Asus WL-530g - Manual (Page 29)

3. Utilities
ASUS Pocket Wireless Router 29
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.