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An engineer must assess an existing company WLAN to determine the possibility for future IEEE 802.11ac Wave 2 wireless deployment. All access switches are Fast Ethernet-capable only, and the wired infrastructure between existing APs and access switches is based on the CAT 6A standard. Which two actions provide maximum support of Cisco 3800 Series access points? (Choose two.)
Cisco 3800 Series APs support IEEE 802.11ac Wave 2, which can deliver throughput exceeding 1 Gbps. Fast Ethernet switches are limited to 100 Mbps per port, creating a severe bottleneck. The two actions that provide maximum support are replacing with mGig switches (Option A) and replacing with gigabit switches with 10G uplinks (Option B). mGig (Multi-Gigabit Ethernet) switches support 2.5G and 5G speeds over existing CAT 6A cabling, allowing the full throughput of 802.11ac Wave 2 APs to be utilized without replacing the existing cable plant. Gigabit switches with 10G uplinks ensure that the access layer can support 1 Gbps per AP port while providing sufficient uplink capacity. Since the existing cabling is already CAT 6A, which supports 10 Gbps over short distances and 5 Gbps over 100 meters, there is no need to replace the wiring (Option D eliminates). The 100-meter distance limitation (Option C) already applies to standard Ethernet and is met by CAT 6A --- this is not an action but a constraint check. Option E (55 meters) is only relevant for specific 5GBASE-T configurations and doesn't maximize support compared to A and B. Reference: WLSD Study Guide --- mGig Infrastructure, 802.11ac Wave 2 Infrastructure Design, Switch Upgrade Planning.