Refer to the exhibit. A company is designing a Cisco wireless solution that has two WLCs named WLC1 and WLC2 and several APs. An AP named AP12 is a critical AP and is provisioned to be installed in…

Priority 1 is the lowest level, meaning AP12 would be the first AP offloaded from WLC1 when capacity is exceeded, directly violating the always-connect requirement.

Priority 2 is a below-average priority that still leaves AP12 susceptible to being displaced before medium- and high-priority APs during WLC load events.

Priority 3 is high but not the maximum, so AP12 could still be offloaded if critical-priority (level 4) APs require placement on WLC1, which does not guarantee the required persistent connection.

Cisco WLC AP priority ranges from 1 (lowest) to 4 (highest, critical). Assigning priority 4 to AP12 ensures that when WLC1 approaches capacity and must offload APs, lower-priority APs are displaced first while AP12 retains its preferred controller association. This guarantees uninterrupted coverage in the critical hallway outside the director's office regardless of overall network load.