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Configuration – Asus WL-330 User Manual

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ASUS Pocket Wireless Access Point (WL-330)

Configuration

SSID (Service Set Identifier). This field allows you to enter the SSID of the AP

you wish to connect to. Enter “ANY” to connect to any availabe AP.

Operating Mode. This field allows you to select the operating mode for the

Ethernet adapter. In Infrastructure operating mode, the ASUS Pocket
Wireless AP connects to an available AP. In Ad-hoc operating mode, the
ASUS Pocket Wireless AP connects to other wireless devices in a wireless
network. Select Ad-hoc when there is no available AP in your area.

Channel. Select the channel used by the AP (Infrastructure) or the wireless

device (Ad-hoc) to establish connection.

Transmission Rate. This field allows you to adjust the data transmission rate

between the ASUS Pocket Wireless AP and the AP or other wireless device.

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. WEP encryption
secures wireless data transmission between the ASUS Pocket Wireless AP
and other devices in the wireless network. See 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.
See page 3-5 for details.

Pass Phrase. Type a combination of up to 64 letters, numbers, or symbols in

the Pass Phrase field. The ASUS Pocket Wireless AP utility uses an
algorithm to generate four WEP keys based on the typed combination.

Default Key. This option allows you to select the default WEP key.

MAC cloning. MAC cloning allows the ASUS Pocket Wireless AP to use the

MAC address of the host computer in communicating with other wireless
devices. MAC cloning supports certain applications and devices such as
Xbox and PlayStation

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game consoles. MAC cloning is enabled by default.