Ford Sync 3 not connecting to Deco m5

Ford Sync 3 not connecting to Deco m5

Ford Sync 3 not connecting to Deco m5
Ford Sync 3 not connecting to Deco m5
Saturday
Model: Deco M5  
Hardware Version: V3
Firmware Version: 1.7.8 Build 20240719 Rel. 70981

I did a factory reset of my Ford's infotainment system and now cannot reconnect to my m5 network. I've tried disabling the 5ghz side, turned off fast-roaming and beam-forwarding to no avail. I've even gone as far as completely removing security in hopes of getting it to reconnect. Everything has failed. 

It will connect to my phone's wifi hot-spot. 

Signal strength of the closest m5 from the car (which is about 10 ft away) shows good and trying either the password or WPS simply fails. 

This was and has been working for years prior to the master reset. 

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Re:Ford Sync 3 not connecting to Deco m5
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I put one of the m5 devices (I have 3 in my mesh network) on an extension cord and had it physically inside the car - still wouldn't connect. I dug out an old wifi extender from a competitor, set that up as an extender off of the m5 network and the car was able to connect to that. So it's NOT the car.
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