FP4 drops WiFi on one particular network

Okay, so now I understand the problem:

Turns out I had the following option enabled:

Disable DHCPv6 server in the FRITZ!Box:

  • Enable the M and the O flags in the router advertisement messages of the FRITZ!Box (SLAAC possible)

I only run DHCPv4 on the network, I rely on SLAAC for IPv6 (and manually setting IP addresses for devices where I care about static IPs). So it was incorrect to send the M and the O flags, as they mean that devices should look for DHCPv6 service. Other devices are fine with that, but apparently Fairphone is not.

Once I changed the config on the router to:

Disable DHCPv6 server in the FRITZ!Box:

  • There are no other DHCPv6 servers in the home network

everything works fine. The IPv6 works (including on the phone), and WiFi is stable now.

Thank you all for hints.

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