A technician has replaced a bad internal WLAN card in a Windows 7 Professional laptop.
The WLAN card is listed in Device Manager as enabled and working. Which of the following
should be done NEXT to use the card?
A.
Change the security passphrase of the network.
B.
Configure encryption on the router.
C.
The SSID of the network must be added to the connection.
D.
The firmware and drivers must be updated to the latest version.
SSID is a unique identifier attached to the header of packets sent over a wireless local-area network (WLAN) that acts as a password when a mobile device tries to connect to the basic service set (BSS) — a component of the IEEE 802.11 WLAN architecture.
The SSID differentiates one WLAN from another, so all access points and all devices attempting to connect to a specific WLAN must use the same SSID to enable effective roaming. As part of the association process, a wireless network interface card (NIC) must have the same SSID as the access point or it will not be permitted to join the BSS.
Great breakdown of the SSID but that is not the answer to this question.
Whenever you replace or upgrade any hardware/component you need to go directly to the manufacturers web-site to pull down the latest and greatest drivers and updates.
Remember the big box stores stock up on equipment to sell months, sometimes up to a year in advance before selling the equipment new to the consumer. In that time how many hot-fixes and upgrades to software has been made to the components waiting to be sold?
“The WLAN card is listed in Device Manager as enabled and working. Which of the following
should be done NEXT to use the card?”
As the question states the card is working and what should be done next to use the card. C. Setting the SSID is the next step.
I believe this was misread or over analyzed, be careful…