Wi-Fi Question of the Day (QOTD)

Given: You have deployed an access point using dual band radios and supporting both 802.11n and 802.11ac. You have set the power levels on both the 2.4 GHz radio and the 5 GHz radio to 20dBm.

When you inspect the administration interface of the access point, you see that all of the stations, which are also using dual band radios, are connecting in 2.4 GHz. What is the most likely cause of this phenomenon?

You must select 1 answer

The clients only support 802.11n and are unable to connect to the 5 GHz 802.11ac radio of the access point
The access point is using 802.1X authentication on the 5 GHz radio. The clients only support WPA2 preshared key
The clients are configured to prefer 2.4 GHz over 5 GHz and the access point is not using any form of band steering
802.11ac and 802.11n can not be configured on the same access point, even when using two radios, one in 2.4 GHz and one in 5 GHz

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