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Objective 2.6

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Describe Cisco Wireless Architectures and AP modes.

Objective 2.6 sits in Network Access, which carries 20% of the CCNA exam. The questions below are original, written from the official objective title above, and each explanation cites the Cisco page it rests on.

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2-6Network Access

A branch AP loses its WAN path to the controller. One SSID keeps serving associated clients while a second one stops.

(Cisco Controller) > show ap config general AP-BR1 Cisco AP Identifier.............................. 7Cisco AP Name.................................... AP-BR1AP Mode.......................................... FlexConnectAP Submode....................................... Not ConfiguredRemote AP Debug.................................. Disabled

What accounts for the split?

One WLAN is centrally switched, the other locally switchedCorrect · your answerCorrect. Only the tunnel-dependent WLAN loses its path.
The AP dropped into monitor mode and shut one radioA monitor mode AP serves no clients at all, so neither SSID would still be up.
The controller pruned one SSID from the AP's VLAN listAn unreachable controller cannot push a change of any kind to the AP, pruning included.
The AP reloaded and lost half of its WLAN mappingsA reload would drop every association and rejoin with the full WLAN set, not keep one SSID serving through the outage.

Correct.

Checked against cisco.com, August 2026

Concept

A branch access point decides per WLAN where client data leaves the wireless network. Some WLANs are configured to carry their data back to the controller in a tunnel, and others hand it to the wired port beside the AP. Losing the tunnel only affects the WLANs that depended on it.

Why A

With its controller unreachable the AP falls into the standalone condition its mode allows. WLANs whose data was tunnelled have no path left and go down, while WLANs whose data already egressed at the AP's own port carry on serving the clients attached to them.

Source

If a FlexConnect AP should lose its CAPWAP connection to its controller, it goes into Standalone mode. In Standalone mode, any Centrally Switched WLANs are down, but Locally Switched WLANs remain operational.

Cisco: Managing APs, Access Point Modes (Wireless Controller 8.10), checked August 2026
#flexconnect#ap-modes#standalone-mode

Now you: objective 2.6 questions

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Sample question 1 of 3

2-6Network Access

An engineer needs one AP to capture every 802.11 frame on channel 44 and deliver it to a host running Wireshark. Which AP mode does that?

Sample question 2 of 3

2-6Network AccessChoose 2

A wireless team replaces autonomous access points with controller based ones and must choose where 802.11 frames are handled. Which two modes does CAPWAP define? (Choose two.)

Sample question 3 of 3

2-6Network Access

In a controller-based wireless design, a client associates to an access point. Where does the connection request go?

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