Which QoS level is recommended for guest services?

In Cisco's wireless architecture, Quality of Service (QoS) is managed through predefined profiles. The Bronze profile is specifically designed for background or low-priority traffic. Guest services are considered non-critical, and their traffic should not impede essential enterprise applications like voice or video. Assigning guest services to the Bronze profile ensures they receive the lowest priority handling, aligning with best practices for network resource management. This prevents guest traffic from consuming bandwidth that may be needed for business-critical operations.

A. gold: Incorrect. The Gold profile is designed for high-priority video application traffic, which is inappropriate for guest services.
C. platinum: Incorrect. The Platinum profile is reserved for the highest-priority, latency-sensitive traffic, such as Voice over IP (VoIP).
D. silver: Incorrect. The Silver profile is for best-effort traffic and is often the default for general user data, which has a higher priority than guest traffic.

1. Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Configuration Guide

Release 8.5: In the "Configuring QoS" chapter

under the "Information About QoS Profiles" section

the guide defines the four default profiles. It specifies that the Bronze profile is for "Background" traffic

mapping to User Priority (UP) values 1 and 2

which represents the lowest priority class above scavenger.

Reference: Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Configuration Guide

Release 8.5

Chapter: Configuring QoS

Section: Information About QoS Profiles.

2. Enterprise Mobility 8.5 Design Guide: This guide discusses WLAN design principles

including QoS. In the "WLAN QoS Design" section

it reinforces the mapping of QoS profiles to traffic types. It recommends that guest SSIDs be configured with a lower QoS profile

such as Bronze

to ensure that corporate traffic is prioritized.

Reference: Enterprise Mobility 8.5 Design Guide

Chapter: WLAN QoS

Section: WLAN QoS Design.

3. Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controller Configuration Guide

Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.3.x: In the "QoS for Wireless" chapter

the section "QoS Profiles" details the default profiles. It states

"Bronze (background)—This profile is for background traffic

" confirming its role for the lowest-priority data.

Reference: Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controller Configuration Guide

Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.3.x

Chapter: QoS for Wireless

Section: QoS Profiles.