A school-district AP still allows mixed TKIP/AES for a legacy SSID, but a new teacher laptop policy demands AES-only. The laptop refuses to connect. What should the technician address?
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Short Explanation
Mixed TKIP/AES on the AP versus an AES-only client policy is a cipher standoff. Align both sides to modern AES/CCMP per district rules. Hiding the SSID or twiddling beacons won’t invent a matching cipher.
Full Explanation
Client security policy that requires AES-only will not complete a secure connection if negotiation cannot settle on an acceptable cipher suite relative to what the AP offers and what the client allows. Technicians resolve incorrect encryption configuration by aligning AP and client cipher settings to the approved modern suite (typically AES/CCMP), not by adjusting unrelated beacon parameters or relying on SSID hiding.