A 5 GHz-only handheld used in a utilities warehouse never sees the SSID, while 2.4 GHz scanners work. The AP’s 5 GHz radio is administratively disabled. What is the core problem?
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Short Explanation
If the AP’s 5 GHz radio is off, a 5 GHz-only scanner is staring at silence. Turn the radio on (per design)—passphrase length did not invent this outage.
Full Explanation
A disabled AP radio means no RF service on that band. A 5 GHz-only client cannot discover or join an SSID that exists only when the 5 GHz radio is enabled. This is an infrastructure RF/radio-enablement connectivity fault, not a passphrase-length, cookie, or OWE-specification issue.