Question 700
Following an incident at a stadium complex, the WLAN team documented this condition: An AP uplink works at 100 Mbps even though its model and switch support multi-gigabit speed, producing throughput bottlenecks. Which ongoing safeguard MOST directly prevents recurrence?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Check uplink negotiated speed and cabling tests in high-capacity AP acceptance. This repeatable safeguard addresses the mechanism—the physical wired uplink can limit aggregate WLAN goodput regardless of RF capacity—and reduces the chance that the specific fault recurs.
Incorrect Answers
Validate actual packet forwarding before approving WLAN architecture diagrams. This protects against another issue—a design document sends all guest data to the Mist cloud because it mistakes cloud analytics for a universal user-traffic gateway—but is not the most direct prevention for an AP uplink works at 100 Mbps even though its model and switch support multi-gigabit speed, producing throughput bottlenecks.
Test management and client VLAN mapping on replacement switchport profiles. This protects against another issue—a wireless AP is installed on a trunk that erroneously presents the management VLAN tagged instead of the required local native VLAN—but is not the most direct prevention for an AP uplink works at 100 Mbps even though its model and switch support multi-gigabit speed, producing throughput bottlenecks.
Confirm switch PoE budget and per-model power requirements before AP activation. This protects against another issue—a higher-power Mist AP repeatedly reboots after connecting to a switchport that supplies insufficient PoE power—but is not the most direct prevention for an AP uplink works at 100 Mbps even though its model and switch support multi-gigabit speed, producing throughput bottlenecks.