You work as a Network Administrator for Infonet Inc. The company’s office has a wireless network.
Wireless access point on the network works as a router and DHCP server. You want to configure a
laptop to connect to the wireless network. What will you configure on the laptop to accomplish the
task?
A.
I/O address
B.
Demilitarized zone
C.
Service Set Identifier
D.
Internet service provider’s DNS server address
Explanation:
In order to accomplish the task, you will have to configure Service Set Identifier (SSID) on the laptop.
SSID stands for Service Set Identifier. It is used to identify a wireless network. SSIDs are case sensitive
text strings and have a maximum length of 32 characters. All wireless devices on a wireless network
must have the same SSID in order to communicate with each other.
The SSID on computers and the devices in WLAN can be set manually and automatically. Configuring
the same SSID as that of the other Wireless Access Points (WAPs) of other networks will create a
conflict. A network administrator often uses a public SSID that is set on the access point. The access
point broadcasts SSID to all wireless devices within its range. Some newer wireless access points
have the ability to disable the automatic SSID broadcast feature in order to improve network
security.
Answer option D is incorrect. Configuring the ISP’s DNS server address on the laptop has nothing to
do with this issue.
Answer option A is incorrect. I/O address is a communication port between a device and the CPU.
The CPU needs a memory address, known as Input/Output (I/O) address, to communicate with any
peripheral device. I/O address is a hexadecimal number that the CPU uses to identify a device. I/O
address allows the CPU to send instructions to devices installed on the bus slot of a computer.