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312-50V11 · Question #188

A new wireless client is configured to join an 802.11 network. This client uses the same hardware and software as many of the other clients on the network. The client can see the network, but cannot c

The correct answer is A. The WAP does not recognize the client's MAC address. MAC Filtering (or GUI filtering, or layer 2 address filtering) refers to a security access control method whereby the 48-bit address assigned to each network card is used to determine access MAC Filtering is often used on wireless networks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_filte

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Question

A new wireless client is configured to join an 802.11 network. This client uses the same hardware and software as many of the other clients on the network. The client can see the network, but cannot connect. A wireless packet sniffer shows that the Wireless Access Point (WAP) is not responding to the association requests being sent by the wireless client. What is a possible source of this problem?

Options

  • AThe WAP does not recognize the client's MAC address
  • BThe client cannot see the SSID of the wireless network
  • CClient is configured for the wrong channel
  • DThe wireless client is not configured to use DHCP

How the community answered

(34 responses)
  • A
    74% (25)
  • B
    15% (5)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    9% (3)

Explanation

MAC Filtering (or GUI filtering, or layer 2 address filtering) refers to a security access control method whereby the 48-bit address assigned to each network card is used to determine access MAC Filtering is often used on wireless networks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_filtering

Topics

#MAC filtering#wireless association#802.11#WAP configuration

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