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High Association Failure Rates
Hello!
I'm receiving high association failure rates on 2 my 4 access points in a home network. I'm currently sitting with line of sight (20') to a Meraki C9164AP that's directly connected to a MR75. Speeds are good when connected but its discouraging to see such high failures.
Network
MX75 + 2 C9164APs
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MS120 + MR36H, MR78 APs
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@Wade_Carroll I'd turn it off, it is only really needed with 802.1x or similar authentication, simple psk should roam fine without it.
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It looks like you are using WPA3 (as you need to for the 6GHz band to work), I have found that to be substantially less stable than WPA2 on the same AP and same endpoint. Also remember that 6GHz signals travel about 10-20% less far than 5GHz.
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That is also my experience. If you want to use WPA3, put it on a seperate SSID.
There is poor device compatibility with WPA3 at this point in time.
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In case you have client balancing enabled in the wifi profile. Try turning it off
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Thank you for your replies/recommendations. I don't have Client load balancing on.
I may try dropping the 6GHz radio but that's not nearly as much fun when running Speedtest, haha.
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I do have 802.11r enabled on WPA3. Could this cause the high association rate fails on apple devices?
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@Wade_Carroll I'd turn it off, it is only really needed with 802.1x or similar authentication, simple psk should roam fine without it.
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