Which wireless security method requires clients to manually identify the SSID to connect to the WLAN?

IT Exam Items RepositoryCategory: CCNA 2 v7Which wireless security method requires clients to manually identify the SSID to connect to the WLAN?

Which wireless security method requires clients to manually identify the SSID to connect to the WLAN?

  • MAC Address Filtering
  • IP Address Filtering
  • SSID cloaking
  • SSID disclosing

Explanation: SSID cloaking is a weak security feature that is performed by APs and some wireless routers by allowing the SSID beacon frame to be disabled. Although clients have to manually identify the SSID to be connected to the network, the SSID can be easily discovered.

Related exam: 12.8.2 Module Quiz - WLAN Concepts