156-215.75 · Question #526
Which of the following authentication methods can be configured in the Identity Awareness setup wizard?
The correct answer is A. Captive Portal. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
Which of the following authentication methods can be configured in the Identity Awareness setup wizard?
Options
- ACaptive Portal
- BTACAS
- CCheck Point Password
- DWindows password
How the community answered
(62 responses)- A77% (48)
- B6% (4)
- C13% (8)
- D3% (2)
Community Discussion
5
Dervla O.Jan 1, 2026Captive Portal is the correct answer here. The Identity Awareness setup wizard in that product line walks you through configuring user identification methods, and Captive Portal is the one that is natively presented as a configurable option within that wizard flow. TACACS is an AAA protocol that lives in a different configuration context entirely, not the Identity Awareness wizard. Check Point Password and Windows Password are credential types, not authentication methods you configure through that wizard, so they are easy traps if you are reading quickly and conflating credential stores with identity sources. On exam day, read the stem twice and note the qualifier "in the Identity Awareness setup wizard," because that scoping word eliminates three of the four options before you even reason about the technology.
Prof. SaraDec 30, 2025Correct, A. Captive Portal is the auth method the Identity Awareness wizard configures natively.
Nina C.Jan 1, 2026Right, and worth adding that the wizard actually walks you through AD Query setup in the same flow, so Captive Portal ends up as the fallback for non-domain users that AD Query cannot identify automatically.
Nina C.Dec 18, 2025I picked A on this one too, because I remembered that Captive Portal is what the Identity Awareness wizard actually walks you through setting up, but I want to make sure I understand why the others are wrong. Can someone clarify whether Check Point Password and Windows Password are just general SmartDashboard authentication options that exist outside the wizard, or are they not used with Identity Awareness at all?
Prof. SaraDec 20, 2025Check Point Password and Windows Password are legacy authentication schemes tied to VPN and admin login flows in SmartDashboard, so they are not Identity Awareness identity sources at all, which is exactly why they never appear in the Identity Awareness wizard alongside the actual supported sources like Captive Portal and AD Query.