Deauthentication Reason Code Table
The following table describes the deauthentication reason codes [1].
Reason code
|
Meaning
|
0
|
Reserved.
|
1
|
Unspecified reason.
|
2
|
Previous authentication no longer valid.
|
3
|
Deauthenticated because sending station (STA) is leaving or has left
Independent Basic Service Set (IBSS) or ESS.
|
4
|
Disassociated due to inactivity.
|
5
|
Disassociated because WAP device is unable to handle all currently
associated STAs.
|
6
|
Class 2 frame received from nonauthenticated STA.
|
7
|
Class 3 frame received from nonassociated STA.
|
8
|
Disassociated because sending STA is leaving or has left Basic Service
Set (BSS).
|
9
|
STA requesting (re)association is not authenticated with responding STA.
|
10
|
Disassociated because the information in the Power Capability element is
unacceptable.
|
11
|
Disassociated because the information in the Supported Channels
element is unacceptable.
|
12
|
Disassociated due to BSS Transition Management.
|
13
|
Invalid element, that is, an element defined in this standard for which the
content does not meet the specifications in Clause 8.
|
14
|
Message integrity code (MIC) failure.
|
15
|
4-Way Handshake timeout.
|
16
|
Group Key Handshake timeout.
|
17
|
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 RSNE version.
|
22
|
Invalid RSNE capabilities.
|
23
|
IEEE 802.1X authentication failed.
|
24
|
Cipher suite rejected because of the security policy.
|
References
[1] https://www.cisco.com/assets/sol/sb/WAP371_Emulators/WAP371_Emulator_v1-0-1-5/help/Apx_ReasonCodes2.html