A wireless engineer has performed a Wireshark capture on an 802.1x authentication process to troubleshoot a connectivity issue. Which two types of packet does the EAP contain? (Choose two.)

The correct answer is B. EAP response D. EAP request. The Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) is an authentication framework frequently used in wireless networks and Point-to-Point connections. During the EAP authentication process, EAP Request and EAP Response packets are exchanged between the supplicant (client device) and…

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AEAP complete
BEAP response
CEAP failure
DEAP request
EEAP reply

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B
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C
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Explanation

The Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) is an authentication framework frequently used in wireless networks and Point-to-Point connections. During the EAP authentication process, EAP Request and EAP Response packets are exchanged between the supplicant (client device) and the authenticator (network). These packets are used to transport messages for the authentication process. An EAP Request packet is sent by the authenticator requesting identity information from the supplicant, while an EAP Response packet is sent by the supplicant in reply to the request. The other options, such as EAP complete, EAP failure, and EAP reply, are not standard EAP

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