JN0-452 Questions and Answers

If a customer added an Apple TV in their conference room so that employees can easily share their screen but the Apple TV cannot be discovered by the employees’ devices, two settings that could be causing this problem are MDNS and Broadcast/Multicast. So the correct answers are A. MDNS and B. Broadcast/Multicast.

In wireless networking, Adjacent Channel Interference (ACI) occurs when two or more access points transmit on partially overlapping RF channels, causing their signals to interfere with one another. In the context of Juniper Networks Mist AI Wireless, ACI is a critical RF condition that negatively impacts client performance and service-level expectations (SLEs).

ACI is most commonly observed in the 2.4 GHz band, where only three non-overlapping channels (1, 6, and 11) are available. When access points are configured on channels such as 1 and 3, or 6 and 8, their frequency spectra overlap. This overlap results in corrupted frames, increased retransmissions, higher latency, and reduced throughput for connected clients. Unlike co-channel interference, ACI introduces uncoordinated interference, which is more damaging to overall network efficiency.

Mist AI Wireless continuously analyzes RF telemetry collected from access points and clients to identify ACI conditions. Using machine learning and RF intelligence, Mist can detect excessive retries, PHY errors, and degraded airtime efficiency associated with overlapping channels. These findings are surfaced through Marvis AI insights and RF-related SLE degradation indicators, allowing operators to quickly identify misconfigurations.

The incorrect options can be explained as follows:

Option A describes a properly designed RF environment with non-overlapping channels, which does not cause ACI.

Option C refers to co-channel interference (CCI), where access points share the same channel and rely on contention-based access mechanisms.

Option D is too broad; simply operating in the 2.4 GHz band does not inherently cause ACI unless overlapping channels are used.

To mitigate ACI, Mist best practices recommend using non-overlapping channels, minimizing channel width, and favoring the 5 GHz and 6 GHz bands where more clean spectrum is available. Therefore, the correct description of ACI is two or more access points operating on overlapping channels.

According to the JNCIS-MistAI Certification page2, two Mist APs that would be used for BLE location are AP33 and AP43. These are the only two models that support vBLE array technology, which enables accurate location services without physical beacons.

The exhibit shows a graph of the client’s roaming history over time. The x-axis represents the time and the y-axis represents the access point ID. Each dot on the graph indicates a roam event where the client switched from one access point to another.

The graph shows that the client roamed between different access points multiple times within a short period of time. This indicates that the client was experiencing frequent roams between different access points, which could affect its network performance and user experience.

According to the Wi-Fi - Radio Modulation - TutorialsPoint document1, 64 QAM is a modulation method that will result in the highest theoretical data rates among the given options. 64 QAM uses both phase and amplitude modulation to encode six bits of information into each transmitted symbol. It can achieve up to 54 Mbps in the 802.11a and g systems.

According to the Marvis - Mist document, unhappy clients is a query that can be used in Marvis to identify users who cannot connect to the network. Unhappy clients shows a list of clients who have experienced poor service level expectations (SLEs) such as connection failures, coverage issues, or low throughput.

The Compatible WLAN data rate setting is required for legacy 2.4 GHz scanners to connect to the WLAN.

According to the Data Rates - Mist document4, the WLAN data rate setting that is required for legacy 2.4 GHz scanners to connect to the WLAN is Compatible. This setting enables all data rates from 1 Mbps to 54 Mbps for both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands. This setting is recommended for legacy devices that need low data rates to connect.

 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.

Two correct statements about Juniper Mist Dynamic Packet Capture are that no configuration is necessary for Mist’s Dynamic Packet Capture and it is automatically attached to a client event displayed on the Insights page. So the correct answers are A. No configuration is necessary for Mist’s Dynamic Packet Capture and B. It is automatically attached to a client event displayed on the Insights page.

Mist Radio Resource Management (RRM) performs several functions including transmit power control and channel assignment which help optimize wireless network performance by dynamically adjusting radio settings based on changing environmental conditions.So,the correct answers are A.transmit power control and C.channel assignment

According to the Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controller Software Configuration Guide1, two functions of Mist Radio Resource Management (RRM) are:

Transmit power control, which adjusts the transmit power of APs based on their coverage area and interference level.

Channel assignment, which assigns channels to APs based on their location and interference level.

According to the Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controller Software Configuration Guide1, there are two ways to access Marvis, which is a virtual network assistant that provides insights and troubleshooting for wireless networks:

Use the conversational assistant, which allows you to ask natural language questions and get answers from Marvis.

Use Actions, which are predefined queries that you can select from a list and get results from Marvis.

If a customer wants to broadcast a WLAN at a certain time and day of the week, SSID scheduling should be configured

According to the SSID Scheduling - Mist document1, SSID scheduling is a feature that allows you to customize your WLAN by choosing the exact days and times to broadcast the SSID. This feature can be useful for scenarios where you want to limit the availability of a WLAN to a certain time and day of the week.

In the Juniper Mist architecture, the location system (often referred to as the Mist Location Engine) is the centralized intelligence residing in the cloud that transforms raw RF data into actionable business intelligence. While hardware components like location sensors (Access Points) collect raw signal strength (RSSI) from BLE tags or mobile devices, they do not possess the logic to understand the spatial context or provide data to external applications.

The location system performs the heavy lifting by taking the telemetry gathered from the vBLE antenna arrays on the APs and applying sophisticated machine learning algorithms.1 It calculates the precise X/Y coordinates of a device on a floor plan. However, the true value of the location system—as highlighted in this scenario—is its ability to correlate these coordinates with the venue's metadata, such as defined zones, virtual beacons, and map scales.

Once the location system has determined where a device is relative to the environment, it translates that physical presence into "usable data." This is primarily achieved through the Mist API and Webhooks. For example, when a tracked device enters a specific "Retail Zone," the location system generates an event that an external CRM application can ingest to push a personalized coupon to a customer. Similarly, in healthcare, the location system correlates a nurse's coordinates with a patient room to automatically log a visit in an Electronic Health Record (EHR) system.

By acting as the middleware between the wireless infrastructure and third-party software, the location system ensures that raw coordinates become meaningful data points—such as dwell times, zone entries, or asset movements—that drive automation and enhance user experiences across various industry verticals.

According to the JNCIS-MistAI Certification page3, a Marvis Actions Missing VLAN notification indicates that an access point is missing a VLAN that is configured on other access points in the same site.

 According to the Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controller Software Configuration Guide1, RF templates are assigned to sites, which are logical groupings of devices based on physical location or other criteria. RF templates allow you to configure RF parameters such as channel width, transmit power, and data rates for multiple devices at once.

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 Webhooks - Mist document, two types of information that would be streamed through webhooks are:

Alerts, which are notifications that are triggered by certain events or conditions on the network.

SLE metrics of clients, which are service level expectations that measure the quality of experience for clients on various aspects such as connection, coverage, capacity, throughput, and roaming.

According to the Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controller Software Configuration Guide2, a device profile is a configuration object that allows you to group similar devices together and apply consistent WxLAN policies across multiple sites. A device profile defines parameters such as device type, OS, and MAC address.

According to the Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controller Software Configuration Guide2, Dynamic Packet Capture is a feature that enables capturing packets from a client device and downloading them as a pcap file. This file can be used for troubleshooting purposes or sent to a vendor for analysis.

Two events that are displayed under Client Events area found on Insights page are Reassociation and DHCP Denied. So the correct answers are A. Reassociation and D. DHCP Denied.

In Juniper Networks Mist AI Wireless Real-Time Location System (RTLS) design discussions, multiple location technologies are commonly compared based on accuracy, reliability, and use-case suitability. Among the listed options, Ultra Wide-Band (UWB) provides the greatest location accuracy.

UWB achieves superior accuracy because it uses very short-duration radio pulses across a wide frequency spectrum, enabling extremely precise time-of-flight (ToF) and time-difference-of-arrival (TDoA) measurements. This allows UWB systems to determine device location with decimeter-level precision, often in the range of 10–30 centimeters, even in complex indoor environments. UWB is also highly resistant to multipath interference, which is a major limitation of Wi-Fi and BLE-based positioning systems.

By comparison:

Wi-Fi–based location relies on RSSI and sometimes Angle of Arrival (AoA), typically achieving 3–5 meter accuracy under good conditions.

BLE badges improve accuracy over Wi-Fi by using beacon proximity and BLE signal characteristics, often achieving 1–3 meter accuracy, depending on beacon density and calibration.

SDK-enabled mobile applications can enhance BLE or Wi-Fi accuracy by leveraging motion sensors and device context, but they are still constrained by the underlying RF technology and rarely reach sub-meter precision.

While Juniper Mist’s vBLE and AI-driven probability surfaces deliver industry-leading accuracy for Wi-Fi and BLE-based RTLS use cases such as wayfinding, asset visibility, and proximity engagement, UWB remains the most accurate indoor positioning technology overall. Its precision makes it ideal for high-value use cases such as medical equipment tracking, industrial automation, and secure access control.

Therefore, the correct answer is Ultra wide-band (UWB), as it provides the highest level of location accuracy among the listed solutions.

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 the Wi-Fi configuration with Mist Systems | HCD Consulting GmbH document, three available rate limiting options in the Mist UI are:

The WLANs with SSIDs NETGEAR24 and Bob24WiFi will cause adjacent channel interference because they are using overlapping channels in the 2.4 GHz frequency band.

In the Juniper Mist AI ecosystem, the Wireless extensible LAN (WxLAN) is the modern, digital-ready policy framework used to allow or deny user access to network resources. Unlike traditional network architectures that rely on complex, manual access lists (ACLs) or cumbersome VLAN-based segmentation, WxLAN provides a simplified, label-based approach to network security. It enables micro-segmentation, allowing administrators to enforce granular access policies even for devices residing on the same flat Layer 2 network.

The core of a WxLAN policy is the association between Users and Resources using "labels".

Users are identified by labels representing Wi-Fi clients, specific WLANs, Access Points, or AAA attributes such as user groups received from a RADIUS server.

Resources are identified by labels representing specific hostnames, IP addresses, subnets, ports, or even entire application categories.

When creating a WxLAN policy, an administrator defines a set of rules processed from top to bottom. Each rule associates a user label with a resource label and specifies an action: Allow or Block. For example, a policy can be easily configured to allow a "Guest" user group access to "Social Media" while denying them access to "Internal Servers".

This framework is highly flexible, supporting both organization-level policies (within WLAN templates) and site-level policies. Because it is integrated directly into the Mist AI platform and enforced at the network edge (the APs), it provides real-time visibility and control without the need for additional hardware profilers or policy enforcers. By using "intent-based" labels rather than lines of complex CLI syntax, WxLAN simplifies the task of securing an enterprise-wide network for employees, guests, and IoT devices.

Once a client discovers an access point, the correct order of steps for successful 802.1X authentication is Open System Authentication -> Association -> 802.1X Authentication. So the correct answer is D.Open System Authentication -> Association -> 802.1X Authentication.