User's Manual

3-9
Software support
ASUS USB Wireless LAN Adapter (WL-160g)
Advanced tab
The Advanced tab displays the
wireless LAN adapter advanced
settings. We recommend that you
keep the default settings.
• 64-bit and 40-bit WEP keys use the same encryption method and can
interoperate on wireless networks. This lower level of WEP encryption
uses a 40-bit (10 hexadecimal digits assigned by the user) secret key
and a 24-bit Initialization Vector assigned by the wireless LAN adapter.
104-bit and 128-bit WEP keys use the same encryption method.
• After assigning the WEP keys, click APPLY to save and activate the
encryption. Manually assigned encryptions are more secure than
automatically generated encryptions.
• Use Manual Assignment instead of Automatic Generation if you are not
sure whether other wireless clients use the same algorithm as that of
wireless LAN adapter.
• Keep a record of the WEP encryption keys.
3.2.3 Site Survey
The Site Survey window displays
the available networks within the
wireless LAN adapter range and the
following network settings.
BSSID - The IEEE MAC address of
the available wireless networks.
SSID - SSID (service set identifier) of
the network.
CH - Direct sequence channel used
by the network.