A county inspector walks the long hallway toward a nearer AP but th…

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A county inspector walks the long hallway toward a nearer AP but the phone stays associated to a distant AP at 6 Mbps and application performance tanks. What mobility issue is this?

Accepted Answer

A sticky client holding a far AP instead of roaming to a nearer, higher-quality AP. — Sticky clients cling to the old AP like gum on a shoe—even when a better AP is right there. That leaves you stuck at low rates far away. Mobility troubleshooting targets stickiness, not passphrase expiry myths.

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Normal behavior: clients must never roam while any distant AP still shows a non-zero RSSI.

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Proof that WPA3-Personal passphrases expire every time a user walks more than ten meters.

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Evidence that PoE injectors renegotiate power class during every hallway roam attempt.

A county inspector walks the long hallway toward a nearer AP but the phone stays associated to a distant AP at 6 Mbps and application performance tanks. What mobility issue is this?

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