Free Juniper JN0-452 Practice Exam with Questions & Answers | Set: 3

In the context of Juniper Mist WxLAN Security and Rogue AP detection, Mist AI categorizes surrounding access points into specific buckets based on their behavior and their connection to the local network infrastructure. Understanding the distinction between a Rogue AP and a Honeypot AP is essential for proper security posture.

A Honeypot AP (C) is specifically defined as an unauthorized access point that is broadcasting one of your organization's protected SSIDs (or a very similar one) but is not physically connected to your wired network. This is a classic "Evil Twin" attack where a malicious actor attempts to trick corporate users into connecting to a fake signal. Because the clients’ devices are often programmed to auto-associate with known SSIDs, they may unknowingly connect to the Honeypot AP, allowing the attacker to intercept traffic, perform man-in-the-middle attacks, or harvest credentials. Mist APs use their dedicated scanning radio (found in the AP43, AP45, and similar models) to constantly monitor the airwaves for these spoofed SSIDs.

In contrast, a Rogue AP (D) is an unauthorized AP that is physically connected to your corporate wired network (LAN). Mist identifies these by correlating the MAC addresses seen on the air with those seen on the wired switch ports. A Neighbor AP (B) is simply an AP from a nearby business that is broadcasting its own unique SSID and is not connected to your network; these are ignored by security alerts.

By classifying the threat as a Honeypot, Mist AI informs the administrator that the threat is external to the wired infrastructure but poses a direct risk to client data. Mist can even be configured to take automated action, such as sending de-authentication frames to prevent clients from successfully staying connected to the malicious Honeypot AP.

In Juniper Networks Mist AI Wireless, Radio Resource Management (RRM) is designed to optimize RF performance automatically while minimizing client impact. With the introduction of Wi-Fi 6E and the 6 GHz band, Juniper Mist follows industry standards and client behavior to ensure efficient and reliable operation. By default, Mist RRM uses the Preferred Scanning Channels (PSCs) in the 6 GHz spectrum.

The 6 GHz band introduces a very large number of available channels, which creates challenges for client discovery, scanning efficiency, and roaming speed. To address this, the IEEE defined Preferred Scanning Channels (PSCs)—a specific subset of 6 GHz channels that access points advertise and clients prioritize during active and passive scanning. These PSCs allow clients to discover networks faster without having to scan the entire 6 GHz channel set.

Juniper Mist RRM automatically selects and operates on these PSCs by default to:

Improve client discovery and association times

Reduce unnecessary scanning overhead

Enhance roaming performance

Maintain compatibility across a wide range of Wi-Fi 6E client devices

Mist continuously evaluates RF conditions using telemetry and AI-driven analysis, but it intentionally limits default operation to PSCs to balance performance, efficiency, and client interoperability. Administrators can override defaults and customize channel plans if required, but PSCs remain the recommended baseline for most deployments.

The incorrect options are explained as follows:

Option B is incorrect because Mist RRM does not require manual primary channel selection by default.

Option C refers to 2.4 GHz non-overlapping channels, not 6 GHz.

Option D represents the full 6 GHz channel range, which is not practical for default scanning or operation due to client limitations.

Therefore, the correct answer is the preferred scanning channels (PSCs), which Juniper Mist RRM uses by default in the 6 GHz band to ensure optimal Wi-Fi 6E performance.

According to the Lecture 3 - Radio Frequency and Antenna Fundamentals - Part 2 document3, two layers that are different between Ethernet and Wi-Fi in the OSI networking model are:

Media access control (MAC) sub-layer, which is part of the data link layer and defines how devices access and share the wireless medium.

Physical layer, which defines how data is encoded and transmitted over the wireless medium.

Referring to the exhibit and considering that it is in the USA, the WLAN with SSID Eero1234 is not configured to industry best practices while the WLAN with SSID NETGEAR24 is configured to industry best practices.

According to Wikipedia1, 802.1X is an IEEE Standard for port-based network access control (PNAC). It provides an authentication mechanism to devices wishing to attach to a LAN or WLAN using Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) over wired IEEE 802 networks and over 802.11 wireless networks, which is known as “EAP over LAN” or EAPOL.

The authentication process involves three parties: a supplicant (the client device), an authenticator (the network device such as an access point), and an authentication server (typically a RADIUS server). The supplicant must provide valid credentials to the authenticator before it can access the network resources.

The credentials are exchanged with a RADIUS server prior to the 4-way Handshake because the 4-way Handshake is used to establish encryption keys between the supplicant and authenticator after successful authentication2. The credentials are exchanged with a RADIUS server after the 802.11 Association because the 802.11 Association is used to establish a logical link between the supplicant and authenticator before authentication can take place3.

According to the Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controller Software Configuration Guide1, a config template is a configuration object that can be used to apply consistent WxLAN and WLAN policies across all sites within the same organization. A config template can be applied to a site group, which is a collection of sites that share common attributes.

In the Juniper Mist AI product portfolio, the BT11 is a specialized, enterprise-grade access point designed exclusively for Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE).4 Unlike the other access points in the Juniper Mist family (such as the AP12, AP24, and AP34), the BT11 does not contain Wi-Fi radios.5 Its sole purpose is to provide high-accuracy, enterprise-grade location-based services (LBS) by leveraging Juniper's patented 16-element virtual BLE (vBLE) antenna array.6

The primary use case for the BT11 is to augment BLE coverage in environments where Wi-Fi connectivity is already established by other APs, but the density of those APs is insufficient for precise location services. For applications like turn-by-turn wayfinding or asset tracking, the RF requirements for BLE are often more stringent than those for Wi-Fi. A facility might have enough Wi-Fi APs to provide data coverage, but may have "location holes" where the BLE signals are too sparse for 1–3 meter accuracy. By deploying BT11 units in these gaps, administrators can extend the reach of the location engine without the expense of adding full-featured Wi-Fi radios where additional capacity is not needed.7

The BT11 communicates directly with the Mist Cloud to manage virtual beacons, which eliminate the need for physical, battery-powered beacons and manual calibration.8 Because it runs on Power over Ethernet (PoE) and integrates seamlessly with the Mist AI engine, it provides a scalable and cost-effective way to ensure continuous, high-fidelity BLE coverage across a campus, hospital, or retail floor.

In the IEEE 802.1X authentication process, the AP acts as an authenticator.

According to the Lecture 5 - Security - Part 1 document, the AP’s role in the IEEE 802.1X authentication process is to act as an authenticator. This means that the AP acts as a gatekeeper between the client device (supplicant) and the RADIUS server (authentication server). The AP forwards authentication messages between the supplicant and the server and grants or denies network access based on the server’s response.

 The AP Offline Marvis Action will consider all APs assigned to sites that have connected to the cloud previously for inclusion. So the correct answer is A. all APs assigned to sites that have connected to the cloud previously.