Ah, one other thing: On Fri, Oct 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM D. Ben Knoble <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Do you have some duplicated AP connection and nm will not stop? > > > > Your log shows successive de/re-authentication with different APs, e.g. > > first > > with 70:58:a4:d2:14:21 and then within seconds: > > > > disconnect from AP 70:58:a4:d2:14:21 for new auth to 70:58:a4:d2:14:29 > > Right, I noticed this too! I have a main router downstairs and an extender > upstairs in the same room as the device in question. As I explained over on my > blog: > > I saved some logs with > > { echo count from to; > grep 'disconnect from AP' /var/log/messages | > grep -o '\([[:xdigit:]][[:xdigit:]]:\?\)\{6\}' | paste - - | > sort | uniq -c; } | column -t > > which gave for example > > count from to > 3 <prefix>:2f:a9:51 <prefix>:2f:a9:59 > 22 <prefix>:2f:a9:51 <prefix>:d2:14:29 > 1 <prefix>:d2:14:21 <prefix>:2f:a9:59 > 2 <prefix>:d2:14:21 <prefix>:d2:14:29 > > As far as I can tell, the (masked) <prefix> there matches the output from > another connected device when checking the router with arp -a: > > gr6exx0c-a940.lan (192.168.2.1) at <prefix>:2f:a9:40 on en0 ifscope [ethernet] > > And my (Google Fiber) management app says > > - the router has a MAC of <prefix>:2f:a9:41 > - the extender (MoCA) has a MAC of <prefix>:d2:14:10 > > So clearly something is going on here, and the NetworkManager is having > trouble > deciding which connection to use? But I'm not sure what the deal is with all > those MACs that end in different digits. > > My other devices don't seem to have a problem, but I haven't looked (and am > not > sure how to look) to see if there are repeatedly re-authenticating like this. > > As I'll mention below, but so as not to bury the lede: iwd is now installed > and > configured (with wpa_supplicant gone), but I'm still seeing this behavior. It > might now even be more prevalent (occurring every minute?). > > Thoughts?
Now with iwd, the reconnect happening every minute is at least to the same MAC (always <prefix>:d2:14:21). I'm still concerned about the constant re-auth, but it's not toggling around semi-randomly like before. -- D. Ben Knoble
