I keep getting wifi authentication required loop

For some reason I cant fix this issue. It keeps popping up after a few seconds when pressed enter every time. I am using Manjaro Xfce variant.

If you use autologin, disable it. It does not unlock the keyring and something whant to access it. Browser or messenger.
That is a wild guess because you do not provide any really useful information.

what infos should i give? and what do you mean by autologin?

I am sorry i did not read correctly. My mistake.

system info:
inxi -Fazy
for example

More info as well.
Did it work - but now it doesn’t anymore?
Try deleting the connection in NetworkManager interface
and make a new one.
Try a different kernel.

Is it a new router?
My story behind this question:
I got a new cable router - providing WLAN, of course.
It worked - but then the provider initiated a firmware update on it.
And since then I cannot connect anymore.
All other devices work fine - just my old Intel Laptop Wifi card cannot deal with what the router puts out now.
… issues with the newest Wifi 6 protocal, I suspect - but I don’t know.

Also, a snippet of the system log during a connection attempt could be helpful.
journalctl -f
watch it as you initiate a connection until it fails - and post it

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inxi -Fazy command gives these to me. Didn’t knew what to paste so pasted the whole thing. Do tell me what to do and whats wrong. Thanks.

System:
  Kernel: 6.6.16-2-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-6.6-x86_64
    root=UUID=da9a3e37-b391-4ef3-b8e6-ac1839a04582 rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet
    splash resume=UUID=42d8ff26-34b6-488f-b726-37da80c441e5
    udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 wm: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0
    with: xfce4-panel tools: xfce4-screensaver vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0
    Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Inspiron 3501 v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 0PY8NM v: A00 serial: <superuser required> part-nu: 0A25
    uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell v: 1.27.1 date: 10/03/2023
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 16.9 Wh (60.4%) condition: 28.0/42.0 Wh (66.7%)
    volts: 11.4 min: 11.4 model: BYD DELL 1VX1H12 type: Li-poly serial: <filter>
    status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: 11th Gen Intel Core i3-1115G4 bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Tiger Lake gen: core 11 level: v4 note: check built: 2020
    process: Intel 10nm family: 6 model-id: 0x8C (140) stepping: 1
    microcode: 0xB4
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 160 KiB desc: d-2x48 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 2.5 MiB desc: 2x1.2 MiB
    L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1161 high: 1302 min/max: 400/4100 scaling:
    driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 1005 2: 1165 3: 1302
    4: 1175 bogomips: 23968
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling mitigation: Microcode
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced / Automatic IBRS, IBPB: conditional,
    RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-LP GT2 [UHD Graphics G4] vendor: Dell driver: i915
    v: kernel arch: Gen-12.1 process: Intel 10nm built: 2020-21 ports:
    active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a78
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Microdia Integrated_Webcam_HD driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-6:3 chip-ID: 0c45:671e
    class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.org v: 1.21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.4
    compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
    alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-size: <missing: xdpyinfo>
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: Najing CEC Panda 0x006e built: 2020 res: 1920x1080
    hz: 60 dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64") diag: 395mm (15.5")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: device: 0 drv: iris
    device: 1 drv: swrast surfaceless: drv: iris x11: drv: iris
    inactive: gbm,wayland
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 23.3.5-manjaro1.1
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (TGL GT2)
    device-ID: 8086:9a78 memory: 7.32 GiB unified: yes
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.276 layers: 9 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: Intel
    UHD Graphics (TGL GT2) driver: mesa intel v: 23.3.5-manjaro1.1
    device-ID: 8086:9a78 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-LP Smart Sound Audio vendor: Dell
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl
    bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a0c8 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.6.16-2-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.0.3 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.3
    chip-ID: 8086:a0f0 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Dell RTL8111/8168/8411 driver: r8168 v: 8.052.01-NAPI modules: r8169
    pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 02:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth 9460/9560 Jefferson Peak (JfP) driver: btusb v: 0.8
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-10:4
    chip-ID: 8087:0aaa class-ID: e001
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: see --recommends
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.03 TiB used: 250.54 GiB (23.8%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Netac model: NVMe SSD 128GB
    size: 119.24 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: V0926A0 temp: 51.9 C
    scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000LM035-1RK172
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1002 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 109.95 GiB size: 109.95 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 70.89 GiB (64.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 500 MiB size: 499 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 596 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 109.95 GiB size: 109.95 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 70.89 GiB (64.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 109.95 GiB size: 109.95 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 70.89 GiB (64.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: yes
    compressor: zstd max-pool: 20%
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 55.0 C mobo: 44.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 2566
Info:
  Memory: total: 8 GiB note: est. available: 7.49 GiB used: 3.61 GiB (48.1%)
  Processes: 267 Power: uptime: 53m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle
    wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume
    image: 2.98 GiB services: upowerd,xfce4-power-manager Init: systemd v: 255
    default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Packages: 1349 pm: pacman pkgs: 1335 libs: 407 tools: pamac,yay pm: flatpak
    pkgs: 14 Compilers: clang: 16.0.6 gcc: 13.2.1 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9
    running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.33

I am getting this after journalctl -f

Mar 02 14:34:39 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709368479.9861] dhcp4 (wlp0s20f3): state changed no lease
Mar 02 14:34:39 akephalos avahi-daemon[564]: Interface wlp0s20f3.IPv6 no longer relevant for mDNS.
Mar 02 14:34:39 akephalos avahi-daemon[564]: Withdrawing address record for 192.168.0.195 on wlp0s20f3.
Mar 02 14:34:39 akephalos avahi-daemon[564]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface wlp0s20f3.IPv4 with address 192.168.0.195.
Mar 02 14:34:39 akephalos avahi-daemon[564]: Interface wlp0s20f3.IPv4 no longer relevant for mDNS.
Mar 02 14:34:40 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709368480.0157] manager: NetworkManager state is now DISCONNECTED
Mar 02 14:34:40 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709368480.0174] device (wlp0s20f3): supplicant interface state: completed -> disconnected
Mar 02 14:34:40 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709368480.0174] device (p2p-dev-wlp0s20f3): supplicant management interface state: completed -> disconnected
Mar 02 14:34:42 akephalos rtkit-daemon[1255]: Supervising 8 threads of 5 processes of 1 users.
Mar 02 14:34:42 akephalos rtkit-daemon[1255]: Supervising 8 threads of 5 processes of 1 users.
Mar 02 14:34:50 akephalos systemd[1]: NetworkManager-dispatcher.service: Deactivated successfully.
Mar 02 14:34:56 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709368496.8999] device (wlp0s20f3): Activation: starting connection 'Boundman' (8b1d1cff-4811-42d2-8a3b-8aee5873011d)
Mar 02 14:34:56 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709368496.9000] audit: op="connection-activate" uuid="8b1d1cff-4811-42d2-8a3b-8aee5873011d" name="Boundman" pid=1417 uid=1000 result="success"
Mar 02 14:34:56 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709368496.9001] device (wlp0s20f3): state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Mar 02 14:34:56 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709368496.9010] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTING
Mar 02 14:34:56 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709368496.9013] device (wlp0s20f3): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Mar 02 14:34:56 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709368496.9016] device (wlp0s20f3): Activation: (wifi) access point 'Boundman' has security, but secrets are required.
Mar 02 14:34:56 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709368496.9016] device (wlp0s20f3): state change: config -> need-auth (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Mar 02 14:34:56 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709368496.9026] device (wlp0s20f3): state change: need-auth -> prepare (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Mar 02 14:34:56 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709368496.9028] device (wlp0s20f3): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Mar 02 14:34:56 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709368496.9030] device (wlp0s20f3): Activation: (wifi) connection 'Boundman' has security, and secrets exist.  No new secrets needed.
Mar 02 14:34:56 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709368496.9030] Config: added 'ssid' value 'Boundman'
Mar 02 14:34:56 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709368496.9030] Config: added 'scan_ssid' value '1'
Mar 02 14:34:56 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709368496.9030] Config: added 'bgscan' value 'simple:30:-65:300'
Mar 02 14:34:56 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709368496.9030] Config: added 'key_mgmt' value 'WPA-PSK WPA-PSK-SHA256 FT-PSK SAE FT-SAE'
Mar 02 14:34:56 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709368496.9031] Config: added 'psk' value '<hidden>'
Mar 02 14:34:56 akephalos flameshot[1321]: "Object does not exist at path “/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/2”"
Mar 02 14:34:56 akephalos wpa_supplicant[678]: wlp0s20f3: SME: Trying to authenticate with b4:0f:3b:d6:9b:05 (SSID='Boundman' freq=5785 MHz)
Mar 02 14:34:56 akephalos kernel: wlp0s20f3: authenticate with b4:0f:3b:d6:9b:05
Mar 02 14:34:56 akephalos kernel: wlp0s20f3: 80 MHz not supported, disabling VHT
Mar 02 14:34:56 akephalos kernel: wlp0s20f3: capabilities/regulatory prevented using AP HT/VHT configuration, downgraded
Mar 02 14:34:56 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709368496.9421] device (wlp0s20f3): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> authenticating
Mar 02 14:34:56 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709368496.9421] device (p2p-dev-wlp0s20f3): supplicant management interface state: disconnected -> authenticating
Mar 02 14:34:56 akephalos kernel: wlp0s20f3: send auth to b4:0f:3b:d6:9b:05 (try 1/3)
Mar 02 14:34:56 akephalos wpa_supplicant[678]: wlp0s20f3: Trying to associate with b4:0f:3b:d6:9b:05 (SSID='Boundman' freq=5785 MHz)
Mar 02 14:34:56 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709368496.9666] device (wlp0s20f3): supplicant interface state: authenticating -> associating
Mar 02 14:34:56 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709368496.9666] device (p2p-dev-wlp0s20f3): supplicant management interface state: authenticating -> associating
Mar 02 14:34:56 akephalos kernel: wlp0s20f3: authenticated
Mar 02 14:34:56 akephalos kernel: wlp0s20f3: associate with b4:0f:3b:d6:9b:05 (try 1/3)
Mar 02 14:34:56 akephalos kernel: wlp0s20f3: RX AssocResp from b4:0f:3b:d6:9b:05 (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=1)
Mar 02 14:34:56 akephalos kernel: wlp0s20f3: associated
Mar 02 14:34:56 akephalos wpa_supplicant[678]: wlp0s20f3: Associated with b4:0f:3b:d6:9b:05
Mar 02 14:34:56 akephalos wpa_supplicant[678]: wlp0s20f3: CTRL-EVENT-SUBNET-STATUS-UPDATE status=0
Mar 02 14:34:57 akephalos kernel: wlp0s20f3: Limiting TX power to 30 (30 - 0) dBm as advertised by b4:0f:3b:d6:9b:05
Mar 02 14:34:57 akephalos wpa_supplicant[678]: wlp0s20f3: WPA: Key negotiation completed with b4:0f:3b:d6:9b:05 [PTK=CCMP GTK=CCMP]
Mar 02 14:34:57 akephalos wpa_supplicant[678]: wlp0s20f3: CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to b4:0f:3b:d6:9b:05 completed [id=0 id_str=]
Mar 02 14:34:57 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709368497.0348] device (wlp0s20f3): supplicant interface state: associating -> completed
Mar 02 14:34:57 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709368497.0349] device (wlp0s20f3): Activation: (wifi) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) successful. Connected to wireless network "Boundman"
Mar 02 14:34:57 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709368497.0349] device (p2p-dev-wlp0s20f3): supplicant management interface state: associating -> completed
Mar 02 14:34:57 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709368497.0350] device (wlp0s20f3): state change: config -> ip-config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Mar 02 14:34:57 akephalos wpa_supplicant[678]: wlp0s20f3: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=1 signal=-49 noise=9999 txrate=26000
Mar 02 14:34:57 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709368497.0355] dhcp4 (wlp0s20f3): activation: beginning transaction (timeout in 45 seconds)
Mar 02 14:34:57 akephalos avahi-daemon[564]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface wlp0s20f3.IPv6 with address fe80::cc85:f5ff:a291:4509.
Mar 02 14:34:57 akephalos avahi-daemon[564]: New relevant interface wlp0s20f3.IPv6 for mDNS.
Mar 02 14:34:57 akephalos avahi-daemon[564]: Registering new address record for fe80::cc85:f5ff:a291:4509 on wlp0s20f3.*.
Mar 02 14:34:57 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709368497.1097] dhcp4 (wlp0s20f3): state changed new lease, address=192.168.0.195
Mar 02 14:34:57 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709368497.1101] policy: set 'Boundman' (wlp0s20f3) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS
Mar 02 14:34:57 akephalos avahi-daemon[564]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface wlp0s20f3.IPv4 with address 192.168.0.195.
Mar 02 14:34:57 akephalos avahi-daemon[564]: New relevant interface wlp0s20f3.IPv4 for mDNS.
Mar 02 14:34:57 akephalos avahi-daemon[564]: Registering new address record for 192.168.0.195 on wlp0s20f3.IPv4.
Mar 02 14:34:57 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709368497.1237] device (wlp0s20f3): state change: ip-config -> ip-check (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Mar 02 14:34:57 akephalos systemd[1]: Starting Network Manager Script Dispatcher Service...
Mar 02 14:34:57 akephalos systemd[1]: Started Network Manager Script Dispatcher Service.
Mar 02 14:34:57 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709368497.1493] device (wlp0s20f3): state change: ip-check -> secondaries (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Mar 02 14:34:57 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709368497.1496] device (wlp0s20f3): state change: secondaries -> activated (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Mar 02 14:34:57 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709368497.1499] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_SITE
Mar 02 14:34:57 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709368497.1519] device (wlp0s20f3): Activation: successful, device activated.
Mar 02 14:35:04 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709368504.5359] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_GLOBAL
Mar 02 14:35:14 akephalos systemd[1]: NetworkManager-dispatcher.service: Deactivated successfully.
Mar 02 14:35:17 akephalos geoclue[1600]: Failed to query location: No WiFi networks found

This ends with the device being connected
after the DHCP lease expired and a new lease was aquired

There is no authentication error in this log.

couldnt find any solutions up until now, this has been happening since 4-5 months now

i can connect but the loop keeps popping up, maybe i also have a router issue

… but we do not see any loop here - what you showed here is a reconnection after the DHCP lease had expired
To show the “loop” more context is needed - more of the log.

If the DHCP lease is frequently lost, it may be an issue with your router configuration. :man_shrugging:

How about now?

Mar 02 16:00:31 akephalos rtkit-daemon[1255]: Supervising 8 threads of 5 processes of 1 users.
Mar 02 16:00:31 akephalos rtkit-daemon[1255]: Supervising 8 threads of 5 processes of 1 users.
Mar 02 16:00:57 akephalos kernel: ata2: SATA link down (SStatus 4 SControl 300)
Mar 02 16:01:00 akephalos CROND[15721]: (root) CMD (run-parts /etc/cron.hourly)
Mar 02 16:01:00 akephalos CROND[15720]: (root) CMDEND (run-parts /etc/cron.hourly)
Mar 02 16:01:03 akephalos wpa_supplicant[678]: wlp0s20f3: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=1 signal=-45 noise=9999 txrate=72200
Mar 02 16:01:15 akephalos kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Synchronizing SCSI cache
Mar 02 16:01:15 akephalos kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Stopping disk
Mar 02 16:01:15 akephalos kernel: ata1.00: Entering standby power mode
Mar 02 16:01:18 akephalos kernel: ata1: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 300)
Mar 02 16:01:18 akephalos kernel: ata1.00: Entering active power mode
Mar 02 16:01:20 akephalos kernel: ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
Mar 02 16:01:20 akephalos kernel: ata2: SATA link down (SStatus 4 SControl 300)
Mar 02 16:01:20 akephalos kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Starting disk
Mar 02 16:01:25 akephalos kernel: ata2: SATA link down (SStatus 4 SControl 300)
Mar 02 16:01:32 akephalos rtkit-daemon[1255]: Supervising 8 threads of 5 processes of 1 users.
Mar 02 16:01:32 akephalos rtkit-daemon[1255]: Supervising 8 threads of 5 processes of 1 users.
Mar 02 16:01:35 akephalos wpa_supplicant[678]: wlp0s20f3: WNM: Disassociation Imminent - Disassociation Timer 0
Mar 02 16:01:35 akephalos wpa_supplicant[678]: wlp0s20f3: WNM: Preferred List Available
Mar 02 16:01:35 akephalos wpa_supplicant[678]: wlp0s20f3: SME: Trying to authenticate with b4:0f:3b:d6:9b:05 (SSID='Boundman' freq=5785 MHz)
Mar 02 16:01:35 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373695.9669] device (wlp0s20f3): supplicant interface state: completed -> authenticating
Mar 02 16:01:35 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373695.9669] device (p2p-dev-wlp0s20f3): supplicant management interface state: completed -> authenticating
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos wpa_supplicant[678]: BSSID b4:0f:3b:d6:9b:05 ignore list count incremented to 2, ignoring for 10 seconds
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373696.0294] device (wlp0s20f3): supplicant interface state: authenticating -> disconnected
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373696.0295] device (p2p-dev-wlp0s20f3): supplicant management interface state: authenticating -> disconnected
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373696.1296] device (wlp0s20f3): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> scanning
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373696.1296] device (p2p-dev-wlp0s20f3): supplicant management interface state: disconnected -> scanning
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos kernel: wlp0s20f3: deauthenticating from b4:0f:3b:d6:9b:01 by local choice (Reason: 2=PREV_AUTH_NOT_VALID)
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos wpa_supplicant[678]: wlp0s20f3: SME: Trying to authenticate with b4:0f:3b:d6:9b:01 (SSID='Boundman' freq=2412 MHz)
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos kernel: wlp0s20f3: authenticate with b4:0f:3b:d6:9b:01
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos kernel: wlp0s20f3: 80 MHz not supported, disabling VHT
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos wpa_supplicant[678]: wlp0s20f3: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=b4:0f:3b:d6:9b:01 reason=2 locally_generated=1
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos kernel: wlp0s20f3: send auth to b4:0f:3b:d6:9b:01 (try 1/3)
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373696.2422] device (wlp0s20f3): supplicant interface state: scanning -> authenticating
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373696.2422] device (p2p-dev-wlp0s20f3): supplicant management interface state: scanning -> authenticating
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos kernel: wlp0s20f3: authenticated
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos wpa_supplicant[678]: wlp0s20f3: Trying to associate with b4:0f:3b:d6:9b:01 (SSID='Boundman' freq=2412 MHz)
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373696.2543] device (wlp0s20f3): supplicant interface state: authenticating -> associating
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373696.2544] device (p2p-dev-wlp0s20f3): supplicant management interface state: authenticating -> associating
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos kernel: wlp0s20f3: associate with b4:0f:3b:d6:9b:01 (try 1/3)
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos kernel: wlp0s20f3: RX AssocResp from b4:0f:3b:d6:9b:01 (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=2)
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos wpa_supplicant[678]: wlp0s20f3: Associated with b4:0f:3b:d6:9b:01
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos wpa_supplicant[678]: WPA: No PMK set for PTK derivation
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos kernel: wlp0s20f3: associated
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos kernel: wlp0s20f3: deauthenticating from b4:0f:3b:d6:9b:01 by local choice (Reason: 1=UNSPECIFIED)
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos wpa_supplicant[678]: wlp0s20f3: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=b4:0f:3b:d6:9b:01 reason=1 locally_generated=1
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos wpa_supplicant[678]: BSSID b4:0f:3b:d6:9b:01 ignore list count incremented to 2, ignoring for 10 seconds
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos wpa_supplicant[678]: wlp0s20f3: CTRL-EVENT-DSCP-POLICY clear_all
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos wpa_supplicant[678]: wlp0s20f3: CTRL-EVENT-SUBNET-STATUS-UPDATE status=0
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373696.3234] device (wlp0s20f3): supplicant interface state: associating -> 4way_handshake
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373696.3234] device (p2p-dev-wlp0s20f3): supplicant management interface state: associating -> 4way_handshake
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373696.3284] device (wlp0s20f3): supplicant interface state: 4way_handshake -> disconnected
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373696.3285] device (wlp0s20f3): Activation: (wifi) disconnected during association, asking for new key
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373696.3287] device (wlp0s20f3): state change: activated -> need-auth (reason 'supplicant-disconnect', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373696.3288] dhcp4 (wlp0s20f3): canceled DHCP transaction
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373696.3288] dhcp4 (wlp0s20f3): activation: beginning transaction (timeout in 45 seconds)
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373696.3288] dhcp4 (wlp0s20f3): state changed no lease
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373696.3298] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTING
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373696.3344] device (p2p-dev-wlp0s20f3): supplicant management interface state: 4way_handshake -> disconnected
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos avahi-daemon[564]: Withdrawing address record for 192.168.0.195 on wlp0s20f3.
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos avahi-daemon[564]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface wlp0s20f3.IPv4 with address 192.168.0.195.
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos avahi-daemon[564]: Interface wlp0s20f3.IPv4 no longer relevant for mDNS.
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos avahi-daemon[564]: Withdrawing address record for fe80::cc85:f5ff:a291:4509 on wlp0s20f3.
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos avahi-daemon[564]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface wlp0s20f3.IPv6 with address fe80::cc85:f5ff:a291:4509.
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos avahi-daemon[564]: Interface wlp0s20f3.IPv6 no longer relevant for mDNS.
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos systemd[1]: Starting Network Manager Script Dispatcher Service...
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos systemd[1]: Started Network Manager Script Dispatcher Service.
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373696.4281] device (wlp0s20f3): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> inactive
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373696.4282] device (p2p-dev-wlp0s20f3): supplicant management interface state: disconnected -> inactive
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos systemd[1]: Starting Hostname Service...
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos systemd[1]: Started Hostname Service.
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373702.0813] device (wlp0s20f3): state change: need-auth -> prepare (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373702.0850] device (wlp0s20f3): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373702.0858] device (wlp0s20f3): Activation: (wifi) connection 'Boundman' has security, and secrets exist.  No new secrets needed.
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373702.0858] Config: added 'ssid' value 'Boundman'
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373702.0858] Config: added 'scan_ssid' value '1'
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373702.0858] Config: added 'bgscan' value 'simple:30:-65:300'
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373702.0858] Config: added 'key_mgmt' value 'WPA-PSK WPA-PSK-SHA256 FT-PSK SAE FT-SAE'
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373702.0858] Config: added 'psk' value '<hidden>'
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos flameshot[1321]: "Object does not exist at path “/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/2”"
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373702.1123] device (wlp0s20f3): supplicant interface state: inactive -> scanning
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373702.1123] device (p2p-dev-wlp0s20f3): supplicant management interface state: inactive -> scanning
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos wpa_supplicant[678]: wlp0s20f3: SME: Trying to authenticate with b4:0f:3b:d6:9b:05 (SSID='Boundman' freq=5785 MHz)
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos kernel: wlp0s20f3: authenticate with b4:0f:3b:d6:9b:05
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos kernel: wlp0s20f3: 80 MHz not supported, disabling VHT
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos kernel: wlp0s20f3: capabilities/regulatory prevented using AP HT/VHT configuration, downgraded
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos kernel: wlp0s20f3: send auth to b4:0f:3b:d6:9b:05 (try 1/3)
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373702.5085] device (wlp0s20f3): supplicant interface state: scanning -> authenticating
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373702.5085] device (p2p-dev-wlp0s20f3): supplicant management interface state: scanning -> authenticating
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos wpa_supplicant[678]: wlp0s20f3: Trying to associate with b4:0f:3b:d6:9b:05 (SSID='Boundman' freq=5785 MHz)
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373702.5301] device (wlp0s20f3): supplicant interface state: authenticating -> associating
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373702.5301] device (p2p-dev-wlp0s20f3): supplicant management interface state: authenticating -> associating
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos kernel: wlp0s20f3: authenticated
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos kernel: wlp0s20f3: associate with b4:0f:3b:d6:9b:05 (try 1/3)
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos kernel: wlp0s20f3: RX AssocResp from b4:0f:3b:d6:9b:05 (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=1)
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos wpa_supplicant[678]: wlp0s20f3: Associated with b4:0f:3b:d6:9b:05
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos wpa_supplicant[678]: WMM AC: Already initialized
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos kernel: wlp0s20f3: associated
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos wpa_supplicant[678]: wlp0s20f3: CTRL-EVENT-SUBNET-STATUS-UPDATE status=0
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos wpa_supplicant[678]: wlp0s20f3: WPA: Key negotiation completed with b4:0f:3b:d6:9b:05 [PTK=CCMP GTK=CCMP]
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos wpa_supplicant[678]: wlp0s20f3: CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to b4:0f:3b:d6:9b:05 completed [id=0 id_str=]
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373702.5906] device (wlp0s20f3): supplicant interface state: associating -> completed
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373702.5906] device (wlp0s20f3): Activation: (wifi) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) successful. Connected to wireless network "Boundman"
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373702.5906] device (p2p-dev-wlp0s20f3): supplicant management interface state: associating -> completed
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos wpa_supplicant[678]: wlp0s20f3: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=1 signal=-50 noise=9999 txrate=26000
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373702.5907] device (wlp0s20f3): state change: config -> ip-config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373702.5917] dhcp4 (wlp0s20f3): activation: beginning transaction (timeout in 45 seconds)
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos avahi-daemon[564]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface wlp0s20f3.IPv6 with address fe80::cc85:f5ff:a291:4509.
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos avahi-daemon[564]: New relevant interface wlp0s20f3.IPv6 for mDNS.
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos avahi-daemon[564]: Registering new address record for fe80::cc85:f5ff:a291:4509 on wlp0s20f3.*.
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos kernel: wlp0s20f3: Limiting TX power to 30 (30 - 0) dBm as advertised by b4:0f:3b:d6:9b:05
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373702.6325] dhcp4 (wlp0s20f3): state changed new lease, address=192.168.0.195
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373702.6329] policy: set 'Boundman' (wlp0s20f3) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos avahi-daemon[564]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface wlp0s20f3.IPv4 with address 192.168.0.195.
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos avahi-daemon[564]: New relevant interface wlp0s20f3.IPv4 for mDNS.
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos avahi-daemon[564]: Registering new address record for 192.168.0.195 on wlp0s20f3.IPv4.
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373702.6423] device (wlp0s20f3): state change: ip-config -> ip-check (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373702.6464] device (wlp0s20f3): state change: ip-check -> secondaries (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373702.6466] device (wlp0s20f3): state change: secondaries -> activated (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373702.6468] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_SITE
Mar 02 16:01:42 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373702.6485] device (wlp0s20f3): Activation: successful, device activated.
Mar 02 16:01:50 akephalos NetworkManager[563]: <info>  [1709373710.1970] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_GLOBAL
Mar 02 16:02:00 akephalos systemd[1]: NetworkManager-dispatcher.service: Deactivated successfully.
Mar 02 16:02:02 akephalos geoclue[1600]: Failed to query location: No WiFi networks found
Mar 02 16:02:03 akephalos kernel: iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Unhandled alg: 0x703
Mar 02 16:02:06 akephalos systemd[1]: systemd-hostnamed.service: Deactivated successfully.
Mar 02 16:02:12 akephalos kernel: [UFW BLOCK] IN=wlp0s20f3 OUT= MAC=f0:9e:4a:06:66:bb:7a:9a:d3:13:16:b4:08:00 SRC=192.168.0.200 DST=224.0.0.251 LEN=32 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1 ID=31401 PROTO=2 
Mar 02 16:02:32 akephalos rtkit-daemon[1255]: Supervising 8 threads of 5 processes of 1 users.
Mar 02 16:02:32 akephalos rtkit-daemon[1255]: Supervising 8 threads of 5 processes of 1 users.

Do you have two (or more) routers with the same SSID?

There are two MAC addresses here with the same SSID.

Looks like it can’t decide with which one of the two it wants to connect and switches from time to time.
That is my speculation.

Mar 02 16:01:35 akephalos wpa_supplicant[678]: wlp0s20f3: SME: Trying to authenticate with b4:0f:3b:d6:9b:05 (SSID='Boundman' freq=5785 MHz)
...
Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos wpa_supplicant[678]: wlp0s20f3: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=b4:0f:3b:d6:9b:01 reason=2 locally_generated=1
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Mar 02 16:01:36 akephalos wpa_supplicant[678]: wlp0s20f3: Trying to associate with b4:0f:3b:d6:9b:01 (SSID='Boundman' freq=2412 MHz)

Or reception is bad, the frequency band congested - and it switches between 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands.
I have zero experience with that - my card is old and can only do 2.4 GHz

You could pin it to one of the two bands then …

okay got it lemme see what i can do, thanks for your time

I may have figured the solution cause I am no longer facing this issue. I just changed the band from automatic to 5 ghz.

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