hostapd repeating "deauthenticated due to local deauth request"
<p>I have recently setup my Raspberry Pi to operate as an AP/router for my home network. Using many tutorials online, I finally succeeded but have been encountering a serious problem: hostapd repeatedly announces "deauthenticated due to local deauth request" in /var/log/syslog.</p>

<p>This repeating error regularly kicks clients off the AP, making it useless. The RPi still seems to have an internet connection; the problem only affects the local network.</p>

<p>I have looked into this problem at length online, and no one seems to have a good answer. Some possibilities include an improper wifi dongle driver or wifi chipset, which I have not yet tried to change due to my lack of knowing how to do so (I'm relatively new to this!). Signal strength should not be an issue (my RPi is right next to my computer).</p>

<p>I would appreciate any thoughts you all may have.  Please let me know if you need more details.</p>