WIRELESS ADAPTER
RNX-G1/G1W
USER MANUAL
Page 1: ...WIRELESS ADAPTER RNX G1 G1W USER MANUAL ...
Page 2: ...production of this guide Content Chapter 1 Introduction 2 Chapter 2 Specifications 3 Chapter 3 Installation Uninstallation 4 3 1 Installation 4 3 2 Uninstallation 8 Chapter 4 Rt WLAN Wireless LAN Management GUI 10 4 1 Introduction of Main Window 10 4 2 Station Mode 22 A General Page 23 B Profile Page 24 C Available Network s 25 D Advanced Page 25 E Status Page 27 F Statistics Page 28 4 3 AP Mode 2...
Page 3: ...es in the IEEE 802 11 b g standards with both short and long preambles to ensure the compatibility of legacy wireless products and new ones saving the panic works for end users to find compatible products Since the security issue has become one of the most important one in the wireless society it provides you with the full security coverage from the 64 128bits WEP encryptions second generation WPA...
Page 4: ...d 2 4 2 497 GHz Industrial Scientific Medical Band Operation Channel Channel 1 11 Coverage Area Indoors 100ft with straight path Compatibility Fully compatible to IEEE 802 11 b g devices Security Hardware based IEEE 802 11i encryption decyption engine including 64 bit 128 bit WEP TKIP and AES Antenna Detachable dipolar antenna On link is on Off ling is off Quick blinking data trasition LED present...
Page 5: ...llowing descriptions Note1 The following installation was operated under Windows XP Procedures are similar for Windows 98SE Me 2000 Vista Note2 If you have installed any other WLAN USB driver utility before please uninstall the old version first Note3 Do not plug the wireless LAN USB adapter into your computer USB port before installing the software program 1 Insert the software program CD then au...
Page 6: ...NX G1 G1W User Manual 5 Wireless adapter R 3 Choose a set up language Click Next to process the installation 4 The system starts software installation of the WLAN USB adapter ...
Page 7: ... User Manual 6 Wireless adapter R 5 On Windows Logo Software Installation screen click Continue Anyway to continue Note Not all the drivers will have this message box 6 Click Finish to complete the installation ...
Page 8: ...tion under Windows XP ALL Programs menu REALTEK USB wireless LAN Utility program installed Please reboot the system after all installation complete 8 Insert the wireless LAN USB adapter into your computer USB port the computer detected and active the wireless LAN USB adapter automatically ...
Page 9: ...R 3 2 Uninstallation From Wireless Network Driver and Utility or Control Panel Change or Remove Programs A Uninstall the WLAN USB Adapter Driver from Start All Programs Click Uninstall or Change Remove to remove Wireless LAN USB Adapter driver ...
Page 10: ...NX G1 G1W User Manual 9 Wireless adapter R B Click OK if you want to remove Wireless LAN USB Adapter Driver C Click Finish to complete the uninstallation ...
Page 11: ...ment GUI 4 1 Introduction of Main Window A Main Menu C Properties Area B Adapter List Area D Global Control Bar E Status Bar A Main Menu The main menu includes five submenus 1 Refresh R When clicking the refresh menu you can update and re enumerate the contents of adapter list area ...
Page 12: ...for RNX G1 G1W If you want to connect your computer directly to a wireless router please select station mode 2 1 If you want to set up RNX G1 G1W as an AP please select AP mode 2 2 2 1 Wizard 1 station mode 1 Select Set Wizard S then select Station infrastructure then click Next ...
Page 13: ...NX G1 G1W User Manual 12 Wireless adapter R 2 From red box you can access the AP you search or click Refresh button to search available AP Select one and click Next 3 Click OK ...
Page 14: ...NX G1 G1W User Manual 13 Wireless adapter R 4 Click OK to connect If password is needed you need to fill in password at green box Click OK to connect ...
Page 15: ...NX G1 G1W User Manual 14 Wireless adapter R 5 Click Finish and now you can access to internet ...
Page 16: ...ameters Next to continue Cancel to leave wizard 2 User defines wireless network Name SSID less than 32 characters User may skip wireless security Strongly recommend user to setup wireless security to avoid invalid users Back to go previous Next to continue Cancel to close wizard 3 This page shows SSID Security settings Back to go previous Next to continue Cancel to close wizard ...
Page 17: ...5 Show all settings under AP mode Click Finish to complete wizard setup 3 Mode M Wireless configuration is quickly switched to be either Station or AP There are 2 modes for RNX G1 G1W If you want to connect your computer directly to a wireless router please select station mode 2 1 If you want to set up RNX G1 G1W as an AP please select AP mode 2 2 ...
Page 18: ...r R 4 View V Enable disable the presence of E Status Bar Without the check mark v the E Status Bar will be hidden 5 About A Click the About to show the about dialog The application version and license information are shown in the about dialog ...
Page 19: ... area are dependant on wireless configuration that the selected adapter is set up If only single adapter is installed on the system only one adapter is always selected C Properties Area The contents of this area are dependent on current wireless configuration The current configuration is determined on previous explanation of submenu Mode The more detailed contents are described in the following wi...
Page 20: ...ted at the right bottom corner of Windows If not management GUI will shut down while clicking Close button with unchecked condition Radio Off Turn off the radio to save power While the radio is off the links with other wireless network nodes are disconnected User should be aware that while the wireless configuration is in AP mode The radio off will cause the sub network belonging to the AP to be d...
Page 21: ...NX G1 G1W User Manual 20 Wireless adapter R Windows Zero Config Switch utility to Windows XP default wireless setting tool ...
Page 22: ...User Manual 21 Wireless adapter R Close Whether to check or uncheck Show Tray Icon is to shutdown or hide the management GUI E Status Bar The hints or status of the management GUI are presented in the status bar ...
Page 23: ...cture above Six property pages present different information of current wireless network status Please read the following explanations before you reviewing these pages it could help you to well understand the wireless environment around the system It is easy to use to switch property pages just by clicking left button of mouse on the title of each page The following six sections describe detailed ...
Page 24: ... Strength The average signal quality of packets received from wireless network We recommend connecting AP with over 70 signal strength 7 Throughput Diagram Current throughput including transmission Tx and total traffic Total 8 Network Address Mac Address six two digital number of this Wireless LAN USB adapter IP Address assigned network address by DHCP server or self definition in four three digit...
Page 25: ...x shows all the created profiles 1 Add Add a new profile for AP or IBSS Ad Hoc mode 2 Remove Remove the selected profile 3 Edit Edit contents of selected profile 4 Duplicate Make copy of selected profile 5 Set Default Set the selected profile as default selection 6 Available Network Page This page presents all BSS including AP and IBSS around this system You can pick any one of these network conne...
Page 26: ...apter R C Available Network s Show network connection around this system 1 Refresh Rescan network connection around this system 2 Add to Profile Create profile for selected network connection and add it to to profile list D Advanced Page ...
Page 27: ...rmance with good signal quality However in a poor signal quality environment data throughput might be worse on high fragment threshold than low fragment threshold 5 RTS Threshold Threshold of Request To Send mechanism The RTS frame will not send out until the packet size over threshold 6 WOL Wake On LAN The wake on LAN is applied for remote control purpose You could wake up a system through networ...
Page 28: ...tly 6 MAC Address MAC address of this adapter 7 Data Rate Wireless LAN transition speed 8 Channel Frequency Current channel number 9 Status Wireless network status 10 SSID name of connecting AP 11 Network Type Indicate current network configuration type 12 Power Save Mode Current setting power save mode 13 Associated AP MAC MAC address of connecting AP 14 Associated AP IP IP address of connecting ...
Page 29: ...NX G1 G1W User Manual 28 Wireless adapter R F Statistics Page You could watch the Tx Rx status of current wireless connection This page shows a statistic analysis of packet transition ...
Page 30: ...o this AP 4 AID Association ID The AID field is a value assigned by an AP during association that represents 16 bit ID of a station It is a unique value assigned by AP 5 MAC address It is the six two digit numbers that assemble the MAC address of respected joined station 6 Life Time It is the timer that counts down from 10 minutes whenever the AP connects the station successfully If an STA associa...
Page 31: ...ta Encryption There are three types of authentication Open System It is combined with data encryption type to be WEP or to be disabled Encryption disabled you decide to open this AP to every one without network authentication Encryption WEP you decide to setup the basic data encryption with a defined network key Shared Key WEP You decide to apply both authentication and data encryption to prevent ...
Page 32: ...umber in the network key box For example 10 digits hex number for 64 bit WEP or 26 digits hex numberfor 128 bit WEP 7 5 Key index 1 4 At most four key index to represent the opposite network key B Advanced Page Users could setup the advanced characteristics of network packet for transmission on this page 1 Beacon Interval This filed indicates the interval between each beacon that this AP sends out...
Page 33: ...NX G1 G1W User Manual 32 Wireless adapter R C Statistics Page The Tx Rx status of current wireless connection is shown A statistic analysis of packet transition is listed ...
Page 34: ...lect Make the desired network connection to public network 3 ICS Internet Connection Sharing It enables this AP to create the domain to share this internet intranet network connection 4 Firewall Any of a number of security schemes that prevents unauthorized users from gaining access to a computer network or that monitors transfers of information to and from the network 5 Apply Execute the current ...
Page 35: ...4 Wireless adapter R Appendix 1 How to Use 802 1x Step by Step Step 1 Set Network Authentication mode to WPA 802 1x or WPA2 802 1x Step 2 Set Data Encryption to TKIP or AES Step 3 Set EAP Type to MD5 GTC TLS LEAP TTLS or PEAP ...
Page 36: ... TLS you could use certificate Step 4 After you finish above steps You should fill up the following fields Username Identity Password User name Certificated user name Identity User s identity on the RADIUS server Password User s password on the RADIUS server Thank you for purchasing a quality Rosewill Product Please register your product at www rosewill com for complete warranty information and fu...
