Configuration

Click the Associated Stations link (beside the SSID) to displays the list of wireless device(s) associated with the ASUS Pocket Wireless AP. The list includes the wireless device(s) MAC address and connection status.

Click Back to return to the Simple Setup page.

Channel. Allows you to specify the channel the device uses to communicate with other wireless device(s) in the network.

The 802.11b specification supports up to 14 overlapping channels for radio communication. If several ASUS Pocket Wireless APs are operating in the same area, assign a non-overlapping channel to each device to avoid interference. Refer to page 3-24 for channel information.

Basic Rate Set. This option allows you to specify the data transmission rate. Select from 11, 5.5, 2 and 1 Mbps data transfer rate.

Preamble. Allows you to set the preamble mode for a 2.4GHz/11Mb network to Long, Short, or Auto. The default preamble mode is Long.

Authentication Method. The Authentication Method field allows you to enable or disable the Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption. Refer to page 3-5 for details.

Encryption. This option allows you to specify a 64-bit or a 128-bit WEP key. A 64-bit encryption contains 10 hexadecimal digits or 5 ASCII characters. A 128-bit encryption contains 26 hexadecimal digits or 13 ASCII characters.

• 64-bit and 40-bit WEP keys use the same encryption method and can interoperate on wireless networks. This lower level of WEP encryption uses a 40-bit (10 hexadecimal digits assigned by the user) secret key and a 24-bit Initialization Vector assigned by the device. 104-bit and 128-bit WEP keys use the same encryption method.

•All wireless clients in a network must have identical WEP keys with the access point to establish connection. Keep a record of the WEP encryption keys.

ASUS Pocket Wireless Access Point (WL-330)

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