Question 790
The WLAN team at a retail distribution center has addressed this issue: A roaming audit sees good signal after handoff but an application session still breaks because clients get a new IP subnet. Which measurable observation would MOST convincingly demonstrate successful remediation?
Explanation
Correct Answer
The moving client retains the intended service session during controlled cross-AP testing. This directly checks the outcome of the chosen remediation and confirms the problem was not merely hidden. The diagnostic issue was: an RF handoff can succeed while a subnet change disrupts IP-based application state.
Incorrect Answers
New APs receive power, valid addressing and permitted cloud management reachability. This would demonstrate a different scenario was fixed—a site turns on new access points before verifying switch ports, PoE budget and DHCP readiness—but does not validate recovery from a roaming audit sees good signal after handoff but an application session still breaks because clients get a new IP subnet.
Roam tests show faster candidate discovery without hiding required AP channels. This would demonstrate a different scenario was fixed—a guest smartphone delays joining a new AP because it must scan all channels before finding a candidate—but does not validate recovery from a roaming audit sees good signal after handoff but an application session still breaks because clients get a new IP subnet.
Logs show the station accepting or declining steering recommendations according to client behavior. This would demonstrate a different scenario was fixed—the WLAN administrator assumes every 802.11v transition suggestion automatically disassociates a reluctant client—but does not validate recovery from a roaming audit sees good signal after handoff but an application session still breaks because clients get a new IP subnet.