Chapter 3 - Software Configuration

Wireless (Cont.)

Wireless Mode

This field indicates the 802.11g interface mode. Selecting “Auto” allows 802.11g and 802.11b clients to connect to the ASUS Wireless Router. Selecting “54g Only” maximizes performance, but prevents 802.11b clients from connecting to the ASUS Wireless Router. If “54g Protection” is checked, G-Mode protection of 11g traffic is enabled automatically in the presence of 11b traffic.

Authentication Method

This field enables you to set different authentication methods which determine different encryption schemes. The relationship between Authentication Method, Encryption, Passphrase and WEP Keys is listed in the following table. If all your clients support WPA, using “WPA-PSK” is recommended for better security.

WPA Encryption

When “WPA-PSK” authentication method is used, the newly proposed TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) encryption schemes are applied.

TKIP: TKIP uses an encryption algorithm, which is more stringent than the WEP algorithm and also uses existing WLAN calculation facilities to perform encryption operations. TKIP verifies the security configuration after the encryption keys are determined.

WPA Pre-Shared Key

Selecting “TKIP” in the WPA Encryption, this field is used as a password to begin the encryption process. Note: 8 to 63 characters are required.

3. Utilities

ASUS Pocket Wireless Router

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