Question 480
During a planned campus-network change at a public library in Portland, operators discover that a crowded event space needs radio capacity planning rather than merely increasing transmit power. The design must preserve staff and visitor wireless access. What evidence should the engineer request after the repair?
Explanation
Correct Answer
This observation tests the Wireless client capacity and airtime fairness requirement at a public library in Portland. The expected result is that busy AP radios show sustainable airtime use and representative high- and low-rate clients maintain the planned service level. The necessary correction is to assess per-radio utilization, basic data rates and active-client load, then balance AP capacity without hiding poor RF coverage; a saved configuration alone would not prove it is working. In this case, the observed fault is that a crowded event space needs radio capacity planning rather than merely increasing transmit power.
Incorrect Answers
At a public library in Portland, this would verify AP uplink and client address dependencies, not the failure reported in this scenario. The requested closure criterion instead concerns Wireless client capacity and airtime fairness: busy AP radios show sustainable airtime use and representative high- and low-rate clients maintain the planned service level.
At a public library in Portland, the observation may be useful for a separate AirMatch RF power and channel optimization test, but it does not establish that a crowded event space needs radio capacity planning rather than merely increasing transmit power has been resolved. The relevant check is the Wireless client capacity and airtime fairness outcome.
At a public library in Portland, this measures a different network requirement, Wireless site survey and AP placement. The case describes that a crowded event space needs radio capacity planning rather than merely increasing transmit power, so accepting this result would leave the primary fault without direct verification.