef:3e IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 4)
Sun Feb 14 13:22:03 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:22:03 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1-2: AP-STA-CONNECTED 60:01:94:fc:ef:3e
Sun Feb 14 13:22:03 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA 60:01:94:fc:ef:3e WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)
Sun Feb 14 13:22:03 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:22:03 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:22:03 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA dc:4f:22:be:69:cc IEEE 802.11: authenticated
Sun Feb 14 13:22:03 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA dc:4f:22:be:69:cc IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 5)
Sun Feb 14 13:22:03 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1-2: AP-STA-CONNECTED dc:4f:22:be:69:cc
Sun Feb 14 13:22:03 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA dc:4f:22:be:69:cc WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)
Sun Feb 14 13:22:03 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:22:03 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1-2: AP-STA-DISCONNECTED d8:f1:5b:df:c8:21
Sun Feb 14 13:22:03 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:df:c8:21 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:22:03 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:df:c8:21 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:22:03 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:df:c8:21 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:22:03 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1-2: AP-STA-DISCONNECTED d8:f1:5b:df:c6:23
Sun Feb 14 13:22:03 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:df:c6:23 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:22:03 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:df:c6:23 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:22:03 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:df:c6:23 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:22:03 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:df:c6:23 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:22:04 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:df:c8:21 IEEE 802.11: deauthenticated due to inactivity (timer DEAUTH/REMOVE)
Sun Feb 14 13:22:04 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:df:c6:23 IEEE 802.11: deauthenticated due to inactivity (timer DEAUTH/REMOVE)
Sun Feb 14 13:22:05 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:22:05 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA 24:62:ab:20:07:27 IEEE 802.11: authenticated
Sun Feb 14 13:22:05 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA 24:62:ab:20:07:27 IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 3)
Sun Feb 14 13:22:05 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1-2: AP-STA-DISCONNECTED d8:f1:5b:c2:8e:a9
Sun Feb 14 13:22:05 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:c2:8e:a9 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:22:05 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:c2:8e:a9 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:22:05 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:c2:8e:a9 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:22:05 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:c2:8e:a9 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:22:05 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:c2:8e:a9 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:22:05 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:b3:78:fa IEEE 802.11: authenticated
Sun Feb 14 13:22:05 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:c2:8e:a9 IEEE 802.11: disassociated
Sun Feb 14 13:22:05 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1-2: AP-STA-CONNECTED 24:62:ab:20:07:27
Sun Feb 14 13:22:05 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA 24:62:ab:20:07:27 WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)
Sun Feb 14 13:22:05 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:22:05 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:b3:78:fa IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 6)
Sun Feb 14 13:22:05 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1-2: AP-STA-CONNECTED d8:f1:5b:b3:78:fa
Sun Feb 14 13:22:05 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:b3:78:fa WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)
Sun Feb 14 13:22:05 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:22:05 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:22:06 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:c2:8e:a9 IEEE 802.11: deauthenticated due to inactivity (timer DEAUTH/REMOVE)
Sun Feb 14 13:22:07 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:22:07 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:22:07 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:22:07 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:df:c8:21 IEEE 802.11: authenticated
Sun Feb 14 13:22:07 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:df:c8:21 IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 2)
Sun Feb 14 13:22:07 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1-2: AP-STA-CONNECTED d8:f1:5b:df:c8:21
Sun Feb 14 13:22:07 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:df:c8:21 WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)
Sun Feb 14 13:22:07 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:22:08 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:df:c6:23 IEEE 802.11: authenticated
Sun Feb 14 13:22:08 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:df:c6:23 IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 7)
Sun Feb 14 13:22:08 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1-2: AP-STA-CONNECTED d8:f1:5b:df:c6:23
Sun Feb 14 13:22:08 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:df:c6:23 WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)
Sun Feb 14 13:22:08 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:22:09 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:22:09 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:c2:8e:a9 IEEE 802.11: authenticated
Sun Feb 14 13:22:09 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:22:09 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:c2:8e:a9 IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 8)
Sun Feb 14 13:22:09 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1-2: AP-STA-CONNECTED d8:f1:5b:c2:8e:a9
Sun Feb 14 13:22:09 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1-2: STA d8:f1:5b:c2:8e:a9 WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)
Sun Feb 14 13:22:09 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:22:09 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:22:10 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:22:11 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:22:11 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address
Sun Feb 14 13:22:11 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[1710]: DHCP packet received on wlan1-2 which has no address

Some other output that may help:

root@netgear:~# iwinfo radio0 info
radio0    ESSID: unknown
          Access Point: 9C:C9:EB:15:DC:3E
          Mode: Master  Channel: 48 (5.240 GHz)
          Tx-Power: 23 dBm  Link Quality: unknown/70
          Signal: unknown  Noise: unknown
          Bit Rate: unknown
          Encryption: unknown
          Type: nl80211  HW Mode(s): 802.11nac
          Hardware: 168C:0046 168C:CAFE [Qualcomm Atheros QCA9984]
          TX power offset: none
          Frequency offset: none
          Supports VAPs: yes  PHY name: phy0
root@netgear:~# iwinfo radio1 info
radio1    ESSID: unknown
          Access Point: 9C:C9:EB:15:DC:3F
          Mode: Master  Channel: 4 (2.427 GHz)
          Tx-Power: 30 dBm  Link Quality: unknown/70
          Signal: unknown  Noise: unknown
          Bit Rate: unknown
          Encryption: unknown
          Type: nl80211  HW Mode(s): 802.11bgn
          Hardware: 168C:0046 168C:CAFE [Qualcomm Atheros QCA9984]
          TX power offset: none
          Frequency offset: none
          Supports VAPs: yes  PHY name: phy1
root@netgear:~# iw phy1 info
Wiphy phy1
        max # scan SSIDs: 16
        max scan IEs length: 195 bytes
        max # sched scan SSIDs: 0
        max # match sets: 0
        max # scan plans: 1
        max scan plan interval: -1
        max scan plan iterations: 0
        Retry short limit: 7
        Retry long limit: 4
        Coverage class: 0 (up to 0m)
        Device supports AP-side u-APSD.
        Available Antennas: TX 0xf RX 0xf
        Configured Antennas: TX 0xf RX 0xf
        Supported interface modes:
                 * IBSS
                 * managed
                 * AP
                 * AP/VLAN
                 * monitor
                 * mesh point
                 * P2P-client
                 * P2P-GO
                 * P2P-device
        Band 1:
                Capabilities: 0x19ef
                        RX LDPC
                        HT20/HT40
                        SM Power Save disabled
                        RX HT20 SGI
                        RX HT40 SGI
                        TX STBC
                        RX STBC 1-stream
                        Max AMSDU length: 7935 bytes
                        DSSS/CCK HT40
                Maximum RX AMPDU length 65535 bytes (exponent: 0x003)
                Minimum RX AMPDU time spacing: 8 usec (0x06)
                HT TX/RX MCS rate indexes supported: 0-31
                VHT Capabilities (0x339b79b2):
                        Max MPDU length: 11454
                        Supported Channel Width: neither 160 nor 80+80
                        RX LDPC
                        short GI (80 MHz)
                        TX STBC
                        SU Beamformer
                        SU Beamformee
                        MU Beamformer
                        MU Beamformee
                        RX antenna pattern consistency
                        TX antenna pattern consistency
                VHT RX MCS set:
                        1 streams: MCS 0-9
                        2 streams: MCS 0-9
                        3 streams: MCS 0-9
                        4 streams: MCS 0-9
                        5 streams: not supported
                        6 streams: not supported
                        7 streams: not supported
                        8 streams: not supported
                VHT RX highest supported: 0 Mbps
                VHT TX MCS set:
                        1 streams: MCS 0-9
                        2 streams: MCS 0-9
                        3 streams: MCS 0-9
                        4 streams: MCS 0-9
                        5 streams: not supported
                        6 streams: not supported
                        7 streams: not supported
                        8 streams: not supported
                VHT TX highest supported: 0 Mbps
                Frequencies:
                        * 2412 MHz [1] (30.0 dBm)
                        * 2417 MHz [2] (30.0 dBm)
                        * 2422 MHz [3] (30.0 dBm)
                        * 2427 MHz [4] (30.0 dBm)
                        * 2432 MHz [5] (30.0 dBm)
                        * 2437 MHz [6] (30.0 dBm)
                        * 2442 MHz [7] (30.0 dBm)
                        * 2447 MHz [8] (30.0 dBm)
                        * 2452 MHz [9] (30.0 dBm)
                        * 2457 MHz [10] (30.0 dBm)
                        * 2462 MHz [11] (30.0 dBm)
                        * 2467 MHz [12] (disabled)
                        * 2472 MHz [13] (disabled)
                        * 2484 MHz [14] (disabled)
        valid interface combinations:
                 * #{ managed } <= 16, #{ AP, mesh point } <= 16, #{ IBSS } <= 1,
                   total <= 16, #channels <= 1, STA/AP BI must match, radar detect widths: { 20 MHz (no HT), 20 MHz, 40 MHz, 80 MHz, 80+80 MHz, 160 MHz }

        HT Capability overrides:
                 * MCS: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
                 * maximum A-MSDU length
                 * supported channel width
                 * short GI for 40 MHz
                 * max A-MPDU length exponent
                 * min MPDU start spacing
        Supported extended features:
                * [ VHT_IBSS ]: VHT-IBSS
                * [ RRM ]: RRM
                * [ SET_SCAN_DWELL ]: scan dwell setting
                * [ CQM_RSSI_LIST ]: multiple CQM_RSSI_THOLD records
                * [ CONTROL_PORT_OVER_NL80211 ]: control port over nl80211
                * [ TXQS ]: FQ-CoDel-enabled intermediate TXQs
root@netgear:~# uci show wireless
wireless.radio0=wifi-device
wireless.radio0.type='mac80211'
wireless.radio0.hwmode='11a'
wireless.radio0.path='soc/1b500000.pci/pci0000:00/0000:00:00.0/0000:01:00.0'
wireless.radio0.htmode='VHT80'
wireless.radio0.channel='48'
wireless.radio0.disabled='1'
wireless.radio1=wifi-device
wireless.radio1.type='mac80211'
wireless.radio1.hwmode='11g'
wireless.radio1.path='soc/1b700000.pci/pci0001:00/0001:00:00.0/0001:01:00.0'
wireless.radio1.htmode='HT20'
wireless.radio1.channel='4'
wireless.radio1.disabled='1'
wireless.default_radio1=wifi-iface
wireless.default_radio1.device='radio1'
wireless.default_radio1.network='lan'
wireless.default_radio1.mode='ap'
wireless.default_radio1.key='xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
wireless.default_radio1.ssid='Delicja'
wireless.default_radio1.encryption='psk2'
wireless.wifinet2=wifi-iface
wireless.wifinet2.ssid='Milka 5G'
wireless.wifinet2.encryption='psk2'
wireless.wifinet2.device='radio0'
wireless.wifinet2.mode='ap'
wireless.wifinet2.network='lan'
wireless.wifinet2.key='xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
wireless.wifinet3=wifi-iface
wireless.wifinet3.network='guest'
wireless.wifinet3.encryption='psk2'
wireless.wifinet3.device='radio1'
wireless.wifinet3.mode='ap'
wireless.wifinet3.isolate='1'
wireless.wifinet3.key='xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
wireless.wifinet3.ssid='GGuest'
wireless.wifinet4=wifi-iface
wireless.wifinet4.network='guest'
wireless.wifinet4.ssid='GGuest 5G'
wireless.wifinet4.encryption='psk2'
wireless.wifinet4.device='radio0'
wireless.wifinet4.mode='ap'
wireless.wifinet4.isolate='1'
wireless.wifinet4.key='xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
wireless.wifinet5=wifi-iface
wireless.wifinet5.network='iot'
wireless.wifinet5.wpa_disable_eapol_key_retries='1'
wireless.wifinet5.encryption='psk2'
wireless.wifinet5.device='radio1'
wireless.wifinet5.mode='ap'
wireless.wifinet5.isolate='1'
wireless.wifinet5.key='xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
wireless.wifinet5.ssid='iot'

Extra info: I configured new router from scratch. I did not export-import config, so there is no chance something broken was imported from old router or something. Wired stuff seems never to break.

General idea of my config: Few interfaces:

  • a typical network - main wireless for 2.4 & 5GHz uses this interface
  • network for guests, everyone isolated from each other - there is 2.4GHz and & 5GHz networks for this interface as well - those 2 generally breaks first
  • iot network - clients has no access to anything. A server in the main network can access those devices. There is only 2.4GHz wireless network for it - today it's broken, but usually it works all the time.
  • iot for wired devices - two ethernet ports are setup to use a VLAN to allow having iot devices connected with cable - these works all the time.

The last point of this list weren't configured on old router but wireless was still breaking so I guess it's not related in any way.

Output of: uci export network - click (post too long)
In the interfaces section of luci I can see that my extra interfaces could not detect wireless devices, BUT LAN doesn't have this error:

I will keep the router without restarting until everything crashes (this new router never actually crashed yet).
Edit: i will actually reboot it tomorrow, because it's very limiting when most of my devices are not working now :frowning:

I hope someone can help me or give at least some directions where I can look.

How many wireless devices do you have? I know the wireless on this device uses the ath10k and that it loves to suck down memory (based on reading the forum). You might try a reboot every night at 2am... If that fixes it then it's likely a memory leak or a driver issue... You could then report back and maybe help someone identify the particular issue.

Do you mean how many clients are connected?
Usually around 15 in total, 13 to 2.4GHz network.

Memory usage seems fine, new router has 512MB of RAM with 400MB free even right now, on peak memory usage.

reboot every night at 2am

today it crashed within 19h of reboot. so i'd have to reboot every 12h... which seems silly, because i've spend a lot of money on the router, because i wanted to have a reliable device with zero downtimes (router currently even run on UPS to ensure no downtime)

If that fixes

well.. definitely. rebooting is what i was always doing and it was fixing the issue... for a while.

You could then report back and maybe help someone identify the particular issue.

Report where exactly? Anyway - i'd like to gather some useful logs/debug info if this is really a problem somewhere. If nobody can help me with this problem I may at least collect some data before I will try to report this somewhere.

Yeah I wasn't thinking of rebooting as a "fix" more as a test of whether it's something like a memory leak or an otherwise progressive use of resources.

Sounds likely. I think we need someone with more experience with the ath10k drivers and knowledge. I know there are two or three versions of these drivers, but I don't know the relationship between them or which one is standard these days.

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another option to try, just for testing, is to use one ssid on 5 ghz, and one ssid on 2 ghz radios.

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i may try that soon. Debugging those issues (that happen randomly) when I actually need the network to work is troublesome, but I will try that if nothing else will be suggested here

btw: is there any well-defined limit on the number of wireless networks i can create? i guess it depends on the hardware, not the software?

Hi @dzek69 where you able to solve this? I'm facing the same issue right now...

(You may wish to create a new thread for your problem, instead of revive a year-old one.)

No need to, the issue is the same...

Okay...best wishes with a 12-month old thread. My bad, carry on.

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Hey,
The issue is much less frequent than it was before, but I have no idea if I did something or if it went away by itself.

Currently I'm noticing the problem every ~2-3 months, when I need to physically reboot the router (when I can no longer access wifi). Sometimes router reboots itself so there is a chance I just miss the problem as well.

One thing for sure - I did not update the OpenWRT. You can try that maybe if you are on some older version like I am.

Thanks @dzek69 ! Yesterday upgraded to latest custom build for my NetGear R7800 and set a reboot task every day at 7:30 AM So far, so good!