Chapter 1 - Introduction

1. Introduction

Overview

Thank you for purchasing the ASUS Wireless "WL-HDD". 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 multiplexing) 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 connectivity to both corporate and home Intranets. They add a new level of convenience for LAN users. PC users stay connected to the network anywhere throughout a building without being bound by LAN cables. This is accomplished through the Access Point functionality of the ASUS Wireless "WL-HDD". The device also has the additional advantage 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 Wireless "WL-HDD" a very useful tool to share music and video files. The ASUS Wireless "WL-HDD" also supports automatic copying of files from a flash memory disk to the hard disk.

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