ASUSTeK Computer Inc USBN10 User Manual
ASUS USB-N10
Chapter 4: Using the ASUS WLAN Control Center
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PS Mode
Constantly Awake Mode (CAM), also known as Disable Power Saving Mode, is a
full powered state that yields the best performance. We recommend this mode for
devices running on AC power.
Power Saving Polling Mode (PSP Mode), which is also known as Enable Power
Saving mode, periodically wakes up the system to check if there is any data being
sent. We recommend this mode for devices running on battery power.
Others
• Encryption: Click this link to show the "Encryption" tab.
• Advanced: Click this link to show the "Advanced" tab. In most cases, the
default values do not have to be changed.
Config - Encryption
This page enables you to configure the Wireless LAN
Adapter encryption settings. For data confidentiality
in a wireless environment, IEEE 802.11 specifies a
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) algorithm to offer
transmission privacy. The WEP uses keys to encrypt
and decrypt data packets. The encryption process
can scramble frame bits to avoid disclosure to others.
The WPA/WPA2 is improved security system for
802.11 which are developed to overcome the weakness of the WEP protocol.
Network Authentication
Since there is no precise bound in wireless LANs, the WLAN users need to
implement certain mechanism to provide security solution. The Authentication
policies in this tab provide protection of different levels such as Open, Shared,
WPA-PSK, WPA, WPA2 and WPA2-PSK.
• Open: Select this option to make the network operate on Open System mode,
• Open: Select this option to make the network operate on Open System mode,
which use no authentication algorithm. Open stations and APs can authenticate
with each other without checking any WEP Key, even if there is.