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Objective 2.9

200-301

Interpret the wireless LAN GUI configuration for client connectivity, such as WLAN creation, security settings, QoS profiles, and advanced settings.

Objective 2.9 sits in Network Access, which carries 20% of the CCNA exam. The questions below are original, written from the official objective title above, and each explanation cites the Cisco page it rests on.

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2-9Network Access

A WLAN profile has the option to hide the network name switched on. A visitor with a correctly configured laptop still joins, while a colleague browsing available networks cannot find it. What explains the difference?

The controller rejects clients that scan activelyActive scanning is how the configured client found the network, so it is not being rejected.
The visitor's laptop is on a different radio bandA band mismatch would stop the visitor joining too, and the visitor is connected.
Beacons omit the name and broadcast probes go unansweredCorrect · your answerCorrect. The name is absent from beacons and broadcast probes get no reply.
The name is only advertised to authenticated clientsAdvertising is a radio behavior that happens before any client has authenticated.

Correct.

Checked against help.mikrotik.com, August 2026

Concept

A radio announces itself in two ways: unsolicited announcements and answers to a client asking what is nearby. Suppressing the name affects both, which changes who can discover the network but not who can join it.

Why C

With the option set, the access point leaves the name out of its beacons and ignores probe requests that do not name a network. A client configured with the exact name still asks for it directly and associates as normal.

Source

…hide-ssid ( yes | no; Default: ) yes - AP does not include SSID in the beacon frames and does not reply to probe requests that have broadcast SSID.

MikroTik RouterOS documentation, CAPsMAN, checked August 2026
#wireless#wlan configuration#ssid

Now you: objective 2.9 questions

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Sample question 1 of 3

2-9Network Access

A wireless access list holds a rule accepting a laptop's address, and below it a rule rejecting the whole address range that laptop falls in. The laptop connects. Why does the reject rule not apply?

Sample question 2 of 3

2-9Network Access

A guest WLAN has to land in VLAN 90 on the wired side while the staff WLAN stays in VLAN 10, both served by the same access points. Where is that set?

Sample question 3 of 3

2-9Network Access

Access points in a warehouse change channel by themselves overnight, and a survey done last month no longer matches. The configuration leaves the frequency field empty. Why do the channels change?

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