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"WL-HDD". All the wireless clients in the vicinity must have the
same SSID in order to use the ASUS WL-HDD2.5. This field is also
used as the device name when you are looking for the ASUS
WL-HDD2.5 through the Windows Network Neighborhood function.
Channel: The 802.11g and 802.11b specification supports up to 14
overlapping channels for radio communication. Choose an appropri-
ate channel for the operating radio frequencies or choose Auto to
select a channel automatically. The available channels change accord-
ing to the Region selected.
Data Rate (Mbps): This field allows you to specify the transmission
rate. Select Auto to maximize performance.
54g Mode: This field indicates the 802.11g interface mode. Selecting
Auto allows both 802.11g and 802.11b clients to connect to the
ASUS WL-HDD2.5. Selecting 54g Only maximizes performance,
but prevents 802.11b clients from connecting to the device. If 54g
Protection is checked, G-Mode protection of 802.11g traffic is
enabled automatically in the presence of 802.11b traffic.
Authentication Method: This field enables you to set different
authentication methods for determining various encryption schemes.
The relationship between Authentication Method, Encryption, Pass-
phrase and WEP Keys is listed in the following table:
Relationship among keys:
Authentication Method
Open System or Shared
Key
Shared Key
WPA-PSK
50
Encryption
None
WEP-64 bits
WEP-128 bits
WEP-64 bits
WEP-128 bits
TKIP only
AES only
ASUS 802.11g WL-HDD2.5
Passphrase
Not required
1~64 characters
1~64 characters
1~64 characters
1~64 characters
8~63 characters
8~63 characters
WEP Key 1~4
Not required
10 hex digits
26 hex digits
10 hex digits
26 hex digits
Not required
Not required
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