User's Manual

ASUS WiFi-g™ onboard wireless solution 3-3
3.2.2 Creating your own wireless LAN
You can create your own wireless local area network (WLAN) in your
home using the WiFi-g™ Software Access Point (Soft AP) feature. Create
your own WLAN if your:
1. home network does not have an existing access point
2. computer is connected to the Internet and you intend to share the
connection to other computers in your home (other computers must
have an installed IEEE 802.11b/g wireless LAN adapter such as
Centrino notebooks or Wi-Fi-enabled PDAs)
3. operating system is Windows
®
XP or Server 2003.
To create your own WLAN:
1. In the Operation Mode field,
select Create a new Wireless
LAN (AP), then select One
Touch (Recommended for
home users).
2. Click Next.
3. The wizard displays the
WiFi-g™ SSID. Check the Data
encryption (WEP-enabled)
option to enable data
encryption, then click Next to
continue.
The service set identifier or SSID identifies the wireless device in a
network. By default, the wizard uses the computer name as the SSID. You
can change the SSID, if desired. A wireless device must have the same
SSID as that of the WiFi-g™ to establish connection.