Asus WL-HDD2.5 user manual Relationship among keys

“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	Encryption	Passphrase	WEP Key 1~4
Open System or Shared	None	Not required	Not required
Key
	WEP-64 bits	1~64 characters	10 hex digits
	WEP-128 bits	1~64 characters	26 hex digits
Shared Key	WEP-64 bits	1~64 characters	10 hex digits
	WEP-128 bits	1~64 characters	26 hex digits
WPA-PSK	TKIP only	8~63 characters	Not required
	AES only	8~63 characters	Not required

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