A company only wants preapproved laptops to be able to connect to a wireless access point. Which of the following should be configured?

The correct answer is D. MAC filtering. MAC (Media Access Control) filtering allows an administrator to create an explicit allow list of device hardware addresses. Only devices whose MAC addresses appear on the approved list are permitted to associate with the WAP. This directly enforces the requirement that only…

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ASSID disable
BACL rules
CWPA encryption
DMAC filtering

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A
5% (2)
C
7% (3)
D
88% (36)

Explanation

MAC (Media Access Control) filtering allows an administrator to create an explicit allow list of device hardware addresses. Only devices whose MAC addresses appear on the approved list are permitted to associate with the WAP. This directly enforces the requirement that only pre-approved laptops can connect. Disabling SSID broadcasting hides the network name but does not prevent connections from unauthorized devices that know the SSID. ACL rules on a firewall control traffic between network segments but do not control which devices can associate with the WAP. WPA encryption secures the wireless communication but does not inherently limit which specific devices can attempt to join the network.

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