Question 410
The WLAN team at a large university has addressed this issue: The site uses directional antennas aimed into a hallway while the critical workstations sit behind their low-gain side lobes. Which measurable observation would MOST convincingly demonstrate successful remediation?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Critical endpoints register adequate SNR and consistent data rates after antenna reorientation. This directly checks the outcome of the chosen remediation and confirms the problem was not merely hidden. The diagnostic issue was: a directional antenna's coverage is strongly dependent on orientation and beam shape.
Incorrect Answers
Measured SNR and user connectivity recover in the formerly shadowed room. This would demonstrate a different scenario was fixed—an AP is moved behind a reinforced elevator shaft and users in an adjacent conference room lose coverage—but does not validate recovery from the site uses directional antennas aimed into a hallway while the critical workstations sit behind their low-gain side lobes.
The measured or configured radiated-power budget remains within local limits. This would demonstrate a different scenario was fixed—a facility installs high-gain antennas without reducing transmitter power and exceeds its permitted radiated-power design—but does not validate recovery from the site uses directional antennas aimed into a hallway while the critical workstations sit behind their low-gain side lobes.
Compatible Wi-Fi 6 stations participate in relevant OFDMA scheduling while legacy clients use compatible access methods. This would demonstrate a different scenario was fixed—an 802.11ax AP is provisioned for OFDMA but an older 802.11ac station shows no allocated resource units—but does not validate recovery from the site uses directional antennas aimed into a hallway while the critical workstations sit behind their low-gain side lobes.