Question 660
Following an incident at a retail distribution center, the WLAN team documented this condition: A supported dual-band AP can be converted to additional 5 GHz coverage, but the administrator assumes every AP model supports this capability. Which ongoing safeguard MOST directly prevents recurrence?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Verify AP model capability before requesting dual-5 GHz operations. This repeatable safeguard addresses the mechanism—rRM radio conversion is hardware-dependent rather than universally available—and reduces the chance that the specific fault recurs.
Incorrect Answers
Require approval and expiry for alert suppressions and periodically test coverage. This protects against another issue—a location administrator disables all wireless alerts because one client repeatedly triggers minor RF warnings—but is not the most direct prevention for a supported dual-band AP can be converted to additional 5 GHz coverage, but the administrator assumes every AP model supports this capability.
Periodically review RRM channel outcomes and site spectrum utilization. This protects against another issue—a dense wireless campus hard-codes every AP to the same 5 GHz channel and then reports heavy co-channel contention—but is not the most direct prevention for a supported dual-band AP can be converted to additional 5 GHz coverage, but the administrator assumes every AP model supports this capability.
Avoid broad manual power overrides without RF evidence and change review. This protects against another issue—a maintenance team manually sets maximum transmit power on every AP, overruling Mist RRM and creating excessive overlap—but is not the most direct prevention for a supported dual-band AP can be converted to additional 5 GHz coverage, but the administrator assumes every AP model supports this capability.