Airport Extreme confused by frequent login failures

My AEBS seems to get hung up when a device tries to connect to get an IP address and fails the WPA handshake. Here's what the log says:
Jan 01 11:11:52 Severity:5 Associated with station 00:12:f0:9e:71:a3
Jan 01 11:11:53 Severity:1 WPA handshake failed with STA 00:12:f0:9e:71:a3 likely due to bad password from client
Jan 01 11:11:53 Severity:5 Deauthenticating with station 00:12:f0:9e:71:a3 (reserved 2).
Jan 01 11:11:53 Severity:5 Disassociated with station 00:12:f0:9e:71:a3
Jan 01 11:11:53 Severity:5 Associated with station 00:12:f0:9e:71:a3
Jan 01 11:11:54 Severity:1 WPA handshake failed with STA 00:12:f0:9e:71:a3 likely due to bad password from client
Jan 01 11:11:54 Severity:5 Deauthenticating with station 00:12:f0:9e:71:a3 (reserved 2).
This will go on indefinitely and while this is happening the network is unreliable. Restarting the base station fixes the problem.
I can't figure out which device this is (may be a neighbor's!) How can I stop this barrage from freezing up my AEBS?

I only have one base station. I have been unsuccessful in finding the culprit. I ended up changing the name of my network which has solved things for now. The previous name was "Airport", which a mobile device nearby may recognize as a network it can log on to. New name is a bit more creative

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