I think my issue is related to this thread, my apologies if it’s not.
Out of the blue, some wireless internet connections went down for no apparent reason.
I post the system logs here (sorry, I’m not able to figure out where the error is)
2016-12-06T21:27:25+01:00 notice syslog-ng[2337]: syslog-ng starting up; version='3.0.9'
2016-12-06T21:27:25+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 7.245265] scsi host2: ahci-mvebu
2016-12-06T21:27:25+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 7.248827] scsi host3: ahci-mvebu
2016-12-06T21:27:25+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 7.252352] ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 mmio [mem 0xf10a8000-0xf10a9fff] port 0x100 irq 44
2016-12-06T21:27:25+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 7.260288] ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 mmio [mem 0xf10a8000-0xf10a9fff] port 0x180 irq 44
2016-12-06T21:27:25+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 7.610739] ata3: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
2016-12-06T21:27:25+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 7.616168] ata4: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
2016-12-06T21:27:25+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 7.622596] uhci_hcd: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
2016-12-06T21:27:25+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 7.629560] orion_wdt: Initial timeout 171 sec
2016-12-06T21:27:25+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 7.638032] xhci-hcd f10f0000.usb3: xHCI Host Controller
2016-12-06T21:27:25+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 7.643387] xhci-hcd f10f0000.usb3: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
2016-12-06T20:27:25+01:00 emerg sfpswitch.py[1872]: ucollect: no process found
2016-12-06T20:27:25+01:00 emerg sfpswitch.py[1872]: Started.
2016-12-06T20:27:25+01:00 info ucollect[2426]: Initializing emergency signal handlers
2016-12-06T20:27:25+01:00 info ucollect[2426]: Creating a main loop
2016-12-06T20:27:25+01:00 info ucollect[2426]: Creating uplink
2016-12-06T20:27:25+01:00 info ucollect[2426]: Loading plugin library libplugin_ucollect_badconf_25.so
2016-12-06T20:27:25+01:00 info ucollect[2426]: Installing plugin Badconf with api version 0
2016-12-06T20:27:25+01:00 info ucollect[2426]: Loading plugin library libplugin_ucollect_bandwidth_20.so
2016-12-06T20:27:25+01:00 info ucollect[2426]: Installing plugin Bandwidth with api version 0
2016-12-06T20:27:25+01:00 info ucollect[2426]: Loading plugin library libplugin_ucollect_count_27.so
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 7.650988] xhci-hcd f10f0000.usb3: hcc params 0x0a000990 hci version 0x100 quirks 0x00010010
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 7.659552] xhci-hcd f10f0000.usb3: irq 46, io mem 0xf10f0000
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 7.665586] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 7.669357] hub 2-0:1.0: 1 port detected
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 7.673400] xhci-hcd f10f0000.usb3: xHCI Host Controller
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 7.678733] xhci-hcd f10f0000.usb3: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 7.686301] usb usb3: We don't know the algorithms for LPM for this host, disabling LPM.
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 7.694647] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 7.698419] hub 3-0:1.0: 1 port detected
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 7.702508] xhci-hcd f10f8000.usb3: xHCI Host Controller
2016-12-06T20:27:25+01:00 info ucollect[2426]: Installing plugin Count with api version 0
2016-12-06T20:27:25+01:00 info ucollect[2426]: Loading plugin library libplugin_ucollect_fake_17.so
2016-12-06T20:27:26+01:00 notice netifd[]: radio0 (2070): wlan0: interface state UNINITIALIZED->COUNTRY_UPDATE
2016-12-06T20:27:30+01:00 notice netifd[]: radio0 (2070): wlan0: interface state COUNTRY_UPDATE->HT_SCAN
2016-12-06T20:27:30+01:00 notice netifd[]: radio0 (2070): Using interface wlan0 with hwaddr 04:f0:21:24:01:54 and ssid "Arcadia 5"
2016-12-06T20:27:30+01:00 notice netifd[]: radio0 (2070): wlan0: interface state HT_SCAN->ENABLED
2016-12-06T20:27:30+01:00 notice netifd[]: radio0 (2070): wlan0: AP-ENABLED
2016-12-06T20:27:30+01:00 notice netifd[]: Network device 'eth0' link is up
2016-12-06T20:27:30+01:00 notice netifd[]: radio1 (2071): Configuration file: /var/run/hostapd-phy1.conf
2016-12-06T20:27:30+01:00 notice netifd[]: radio1 (2071): wlan1: interface state UNINITIALIZED->COUNTRY_UPDATE
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 7.707840] xhci-hcd f10f8000.usb3: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 7.715439] xhci-hcd f10f8000.usb3: hcc params 0x0a000990 hci version 0x100 quirks 0x00010010
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 7.724007] xhci-hcd f10f8000.usb3: irq 47, io mem 0xf10f8000
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 7.730000] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 7.733779] hub 4-0:1.0: 1 port detected
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 7.737805] xhci-hcd f10f8000.usb3: xHCI Host Controller
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 7.743139] xhci-hcd f10f8000.usb3: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 7.750668] usb usb5: We don't know the algorithms for LPM for this host, disabling LPM.
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 7.758999] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 7.762774] hub 5-0:1.0: 1 port detected
2016-12-06T20:27:30+01:00 notice netifd[]: radio1 (2071): ACS: Automatic channel selection started, this may take a bit
2016-12-06T20:27:27+01:00 info hostapd[]: wlan0: STA a4:5e:60:ca:05:e5 IEEE 802.11: authenticated
2016-12-06T20:27:30+01:00 notice netifd[]: radio1 (2071): wlan1: interface state COUNTRY_UPDATE->ACS
2016-12-06T20:27:30+01:00 notice netifd[]: radio1 (2071): wlan1: ACS-STARTED
2016-12-06T20:27:30+01:00 notice netifd[]: Bridge 'br-lan' link is up
2016-12-06T20:27:30+01:00 notice netifd[]: Interface 'lan' has link connectivity
2016-12-06T20:27:30+01:00 notice netifd[]: Network device 'eth2' link is up
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 7.768154] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: 8.686395] init: - preinit -
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 notice kernel[]: 11.734007] mount_root: mounting /dev/root
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 11.854099] BTRFS info (device mmcblk0p1): disk space caching is enabled
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: 11.861323] mount_root: loading kmods from internal overlay
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: 12.075587] block: attempting to load /etc/config/fstab
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: 12.081802] block: extroot: not configured
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: 12.088298] procd: - early -
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 notice kernel[]: [ 12.195793] random: jshn urandom read with 45 bits of entropy available
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: 12.663128] procd: - watchdog -
2016-12-06T20:27:30+01:00 notice netifd[]: Network device 'eth1' link is up
2016-12-06T20:27:30+01:00 notice netifd[]: VLAN 'eth1.832' link is up
2016-12-06T20:27:30+01:00 notice netifd[]: Interface 'wan' has link connectivity
2016-12-06T20:27:30+01:00 notice netifd[]: Interface 'wan' is setting up now
2016-12-06T20:27:30+01:00 notice netifd[]: Interface 'wan6' has link connectivity
2016-12-06T20:27:30+01:00 notice netifd[]: Interface 'wan6' is setting up now
2016-12-06T20:27:30+01:00 info ucollect[2426]: Installing plugin Fake with api version 0
2016-12-06T20:27:30+01:00 info ucollect[2426]: Loading plugin library libplugin_ucollect_flow_31.so
2016-12-06T20:27:30+01:00 info ucollect[2426]: Installing plugin Flow with api version 2
2016-12-06T20:27:30+01:00 info ucollect[2426]: Loading plugin library libpluglib_ucollect_diffstore_1.2.so
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: 12.666533] procd: - ubus -
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 12.907463] EXT4-fs (sda): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts:
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: 13.672027] procd: - init -
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 13.738762] marvell-cesa f1090000.crypto: CESA device successfully registered
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 13.749496] NET: Registered protocol family 38
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 13.763961] Netfilter messages via NETLINK v0.30.
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 13.775792] md: linear personality registered for level -1
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 13.781784] md: raid0 personality registered for level 0
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 13.787899] md: raid1 personality registered for level 1
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 13.794255] md: raid10 personality registered for level 10
2016-12-06T20:27:30+01:00 info ucollect[2426]: Loading plugin library libplugin_ucollect_fwup_11.so
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 13.800154] async_tx: api initialized (async)
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 13.808121] md: raid6 personality registered for level 6
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 13.813477] md: raid5 personality registered for level 5
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 13.818799] md: raid4 personality registered for level 4
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 notice kernel[]: [ 13.826398] FS-Cache: Loaded
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 13.829762] md: multipath personality registered for level -4
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 13.836967] NET: Registered protocol family 8
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 13.841363] NET: Registered protocol family 20
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 13.850612] device-mapper: ioctl: 4.34.0-ioctl (2015-10-28) initialised: dm-devel@redhat.com
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 notice kernel[]: [ 13.861779] Key type dns_resolver registered
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 13.869803] NET: Registered protocol family 33
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 notice kernel[]: [ 13.874288] Key type rxrpc registered
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 notice kernel[]: [ 13.877957] Key type rxrpc_s registered
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 13.885946] kAFS: Red Hat AFS client v0.1 registering.
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 notice kernel[]: [ 13.891159] FS-Cache: Netfs 'afs' registered for caching
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 13.933843] RPC: Registered named UNIX socket transport module.
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 13.939780] RPC: Registered udp transport module.
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 13.944519] RPC: Registered tcp transport module.
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 13.949232] RPC: Registered tcp NFSv4.1 backchannel transport module.
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 13.960907] ntfs: driver 2.1.32 [Flags: R/O MODULE].
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 notice kernel[]: [ 13.971594] RxRPC: Registered security type 2 'rxkad'
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 13.989328] tun: Universal TUN/TAP device driver, 1.6
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 13.994423] tun: (C) 1999-2004 Max Krasnyansky <maxk@qualcomm.com>
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 14.005104] sit: IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 14.010857] gre: GRE over IPv4 demultiplexor driver
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 14.016617] ip_gre: GRE over IPv4 tunneling driver
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 14.040656] Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 okir@monad.swb.de).
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 14.048863] PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 14.054635] ip6_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 14.066658] nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (16384 buckets, 65536 max)
2016-12-06T20:27:30+01:00 info ucollect[2426]: Installing plugin Fwup with api version 2
2016-12-06T20:27:30+01:00 info ucollect[2426]: Loading plugin library libpluglib_ucollect_diffstore_1.2.so
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 14.862206] ip_set: protocol 6
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 19.281473] Loading modules backported from Linux version master-2015-12-03-0-g1677f62
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 19.289411] Backport generated by backports.git backports-20151120-0-g906a6b3
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 19.417445] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 19.422629] cfg80211: DFS Master region: unset
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 19.426996] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp), (dfs_cac_time)
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 19.436777] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 19.444805] cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz, 92000 KHz AUTO), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 19.454224] cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 19.462249] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 80000 KHz, 160000 KHz AUTO), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
2016-12-06T20:27:30+01:00 info ucollect[2426]: Loading plugin library libplugin_ucollect_refused_12.so
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 19.471755] cfg80211: (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 80000 KHz, 160000 KHz AUTO), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (0 s)
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 19.481261] cfg80211: (5490000 KHz - 5730000 KHz @ 160000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (0 s)
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 19.489369] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 80000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 19.497407] cfg80211: (57240000 KHz - 63720000 KHz @ 2160000 KHz), (N/A, 0 mBm), (N/A)
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 19.881822] pci 0000:00:02.0: enabling device (0140 -> 0142)
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 19.887854] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: pci irq msi interrupts 1 irq_mode 0 reset_mode 0
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 warning kernel[]: [ 20.064215] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/cal-pci-0000:02:00.0.bin failed with error -2
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 warning kernel[]: [ 20.074608] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: Falling back to user helper
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 err kernel[]: [ 20.084449] firmware ath10k!cal-pci-0000:02:00.0.bin: firmware_loading_store: map pages failed
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 20.101004] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: qca988x hw2.0 target 0x4100016c chip_id 0x043202ff sub 0000:0000
2016-12-06T20:27:30+01:00 info ucollect[2426]: Installing plugin Refused with api version 0
2016-12-06T20:27:30+01:00 info ucollect[2426]: Loading plugin library libplugin_ucollect_sniff_16.so
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 20.110250] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: kconfig debug 0 debugfs 1 tracing 0 dfs 1 testmode 1
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 20.119991] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: firmware ver 10.2.4.70-2 api 5 features no-p2p crc32 b722ec09
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 warning kernel[]: [ 20.169105] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/board-2.bin failed with error -2
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 warning kernel[]: [ 20.179581] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: Falling back to user helper
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 err kernel[]: [ 20.189293] firmware ath10k!QCA988X!hw2.0!board-2.bin: firmware_loading_store: map pages failed
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 20.198285] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: board_file api 1 bmi_id N/A crc32 bebc7c08
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 info kernel[]: [ 21.327280] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: htt-ver 2.1 wmi-op 5 htt-op 2 cal otp max-sta 128 raw 0 hwcrypto 1
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 warning kernel[]: [ 21.331849] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: no channel configured; ignoring frame(s)!
2016-12-06T21:27:30+01:00 warning kernel[]: [ 21.331969] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: no channel configured; ignoring frame(s)!
I could nevertheless identify a clear error in dnsmasq so a quick search brought me here. I just change the DNS server port from 53 to 0 and I the DHCP leases came back.
Any ideas about what caused the problem?