A Network Administrator Is Testing Connectivity at a New Corporate

question 821

Multiple Choice

A network administrator is testing connectivity at a new corporate site. The site has a wireless guest as well as a wired employee network. After verifying connectivity, the administrator checks link speeds by using a speed testing website. The speed testing website shows lower download and upload speeds for the wired network than the wireless network. Which of the following is the MOST likely explanation?

• A) There is less local congestion on the wireless network
• B) The testing server for the wired network was farther away
• C) The firewall is configured to throttle traffic to specific websites
• D) The wireless access points were misconfigured

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