User's Manual

ASUS 802.11g WL-HDD2.5 1
1. Introduction
Overview
Thank you for purchasing the ASUS WL-HDD2.5. This device is a
wireless local area network (WLAN) hard disk drive (HDD) with
additional Access Point (AP) functionality. It is designed to be fully
compliant with the IEEE 802.11g standard and provides data transfer
at 54 Mbps using the OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multi-
plexing) technology. It is also backward compliant with 802.11b stan-
dards and can be adapted for wired environments for data storage.
Wireless LANs are complementary extensions to existing wired
LANs, offering mobility while maintaining continuous network con-
nectivity to both corporate and home Intranets. They add a new level
of convenience for LAN users. PC users stay connected to the net-
work anywhere throughout a building without being bound by LAN
cables. This is accomplished through the Access Point functionality
of the ASUS WL-HDD2.5. The device also has the additional advan-
tage of providing network storage with its HDD. This allows you to
share information and storage capacity through the WLAN and use
the hard disk like a public wireless folder. The large storage capacity
of the hard disk and a high speed data transfer of 54 Mbps makes the
ASUS WL-HDD2.5 a very useful tool to share music and video files.
The ASUS WL-HDD2.5 also supports automatic copying of files
from a flash memory disk to the hard disk.