County HR renamed the staff SSID on the APs, but a permit-office laptop still shows the old network name in its saved wireless profile and will not join. Nearby tablets with updated profiles connect. What is the most likely cause?
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Short Explanation
Saved Wi-Fi profiles are sticky name tags. If the AP now beacons a new SSID and the laptop still hunts for the old label, it never shakes hands. Update or recreate the profile to match the renamed network.
Full Explanation
After an SSID rename, clients that retain a profile keyed to the former network name will not associate to the new BSS even when RF coverage is fine. Working nearby devices with updated profiles isolate the fault to stale client configuration. Technicians should refresh or recreate the wireless profile with the current SSID and matching security settings. This is a classic Domain 5 configuration-error connectivity failure rather than an RF redesign problem.