A municipality has mixed dual-band clients including sticky IoT. How should band steering and load balancing be applied?
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Short Explanation
Band steering is a helpful usher—until it shoves a fragile IoT sensor off a band it actually needs. Steer the capable phones and laptops; leave room for devices that misbehave when poked. Killing 5 GHz or drowning 2.4 GHz in power are clumsy substitutes.
Full Explanation
Band steering and AP load balancing improve airtime when tuned to client populations. Aggressive policies can strand or destabilize IoT that prefers 2.4 GHz or handles probe/association steering poorly. Disabling 5 GHz or unbalancing power solely to force steering are poor design practices.