A wireless engineer installs a new 802.11g access point in a new part of a building. Users begin reporting slow connections, even with a strong signal. The engineer uses a packet analyzer and sees retransmitted and malformed packets, as well as some malformed WiMax packets. Which of the following issues is described?
A) Refraction
B) Interference
C) Latency
D) Overcapacity

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Interference is likely the issue because the presence of malformed WiMax packets suggests that there is interference from another wireless technology operating in the same frequency range, affecting the 802.11g network.

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