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Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter 

RNX-AC600UB                                                                                                          User Manual 

 

 

 

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1-2 Safety Information 

In order to keep the safety of users and your properties, please follow the following safety instructions: 

1. This USB wireless network card is designed for indoor use only. DO NOT expose this network card 

to direct sun light, rain, or snow. 

2. DO NOT put this network card at or near hot or humid places, like kitchen or bathroom. Also, do not 

left this wireless network card in the car in summer. 

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. This network card is small enough to put in a child’s mouth, and it could cause serious injury or 

could be fatal. If they throw the network card, the card will be damaged. PLEASE KEEP THIS 

NETWORK CARD OUT THE REACH OF CHILDREN! 

4. This network card will become hot when being used for long time (

This is normal and is not a 

malfunction)

. DO NOT put the network card on a paper, cloth, or other flammable objects after the 

network card has been used for a long time. 

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. There’s no user-serviceable part inside the network card. If you found that the network card is not 

working properly, please contact your dealer of purchase and ask for help. DO NOT disassemble the 

network card by yourself, warranty will be void. 

6. If the network card falls into water, DO NOT USE IT AGAIN BEFORE YOU SEND THE CARD TO 

THE DEALER OF PURCHASE FOR INSPECTION. 

7. If you smell something strange or even see some smoke coming out from the network card, switch 

the computer off immediately, and call dealer of purchase for help.

 

1-3 System Requirements 

 

An empty USB 2.0 port (May not be able work with USB 1.1 port, and performance will be greatly 

reduced) 

 

Windows XP, Windows 7, or Windows 8 operating system 

 

CD-ROM drive 

 

At least 100MB of available disk space 

Summary of Contents for RNX-AC600UB

Page 1: ...l Band USB Adapter RNX AC600UB User Manual Thank you for purchasing a quality Rosewill Product Please register your product at www rosewill com fo complete warranty information and future support for...

Page 2: ...ever there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by t...

Page 3: ...98 13 EEC Telecommunications Terminal Equipment and Satellite Earth Station Equipment As of April 8 2000 Safety This equipment is designed with the utmost care for the safety of those who install and...

Page 4: ...a new profile 18 2 3 2 Remove an existing profile 21 2 3 3 Edit an existing profile 22 2 3 4 Make a copy of existing profile 23 2 3 5 Set as default profile 24 2 4 View Network Statistics General Info...

Page 5: ...antenna expands the scope of your wireless network High speed data transfer rate Up to 433Mbps WMM function control the bandwidth required for different applications Comply with 802 11a b g n wireles...

Page 6: ...sed for long time This is normal and is not a malfunction DO NOT put the network card on a paper cloth or other flammable objects after the network card has been used for a long time 5 There s no user...

Page 7: ...ntents Before you starting to use this wireless network card please check if there s anything missing in the package and contact your dealer of purchase to claim for missing items USB Wireless Network...

Page 8: ...tion Link Activity Off No wireless network card is installed On Solid light 5 seconds means WPS connection is established successfully Blinking Wireless network card is normally installed Linked to a...

Page 9: ...rk Card Installation Please follow the following instructions to install your new wireless network card 1 Insert the USB wireless network card into an empty USB 2 0 port of your computer when computer...

Page 10: ...C600UB User Manual 6 2 Insert device driver CDROM into the CD DVD ROM drive of your computer and execute Setup exe program in Driver folder For Windows Vista Windows 7 OS you ll be prompted to confirm...

Page 11: ...Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX AC600UB User Manual 7 3 Please select the language you wish to use then click Next 4 Click Next to continue...

Page 12: ...s few minutes to complete please be patient 6 Click Finish to reboot your computer to complete installation procedure If you don t want to reboot computer now select No I ll restart my computer later...

Page 13: ...t has been established green For detailed instructions of wireless network configuration utility please see next chapter 2 2 Connect to Wireless Access Point To use wireless network you have to connec...

Page 14: ...r Manual 10 2 Wireless utility will appear Click Available Network menu to search for wireless access points nearby 3 Please wait for a while and all wireless access points which can be reached by thi...

Page 15: ...ou re looking for is on the list left click it and then double click it or click Add to Profile 4 If a password a k a Network Key is required to access the wireless access point please input it in Net...

Page 16: ...his setting must be identical with the setting of wireless access point you with to connect Data encryption Select the data encryption type from drop down menu This setting must be identical with the...

Page 17: ...Check this box and PAC Privilege Access Certificate will be automatically selected Please click OK when ready 5 Network card will attempt to connect to access point now this may require few seconds to...

Page 18: ...reless network configuration utility called as Windows Zero Configuration WZC You can also use WZC to configure your wireless network parameter 1 Click Start button should be located at the bottom lef...

Page 19: ...Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX AC600UB User Manual 15 2 Select Wireless...

Page 20: ...the access point or you can click Refresh network list to rescan access points Click the access point you want to use if it s shown then click Connect 4 If the access point is protected by encryption...

Page 21: ...at different time like of access point of your home office cybercafe or public wireless service you can store the connection parameters encryption passphrase security etc etc as a profile for every ac...

Page 22: ...Click the Profile menu 2 3 1 Add a new profile By this function you can setup the connection parameters for a specific wireless access point in advance without contacting it first If you want to crea...

Page 23: ...c network Check this box if you wish to connect to another computer network device by ad hoc method When not accessing to wireless access point you have to check this box Channel Select wireless chann...

Page 24: ...2 PSK it s required to input a set of passphrase to connect to wireless access point Please input the same passphrase in two boxes for confirmation EAP TYPE Tunnel Provision Mode When authentication t...

Page 25: ...er Manual 21 2 3 2 Remove an existing profile When you no longer need an existing profile you can remove it If you want to remove a profile click Profile menu then select an existing profile which you...

Page 26: ...ded a profile before and you wish to change the content of the profile you can use this function Please select a profile from the list first then click Edit button You ll be provided with the contents...

Page 27: ...ic profile you can use this function This function is very convenient when you need to build a new profile which parameters are similar to any existing profile To do this select an existing profile th...

Page 28: ...as default profile If you wish to use a specific profile as default connection you can select a profile in the list and click Set Default Selected profile will become default selection and Realtek con...

Page 29: ...ese functions to get detailed information about the wireless connection you re using 2 4 1 General Information If you want to know the general information of the access point you re connecting to clic...

Page 30: ...Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX AC600UB User Manual 26 2 4 2 Status If you want to know the status of your wireless network card click Status...

Page 31: ...The descriptions of these functions are listed as follow Show Tray Icon Check this box to show an icon on system tray Uncheck this box to hide it Radio Off Switch wireless radio off Wireless network f...

Page 32: ...ints it s possible to perform a firmware upgrade to become a WPS enabled access point Since they may not have a hardware button to press for WPS setup you can use an alternative WPS setup method input...

Page 33: ...ual 29 1 Click Wi Fi Protect Setup menu 2 You can use PIN code or Push Button configuration and WPS compatible wireless access point must use the same type of WPS For instructions on setup each type o...

Page 34: ...Adapter RNX AC600UB User Manual 30 2 6 1 PIN Code To use PIN Code please click Pin Input Config PIN button You ll be prompted to select an access point you wish to connect If you know its SSID click...

Page 35: ...twork card will prompt you to enter 8 digit PIN code into your AP without selecting an AP in advance After you select Yes or No in previous step network card will connect to WPS compatible AP and an 8...

Page 36: ...siest way to establish secure connection by WPS but if there re more than one WPS compatible AP using Push Button config please use PIN Code instead After you click Push Button Config a message box wi...

Page 37: ...ftware and all other computers and wireless devices can connect to your computer wirelessly even share the internet connection you have Please follow the instructions in following chapters to use the...

Page 38: ...Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX AC600UB User Manual 34 2 Select Mode and then select Access Point 3 It requires few seconds to switch to AP mode please be patient...

Page 39: ...X AC600UB User Manual 35 4 After mode switch is complete you ll see general information of software AP which shows AP s SSID and connected wireless clients 3 1 1 Configure SSID and Channel To configur...

Page 40: ...e description of major setup items are listed below Network Name SSID Please input the SSID the name used to identify this wireless access point here Up to 32 numerical characters can be accepted here...

Page 41: ...de from dropdown menu Data Encryption Select data encryption method from dropdown menu ASCII PASSPHRASE If the encryption method is WEP check either ASCII or PASSPHRASE box and input it in the box as...

Page 42: ...are listed below Beacon Interval Please input wireless beacon time interval here DTIM Period Please input DTIM Delivery Traffic Indication Message here Preamble Mode Select wireless frame preamble mod...

Page 43: ...and USB Adapter RNX AC600UB User Manual 39 3 3 Wireless Statistics Select Statistics menu and the data statistics about software access point will be displayed Click Reset to reset the value of every...

Page 44: ...s the path for all wireless clients to get connected to Internet If you have only one network card except this software access point you don t have to select network card here if you have more than on...

Page 45: ...00 5 8250GHz subject to local regulations Data Rate 11a 6 9 12 24 36 48 54Mbps 11b 1 2 5 5 11Mbps 11g 6 9 12 24 36 48 54Mbps 11n 20MHz MCS0 7 up to 72Mbps 11n 40MHz MCS0 7 up to 150Mbps 11ac 80MHz VHT...

Page 46: ...t to connect by doing this try to move closer to the place where the wireless access point or wireless device is located Nothing happens when I click Open Config Utility 1 Please make sure the wireles...

Page 47: ...1g defines the use of the same OFDM modulation technique specified in IEEE 802 11a for the 5 GHz frequency band and applies it in the same 2 4 GHz frequency band as IEEE 802 11b The 802 11g standard r...

Page 48: ...c LAN is called a Basic Service Set BSS Computers in a BSS must be configured with the same BSS ID 7 What is WEP WEP is Wired Equivalent Privacy a data privacy mechanism based on a 40 bit shared key a...

Page 49: ...covered Even if one or more bits in the chip are damaged during transmission statistical techniques embedded in the radio can recover the original data without the need for retransmission To an uninte...

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