We are not use Authentication servers to authenticate wireless users.
Just use only WPA 2 encryption mode for authenticate wireless users.
But we identified there are lot of EAPol timeouts happened during the client authentication
What would be the issue for this EAPol timeouts
Is this issue occurring from end user device or Access Point side ?
How Can we minimize this eapol timeout issue?
Guys Help me to rectify this issue
AI-generated summary
The original poster reported experiencing numerous EAPol timeout issues during client authentication on their WPA 2 PSK SSID network that doesn't use authentication servers, asking whether the issue originates from end-user devices or access points and how to minimize these timeouts.
Community discussions reveal several solutions, with enabling fast roaming 802.11r being the primary solution that successfully resolved the EAPol timeout issue for at least one user. Other users experiencing the same issue expressed initial skepticism about how 802.11r could solve PSK-related issues but were willing to try the solution. Additional suggested troubleshooting approaches included: checking for RF interference, verifying client device compatibility, examining network congestion, reviewing power settings on client devices, and ensuring proper SSID configuration. The problem appears to be related to the wireless authentication handshake process timing out during the four-way handshake between clients and access points, and while there was no explicit confirmation from the original poster about which solution worked, the 802.11r fast roaming feature was highlighted as the most effective fix for addressing these authentication timeouts.
