The RF design for the imaging suite calls for a dedicated WLAN that only operates in 5GHz, avoiding the more congested and interference-prone 2.4GHz band that several biomedical devices already use nearby. How should this WLAN be configured to meet that requirement?
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Short Explanation
If the goal is 'stay off 2.4GHz entirely,' the cleanest way to guarantee it isn't asking people nicely — it's turning that band off for the SSID. Restrict the WLAN to the 5GHz radio only, and there's no band left for a client to accidentally land on.
Full Explanation
Configuring a WLAN's band setting to advertise only on the 5GHz radio (and not on 2.4GHz) is the direct, enforceable way to keep that network's clients off the congested band entirely, which is exactly what the imaging suite's RF design is asking for. Making the SSID available on both bands and trusting users to manually pick 5GHz is not a configuration control at all — most client devices default to whichever band associates first or has the strongest signal, and nothing stops a device from landing on 2.4GHz anyway. Widening 2.4GHz channels doesn't turn that spectrum into 5GHz spectrum; it can actually worsen interference by consuming more of an already congested band, which is the opposite of the design intent. Zeroing out 5GHz transmit power would eliminate the very band the requirement wants to use and push everyone onto the band it's trying to avoid — a complete inversion of the goal. A caveat: restricting to 5GHz-only reduces range and wall penetration compared to 2.4GHz, so AP density in the imaging suite needs to already account for that when the design was created. Operational check: scan for the SSID with a dual-band-capable client and confirm it is visible only on 5GHz channels, never on a 2.4GHz channel.