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Wednesday, November 7, 2007

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/Proberesponse/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 without receiving a single 802.11 PS Poll or NULL data frame. The Wireless Switch begins 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 without 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.

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