A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions which causes performance of operations comprising: receiving, by a second network coordination device, current state information of a client device, including a transmit counter and a receive counter, from a first network coordination device, wherein the first network coordination device is a primary network coordination device for the client device and the second network coordination device is a standby coordination device for the client device; and responsive to detecting a particular event, the second network coordination device (i) transitioning to be the primary network coordination device for the client device, (ii) incrementing the transmit counter by an offset, and (iii) transmitting a message to the client device including the incremented transmit counter is shown.