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  • 1.  Macbook not able to connect to Wifi

    Posted Feb 14, 2024 01:48 PM

    Hello Experts,

    We are running 8.10.0.8 and noticing some Macbooks (13.3 and 14.2) will not connect to our Wifi. 

    These Macbooks connect to any other non-Aruba Wi-Fi without any problems.

    Others Macs on version OS 13.6 connect without any issues. 

    We have enabled only wpa3-sae-aes and can see a connected client mix of WPA2_PSK_AES and WPA3_SAE_AES

    But a handful of devices just would not connect.

    Any input is appreciated.



  • 2.  RE: Macbook not able to connect to Wifi

    Posted Feb 14, 2024 02:03 PM

    There are a few WPA3 SAE bugs present in 8.10.0.8 which are fixed in 8.10.0.10. Please try upgrading and see if the problem goes away.



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  • 3.  RE: Macbook not able to connect to Wifi

    Posted Feb 14, 2024 02:07 PM
    hi alex,
     
    Problems can have many different causes and it is therefore difficult to help you without additional information or logging.
     
    Did you try to create a simple wpa2-personal ssid, does that work?
     
    I still regularly see problems with WPA3 clients, especially with devices that are not certified by the WiFi Alliance like Apple devices. That's why I would first like to know whether wpa2-personal works properly. In addition, WiFi settings such as channel and channel width can play a role here.

    Is this a controller or controllerless setup?

     
    For major issues I would recommend creating a support ticket so they can help you with advanced troubleshooting.


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    Marcel Koedijk | MVP Expert 2023 | ACEP | ACMP | ACCP | ACDP | Ekahau ECSE | Not an HPE Employee | Opinions are my own
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  • 4.  RE: Macbook not able to connect to Wifi

    Posted Feb 14, 2024 02:19 PM

    Hello Marcel,

    This was a wireless migration from another vendor to Aruba and WPA2-personal worked fine before. 

    We are currently seeing the issue and getting complaints just right after we switched over the wireless to Aruba. 

    We have a MC/MD cluster managing our APs. 




  • 5.  RE: Macbook not able to connect to Wifi

    Posted Feb 14, 2024 02:23 PM

    I see  this on the client debug:
    Feb 14 12:41:43 2024  stm[2532]:  <501080> <NOTI> |AP apOE64501@10.7.101.101 stm|  Deauth to sta: 14:7d:da:99:74:78: Ageout AP 10.7.101.101-b0:1f:8c:c5:ba:00-apOE64501 Sapcp Ageout (internal ageout) 
    Feb 14 12:41:54 2024  stm[2532]:  <501080> <NOTI> |AP apOW64301@10.7.101.234 stm|  Deauth to sta: 14:7d:da:99:74:78: Ageout AP 10.7.101.234-b0:1f:8c:c6:30:a0-apOW64301 Sapcp Ageout (internal ageout) 
    Feb 14 12:41:57 2024  stm[2531]:  <501080> <NOTI> |AP apOE54401@10.7.101.74 stm|  Deauth to sta: 14:7d:da:99:74:78: Ageout AP 10.7.101.74-b0:1f:8c:c3:03:60-apOE54401 Sapcp Ageout (internal ageout) 
    Feb 14 13:58:09 2024  stm[2532]: <304055> <ERRS> |AP apOW62401@10.7.101.229 stm| |ap| Unexpected stm (Station management) runtime error at handle_sae_authen_to_sta, 318, handle_sae_authen_to_sta: sta not found, bss b0:1f:8c:c6:66:c0, sta 14:7d:da:99:74:78 
    Feb 14 13:59:16 2024  wpa3_sae[4416]: <135004> <4779> <DBUG> |wpa3_sae|  process_retransmit_peer(thread-id: 0): station= 14:7d:da:99:74:78 Initiating retransmission.
    Feb 14 13:59:16 2024  wpa3_sae[4416]: <135903> <4779> <DBUG> |wpa3_sae|  retransmit_peer, station= 14:7d:da:99:74:78 Retransmitting Confirm
    Feb 14 13:59:16 2024  wpa3_sae[4416]: <135006> <4779> <DBUG> |wpa3_sae|  send_sae_message(thread-id: 0): station= 14:7d:da:99:74:78 Sending message to sta
    Feb 14 13:59:16 2024  wpa3_sae[4416]: <135902> <4779> <DBUG> |wpa3_sae|  confirm_to_peer(2288), station= 14:7d:da:99:74:78 Sending confirm to peer
    Feb 14 13:59:16 2024  stm[2532]: <304055> <ERRS> |AP apOW62401@10.7.101.229 stm| |ap| Unexpected stm (Station management) runtime error at handle_sae_authen_to_sta, 318, handle_sae_authen_to_sta: sta not found, bss b0:1f:8c:c6:66:c0, sta 14:7d:da:99:74:78 
    Feb 14 13:59:16 2024  stm[2532]: <304055> <ERRS> |AP apOW62401@10.7.101.229 stm| |ap| Unexpected stm (Station management) runtime error at handle_sae_authen_to_sta, 318, handle_sae_authen_to_sta: sta not found, bss b0:1f:8c:c6:66:c0, sta 14:7d:da:99:74:78 




  • 6.  RE: Macbook not able to connect to Wifi

    Posted Feb 14, 2024 02:27 PM

    There is a fix in 8.10.0.10 which may address what you're seeing based on the log output you shared. 



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  • 7.  RE: Macbook not able to connect to Wifi

    Posted Feb 14, 2024 03:20 PM

    Many thanks.  I see this in the 8.10.0.10 Release Notes:

    Bug ID: AOS-248742

    Description: A BSSID mismatch was occurring during WPA3 SAE authentication, resulting in frames being sent to incorrect access points.

    The fix ensures that the values match. This issue was observed incontrollers running ArubaOS 8.10.0.8 or later versions.

    Reported Version: ArubaOS 8.10.0.8




  • 8.  RE: Macbook not able to connect to Wifi

    Posted Feb 14, 2024 03:30 PM

    You're welcome. Please let us know if 8.10.0.10 fixes the issue. 



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