I tried to connect to a wireless LAN guest network on vacation and got this:
wpa_supplicant[1125]: wlp192s0: SME: Trying to authenticate with a6:91:b1:aa:bb:cc (SSID='Lundstorp 2.4GHz Guest' freq=2462 MHz) kernel: wlp192s0: authenticate with a6:91:b1:aa:bb:cc (local address=84:9e:56:dd:ee:ff) NetworkManager[1118]: <info> [1786034818.9310] device (wlp192s0): supplicant interface state: scanning -> authenticating NetworkManager[1118]: <info> [1786034818.9311] device (p2p-dev-wlp192s0): supplicant management interface state: scanning -> authenticating kernel: wlp192s0: send auth to a6:91:b1:aa:bb:cc (try 1/3) wpa_supplicant[1125]: wlp192s0: Trying to associate with a6:91:b1:aa:bb:cc (SSID='Lundstorp 2.4GHz Guest' freq=2462 MHz) NetworkManager[1118]: <info> [1786034818.9358] device (wlp192s0): supplicant interface state: authenticating -> associating NetworkManager[1118]: <info> [1786034818.9358] device (p2p-dev-wlp192s0): supplicant management interface state: authenticating -> associating kernel: wlp192s0: authenticated kernel: wlp192s0: associate with a6:91:b1:aa:bb:cc (try 1/3) kernel: wlp192s0: RX AssocResp from a6:91:b1:aa:bb:cc (capab=0x1431 status=17 aid=6) kernel: wlp192s0: a6:91:b1:aa:bb:cc denied association (code=17) wpa_supplicant[1125]: wlp192s0: CTRL-EVENT-ASSOC-REJECT bssid=a6:91:b1:aa:bb:cc status_code=17 wpa_supplicant[1125]: wlp192s0: SME: Deauth request to the driver failed wpa_supplicant[1125]: wlp192s0: CTRL-EVENT-SSID-TEMP-DISABLED id=0 ssid="Lundstorp 2.4GHz Guest" auth_failures=1 duration=10 reason=CONN_FAILED NetworkManager[1118]: <info> [1786034819.0737] device (wlp192s0): supplicant interface state: associating -> disconnected NetworkManager[1118]: <info> [1786034819.0737] device (p2p-dev-wlp192s0): supplicant management interface state: associating -> disconnected
The problem was that the wifi router/access point had a limit of 4 guest devices. Once we disabled one of the mobile phones, my laptop could connect to the WLAN.