QuestionQ1230

Network Fundamentals

What happens when overlapping Wi‑Fi channels are used?

  • A Users experience poor wireless network performance.
  • B Wireless devices are unable to distinguish between different SSIDs.
  • C The wireless network becomes vulnerable to unauthorized access.
  • D Network communications are open to eavesdropping.
Explanation

Using overlapping Wi‑Fi channels creates adjacent-channel interference, which increases contention and retransmissions and lowers throughput and reliability for clients on those channels. The practical effect is degraded wireless network performance.

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