Chapter 1 Introduction; Overview - Asus WL-HDD2.5 User Manual

1. Introduction

Overview

Thank you for purchasing the ASUS WL-HDD2.5. This device is a
wireless local area network (WLAN) hard disk drive (HDD) with
additional Access Point (AP) functionality. It is designed to be fully
compliant with the IEEE 802.11g standard and provides data transfer
at 54 Mbps using the OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multi-
plexing) technology. It is also backward compliant with
IEEE 802.11b standards and can be adapted for wired environments
for data storage.
Wireless LANs are complementary extensions to existing wired
LANs, offering mobility while maintaining continuous network con-
nectivity to both corporate and home Intranets. They add a new level
of convenience for LAN users. PC users stay connected to the net-
work anywhere throughout a building without being bound by LAN
cables. This is accomplished through the Access Point functionality
of the ASUS WL-HDD2.5. The device also has the additional advan-
tage of providing network storage with its hard disk drive. This allows
you to share information and storage capacity through the WLAN and
use the hard disk like a public wireless folder. The large storage
capacity of the hard disk and a high speed data transfer of 54 Mbps
makes the ASUS WL-HDD2.5 a very useful tool to share music and
video files. The ASUS WL-HDD2.5 also supports automatic copying
of files from a flash memory disk to the hard disk.
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