802.11 Dissassociation Codes These codes can be extremely useful in troubleshooting wireless issues.

Value 802.11 or Symbol/WPA Reason Code Description 0 REASON_CODE_80211_SUCCESS Reserved internally to indicate success 1. REASON_CODE_80211_UNSPECIFIED_ERROR Unspecified Reason 3. DISASSOCIATION_REASON_CODE_STATION_LEAVING_ESS Deauthenticated because sending station has left or is leaving IBSS or ESS 4. DISASSOCIATION_REASON_CODE_INACTIVITY Disassociated due to inactivity 5. DISASSOCIATION_REASON_CODE_STATION_LIMIT_EXCEEDED Disassociated because AP is unable to handle all currently associated stations 6. DISASSOCIATION_REASON_CODE_CLASS_2_PKT_FROM_NON_AUTH Class 2 frame received from non-authenticated station 7. DISASSOCIATION_REASON_CODE_CLASS_3_PKT_FROM_NON_ASSOC Class 3 frame received from non-associated station 8. DISASSOCIATION_REASON_CODE_STATION_LEAVING_BSS Disassociated because sending station has left or is leaving BSS 9. DISASSOCIATION_REASON_CODE_STATION_NOT_AUTHENTICATED Station requesting re-association is not authenticated with responding station 13. DISASSOCIATION_REASON_CODE_INVALID_INFORMATION_ELEMENT Invalid Information Element 14. DISASSOCIATION_REASON_CODE_MIC_FAILURE Michael MIC failure 15. DISASSOCIATION_REASON_CODE_4WAY_HANDSHAKE_TIMEOUT 4-Way Handshake timeout 16. DISASSOCIATION_REASON_CODE_GROUP_KEY_UPDATE_TIMEOUT Group key update timeout

17. DISASSOCIATION_REASON_CODE_4WAY_IE_DIFFERENCE Information element in 4-Way Handshake different from Re-associated request/Pro beresponse/Beacon 18. DISASSOCIATION_REASON_CODE_MULTICAST_CIPHER_INVALID Multicast Cipher is not valid 19. DISASSOCIATION_REASON_CODE_UNICAST_CIPHER_INVALID Unicast Cipher is not valid 20. DISASSOCIATION_REASON_CODE_AKMP_NOT_VALID AKMP is not valid 21. DISASSOCIATION_REASON_CODE_UNSUPPORTED_RSNE_VERSION Unsupported RSN IE version 22. DISASSOCIATION_REASON_CODE_INVALID_RSNE_CAPABILITIES Invalid RSN IE Capabilities 23. DISASSOCIATION_REASON_CODE_8021X_AUTHENTICATION_FAILED IEEE 802.1X Authentication failed 44. DISASSOCIATION_REASON_CODE_PSP_TX_PKT_BUFFER_EXCEEDED Symbol defined (non 802.11 standard) code. The Wireless Switch has exceeded it s time limit in attempting to deliver buffered PSP frames to the Mobile Unit witho ut receiving a single 802.11 PS Poll or NULL data frame. The Wireless Switch beg ins the timer when it sets the Mobile Unit s bit in the TIM section of the 802.11 beacon frame for the BSS. The time limit is at least 15 seconds. The Mobile Unit is probably gone (or may be faulty). 77. DISASSOCIATION_REASON_CODE_TRANSMIT_RETRIES_EXCEEDED Symbol defined (non 802.11 standard) codes. The Wireless Switch has exceeded it s retry limit in attempting to deliver a 802.1x EAP message to the Mobile Unit wi thout receiving a single 802.11 ACK. The retry limit varies according to traffic type but is at least 64 times. The Mobile Unit is either gone or has incorrect 802.1x EAP authentication settings. . Deauthentication Reason Codes Client Reason Code Description Meaning 0 noReasonCode Normal operation. 1 unspecifiedReason Client associated but no longer authorized. 2 previousAuthNotValid Client associated but not authorized. 3 deauthenticationLeaving The access point went offline, deauthenticating the client . 4 disassociationDueToInactivity Client session timeout exceeded. 5 disassociationAPBusy The access point is busy, performing load balancing, for exam ple.

6 class2FrameFromNonAuthStation Client attempted to transfer data before it was auth enticated. 7 class2FrameFromNonAssStation Client attempted to transfer data before it was assoc iated. 8 disassociationStaHasLeft Operating System moved the client to another access point using non-aggressive load balancing. 9 staReqAssociationWithoutAuth Client not authorized yet, still attempting to associ ate with an access point. 99 missingReasonCode Client momentarily in an unknown state. Code Reason Explaination 0 Reserved Normal working operation 1 Unspecific Reason We don t know what s wrong 2 Previous authentication no longer valid Client has associated but is not autho rised. 3 Deauthenticated because sending STA is leaving (or has left) IBSS or ESS The a ccess point went offline, deauthenticating the client. 4 Disassociated due to inactivity Client session timeout exceeded. 5 Disassociated because AP is unable to handle all currently associated STAs The access point is busy, performing load balancing, for example. 6 Class 2 frame received from nonauthenticated STA Client attempted to transfer data before it was authenticated. 7 Class 3 frame received from nonassociated STA Client attempted to transfer dat a before it was associated. 8 Disassociated because sending STA is leaving (or has left) BSS Operating Syste m moved the client to another access point using non-aggressive load balancing. 9 STA requesting (re)association is not authenticated with responding STA Client not authorized yet, still attempting to associate with an access point. 10 Disassociated because the information in the Power Capability element is unac ceptable 11 Disassociated because the information in the Supported Channels element is un acceptable 12 Reserved Not Used or Special Purpose 13 Invalid information element. 14 Message integrity code (MIC) failure 15 4-Way Handshake timeout 16 Group Key Handshake timeout 17 Information element in 4-Way Handshake different from (Re)Association Request /Probe Response/Beacon frame 18 Invalid group cipher 19 Invalid pairwise cipher 20 Invalid AKMP 21 Unsupported RSN information element version 22 Invalid RSN information element capabilities 23 IEEE 802.1X authentication failed 24 Cipher suite rejected because of the security policy 25-31 Reserved Not Used or Special Purpose 32 Disassociated for unspecified, QoS-related reason Quality of Service has deni ed the action. 33 Disassociated because QoS AP lacks sufficient bandwidth for this QoS STA 34 Disassociated because excessive number of frames need to be acknowledged, but are not acknowledged due to AP transmissions and/or poor channel conditions 35 Disassociated because STA is transmitting outside the limits of its TXOPs 36 Requested from peer STA as the STA is leaving the BSS (or resetting) 37 Requested from peer STA as it does not want to use the mechanism 38 Requested from peer STA as the STA received frames using the mechanism for wh ich a setup is required

39 Requested from peer STA due to timeout 45 Peer STA does not support the requested cipher suite 45-65 Reserved Not Used or Special Purpose 99 Typically No Reason Code / Unknown State 535 Reserved Not Used or Special Purpose ------------------When a clients gets disconnected at a accesspoint, there's probably a reason cod e in the log. Below are all reason codes: 0 - Reserved 1 - Unspecified Reason 2 - Previous authentication no longer valid 3 - Deauthenticated because sending station is leaving (or has left) IBSS or ESS 4 - Disassociated due to inactivity 5 - Disassociated because AP is unable to handle all currently associated statio ns 6 - Class 2 frame received from nonauthenticated station 7 - Class 3 frame received from nonassociated station 8 - Disassociated because sending station is leaving (or has left) BSS 9 - Station requesting (re)association is not authenticated with responding stat ion 10-65535 - Reserved Page