A handheld at city hall stays associated to a distant AP with strong reported RSSI while a nearer AP is ignored, and probes/roams are rare in the capture. What pattern is this?
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Short Explanation
Sticky clients are the coworker who won’t leave the far printer even though a closer one is free—bars still look fine, so they never walk over. Captures with rare probes and stubborn far-AP associations tell that story.
Full Explanation
Sticky clients remain associated to a suboptimal AP when RSSI remains acceptable by the client’s roam algorithm, producing few probes and delayed roams. Capture timelines that show prolonged association to a distant BSSID despite nearer APs confirm client-driven stickiness. Remediation focuses on client roam thresholds, AP load balancing, or RF boundaries—not assuming the near AP is offline.