You have been asked to design a high-density wireless network for a university campus. Which two principles would you apply in order to maximize the wireless network capacity? (Choose two.)

2.4 GHz only supports three non-overlapping channels (1, 6, and 11), so a four-channel design inevitably creates co-channel interference rather than additional usable capacity.

Setting a high minimum data rate (disabling low rates such as 1, 2, and 5.5 Mbps) forces clients to associate only when signal quality supports faster transmission, which shortens each frame's duty cycle and allows significantly more clients to share the medium in a given time period. This is a foundational high-density design principle in Cisco's wireless deployment guides.

Increasing the number of SSIDs raises per-AP beacon overhead proportionally and does not distribute clients across RF spectrum, reducing available airtime for data traffic.

The 5-GHz band provides up to 25 non-overlapping 20-MHz channels compared to only 3 in 2.4 GHz, so steering capable dual-band clients to 5 GHz dramatically reduces co-channel contention on 2.4 GHz while expanding total usable spectrum capacity across the deployment.

Channel bonding to 40 MHz on 2.4 GHz consumes two of the three available non-overlapping channels, causing severe co-channel interference in high-density environments and degrading overall capacity.