After a wireless user passes Portal authentication, which of the following parameters is not supported for authorization to the user?

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Options

• Afree-rule
• BIP address
• CACL
• DUCL

• A
  12% (2)
• B
  76% (13)
• C
  6% (1)
• D
  6% (1)

Explanation

After Portal authentication on a wireless network, the system pushes authorization parameters to control what the user can access - but IP address assignment happens via DHCP before or during the authentication process, not as a post-authentication authorization attribute. Since IP addresses are not delivered as part of the Portal authorization payload, B (IP address) is the correct answer for what is not supported.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A (free-rule): Free rules define traffic permitted to bypass or pass without full authentication checks and are a valid authorization parameter pushed after Portal auth.
• C (ACL): Access Control Lists are commonly pushed post-authentication to restrict or permit specific traffic flows for the user.
• D (UCL): User Control Lists are supported authorization attributes that define per-user access policies after Portal authentication succeeds.

Memory tip: Think of Portal authorization as pushing policy to the user (ACL, UCL, free-rule = access rules), not identity (IP address = who you are, already handled by DHCP). If it's a network policy attribute, it fits; if it's a network identity attribute, it doesn't.

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