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Question:

You have installed an 802.11ac Wi-Fi network that has three overlapping wireless access points. In order to provide the best bandwidth and avoid communication issues, what channel width should the access points be set to?

A 40 MHz.
explanation

802.11ac operates in the 5 GHz band and has a bandwidth of 20, 40, or 80 MHz. There are actually two channels with an 80 MHz channel width: channels 36–48 and 149–161. You ought to choose the 40 MHz channel width, which offers four possible channels: 36-40, 44-48, 149-153, and 157-161, given that you have three access points. Nine channels are available at a channel width of 20 MHz, but you don't need that many, and a narrower channel width would result in worse performance per client. 36, 40, 44, 48, 149, 153, 157, 161, and 165 are the 20 MHz channels.

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