MR Wireless Access Points and RF Flashcards

What Meraki MR feature automatically adjusts transmit power and channel selection to optimize wireless coverage?

Answer: Auto RF (Radio Resource Management)

Meraki Auto RF continuously analyzes the RF environment and automatically adjusts power levels and channels to minimize interference and optimize coverage.

Which Meraki wireless security feature detects and alerts on unauthorized access points operating in the airspace?

Answer: Air Marshal

Air Marshal is Meraki's built-in wireless intrusion detection system (WIDS) that identifies rogue APs, evil twin attacks, and other wireless threats.

In Meraki dashboard, what is an 'RF Profile' used for?

Answer: Configuring channel, power, and band steering settings for a group of APs

RF Profiles in Meraki allow administrators to define radio settings including channel width, minimum bitrate, and band steering behavior and apply them to APs by group.

What is the purpose of Meraki's 'Band Steering' feature on MR access points?

Answer: It encourages dual-band clients to connect to the 5 GHz band instead of 2.4 GHz

Band steering uses 802.11k/v mechanisms to encourage capable clients to associate with the less congested 5 GHz radio instead of 2.4 GHz.

Which authentication method on a Meraki SSID integrates with an enterprise RADIUS server for user-based access control?

Answer: WPA2-Enterprise (802.1X)

WPA2-Enterprise with 802.1X authentication passes credentials to a RADIUS server, enabling per-user or per-device access policies and dynamic VLAN assignment.

What does enabling 'Client Isolation' on a Meraki SSID prevent?

Answer: Wireless clients on the same SSID from communicating directly with each other

Client isolation prevents wireless clients associated to the same SSID from sending traffic directly to other clients on that SSID, improving security in public or guest networks.