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Wireless 11ac Dual Band USB Adapter AC1200UBE
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Table of Content
TABLE OF CONTENT..................................................................................................................................2
CHAPTER 1 OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................................5
1.1 PACKAGE CONTENT ............................................................................................................5
1.2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT.......................................................................................................5
1.3 FEATURES..........................................................................................................................5
1.4 LED STATUS ......................................................................................................................6
CHAPTER 2 INSTALLATION GUIDE ..........................................................................................................7
2.1 HARDWARE DIAGRAM..........................................................................................................7
2.2 11AC DUAL BAND WIRELESS ADAPTER DRIVER AND UTILITY INSTALLATION.............................7
2.2.1 Using Realtek Utility....................................................................................................................8
2.2.2 Using Windows Zero Configuration...........................................................................................12
2.3 CONNECTION PROFILE MANAGEMENT................................................................................17
2.3.1 Add a new profile.......................................................................................................................18
2.3.2 Remove an existing profile........................................................................................................20
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..................................................................................................................23
2.4 NETWORK STATISTICS,GENERAL INFORMATION,AND STATUS..............................................24
2.4.1 General Information...................................................................................................................24
2.4.2 Status.........................................................................................................................................25
2.4.3 View Network Statistics .............................................................................................................27
2.5 MISCELLANEOUS SETTINGS...............................................................................................28
2.6 ESTABLISH SECURE CONNECTION WITH APBY WPS............................................................29
2.6.1 PIN Code...................................................................................................................................31
2.6.2 Push Button...............................................................................................................................33
CHAPTER 3 SOFT-AP FUNCTION............................................................................................................34
3.1 SWITCH TO AP MODE AND STATION MODE..........................................................................34
3.1.1 Configure SSID and Channel....................................................................................................36
3.1.2 Setup Soft-AP Security..............................................................................................................38
3.2ADVANCED SETTINGS........................................................................................................39
3.3WIRELESS STATISTICS.......................................................................................................40
3.4 INTERNET CONNECTION SHARING (ICS).............................................................................41
APPENDIX A: PRODUCT SPECIFICATION..............................................................................................42

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APPENDIX B: FAQ.....................................................................................................................................43
APPENDIX C: GLOSSARY........................................................................................................................45
Thank you for purchasing this Rosewill Networking product. At Rosewill we believe that excellence is
a standard. Our customers deserve nothing less than the best. By purchasing a Rosewill product you
are choosing exceptional value, unrivaled customer service and top quality hardware. If you have any
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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.
3. 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.
5. 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 ITAGAIN 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.

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Chapter 1 Overview
Thank you for purchasing Roswell’s Wireless 11ac Dual Band USB adapter - AC1200UBE. This
is an extremely high-speed 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac dual band wireless network USB Adapter. This
wireless network adapter is transferring data at a transfer rate of 300Mbps at 2.4GHz or
867Mbps at 5GHz.
AC1200UBE with an easy-to-install USB 3.0 interface and Adjustable foldable antenna for
optimum Wi-Fi performance, setting up this wireless adapter will be just as easy!
1.1 Package Content
Before getting started, please verify that your package includes the following items:
1. Rosewill AC1200UBE Wireless 11ac Dual Band USB Adapter x 1
2. Quick Installation Guide x 1
3. Resource CD x 1, including:
Wireless Utility and Driver
User Manual
Quick installation guide x 1
Note:
Make sure that the package contains the above items. If any of the listed items are damaged or missing, please contact with
your distributor.
1.2 System Requirement
You must have at least the following
A desktop PC or Notebook with An empty USB 3.0 port (May not be able work with USB 1.1
port, performance will be greatly reduced)
At least a 300MHz processor and 32MB of memory
Windows OS for Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8; MAC OS 10.4 ~ 10.8;
Linux Kernel 2.6.18~3.6.6.
At least 100MB of available disk space
A CD-ROM Drive
An 802.11ac, 802.11n, 802.11g or 802.11a/b Wireless (and Dual Band) Access
Point/Router (for infrastructure Mode) or another 802.11ac, 802.11n, 802.11g or 802.11b
wireless (and Dual Band) adapter (for Ad-Hoc; Peer-to-Peer networking mode).
1.3 Features
IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac compatible.
Extreme High transfer data rate –11ac up to 867Mbps or 11n up to 300Mbps

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Support WMM wireless QoS feature.
Support 64/128-bit WEP, WPA, WPA2 with IEEE 802.1x functions for high level of security.
Support the most popular operating system: Windows XP/Vista/7/8; MAC OS 10.4~10.8;
Linux Kernel 2.6.18~3.6.6.
Support WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) hardware button for easy connection.
Support USB 3.0/2.0 interface. (11ac mode use USB 3.0 is required )
Foldable Antenna design for optimum Wi-Fi performance
1.4 LED Status
This USB Adapter contains one LED. Please refer to the following description for LED definition.
LED Name
Light Status
Description
Power/
Activity/
WPS
Off
1. No wireless network adapter is installed 2.Radio off mode.
On
1. Wireless network adapter is normally installed
2. Radio on mode.
Blinking
1. Transferring or receiving data.
2. Slow Blinking one time per seconds means WPS is
activated. The network adapter will wait for 2 minutes to
establish WPS connection.
3. Fast Blinking 30 seconds, then Solid light 15 seconds,
means WPS connection is established successfully.

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Chapter 2 Installation Guide
2.1 Hardware Diagram
1. USB Connector
2. Foldable External Wireless Antenna
3. Link/Activity LED
4. WPS Button (Press to activate WPS pairing mode)
2.2 11ac Dual Band Wireless Adapter Driver and Utility
Installation
Please follow the following instructions to install your new wireless network card:
Insert the USB wireless network card into an empty USB 3.0 port of your computer when
computer is switched on. Never use force to insert the card, if you feel it’s stuck, flip the card over
and try again.

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To use wireless network, you have to connect to a wireless access point first. You can either use
Realtek utility (comes with network adapter driver), or Windows Zero Config utility (comes with
Windows operating system).
2.2.1 Using Realtek Utility
1. Insert device driver CDROM into the CD/DVD ROM drive of your computer, and execute
“Setup.exe” program in “Driver” folder.
2. The following message will appear
on your computer, click “Close”.

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3. Insert device driver CD-ROM into
the CD/DVD ROM drive of your
computer. Select “Driver/Utility
Installation” to install the software
program.
4. Then Click “Next” to continue.
Installation procedure needs few
minutes to complete, please be
patient.
5. Click “Finish” to restart your
computer to complete installation
procedure. If you don”t want to
restart computer now, select “No, I
will restart my computer later”
option and click “Finish”.
6. Please note you have to restart
your computer before you can use
your new USB wireless network
adapter.
Connect to Wireless Access Point
Using Configuration Utility to Connect to WirelessAccess Point:

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1. After installation is complete,
wireless configuration utility will be
shown in the desktop of your
computer automatically. You will
also see an icon at the bottom-right
corner of your windows system.
You can click the icon by right
mouse key, and select the
configuration utility you want to
use.
2. Wireless utility will appear. Click
“Available Network” tab to search
for wireless access points nearby.

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3. Please wait for a while, and all
wireless access points which can
be reached by this wireless
network adapter will be displayed
here.
4. Please select the access point you
want to connect, and then double
click on it or click “Add to Profile”.
5. If the wireless access point you
want to connect does not show
here, please click “Refresh”.
6. If a password (Network Key) is
required to access the wireless
access point, please enter it in
“Network key” (and enter it again
in “Confirm network key” for
confirmation). Click “OK” when
password is properly inputted.

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7. The network adapter will attempt to
connect to access point now, this
may require few seconds to
minutes, please be patient. When
the “Status” become “Associated”
in “General” tab, your computer is
connected to access point you
selected. Click “Close” to close
configuration menu.
NOTE: If you insert the USB wireless
network adapter into an USB 3.0 port
and connect to an 11acAP, device
driver will perform an auto USB mode
switch and shown the message as
below photo, or you will heard sounds
of USB insert or unplug, this is the
normal states.
2.2.2 Using Windows Zero Configuration
Windows XP and Vista has a built-in wireless network configuration utility, called as “Windows
Zero Configuration” (WZC). You can also use WZC to configure your wireless network
parameter:
1. Right-click Realtek configuration utility icon, and click “Open Config Utility”.
2. Check “Windows Zero Config” box.

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3. A message indicating that you have been switched to Windows Zero Configuration mode will
appear. Click “OK” to continue.
NOTE: To return to use Realtek utility, uncheck “Windows Zero Config” box.
4. Click “Start” button (should be located at the bottom-left corner of windows desktop), click
“Control Panel”, then click “Network and Internet Connections” in Control Panel.

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5. Double click “Network Connections”.
6. Right-click “Wireless Network Connection” (it may have a number as suffix if you have
more than one wireless network adapter, please make sure you right-click the “Realtek
8812AU Wireless LAN 802.11ac USB NIC”, then select “View Available Wireless

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Networks”.
7. All wireless access points in proximity will be displayed here. If the access point you want to
use is not displayed here, please try to move your computer or notebook closer to 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”.
8. If the access point is protected by encryption, you have to input its security key or passphrase
here. It must match the encryption setting on the access point.
If the access point you selected does not use encryption, you will not be prompted for
security key or passphrase.

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9. If you can see “Connected” message, the connection between your computer and wireless
access point is successfully established.

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2.3 Connection Profile Management
If you need to connect to different wireless access points at different time, like of access point of
your home, office, internet cafe, or public wireless service, you can store the connection
parameters (encryption, passphrase, security etc, etc.) as a profile for every access point, so you
don’t have to input these parameters every time when you want to connect to a specific wireless
access point.
To manage profiles, right-click the Realtek configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner
of computer desktop, then click “Open Config Utility”.
Click the “Profile” menu.

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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 create a new profile, click “Profile” menu, then click “Add” button.
You’ll be prompted to input connection parameters for the wireless access point you wish to
connect:

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Required parameters are:
Profile name
You can give a name to this profile, so you can remember its purpose
easily. It can be any phrase to help you remember.
Network Name (SSID)
The SSID (Service Set Identifier, i.e. access point’s name). This must
be identical with the SSID of the access point you wish to connect.
This is a
Computer-to-computer
(ad hoc) 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 channel for ad hoc connection. This option only
appears when you are using ad hoc connection.
Network Authentication
Select the network authentication type from drop-down menu. This
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 setting of wireless access point you with to
connect.
ASCII / PASSPHRASE
When the encryption type is “WEP”, it’s required to input a set of
“passphrase” to connect to wireless access point. Check “ASCII” or
“PASSPHRASE” depends on the security setting of access point, and
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select the length of the key.
The passphrase must be identical with the setting of wireless access
point you with to connect.
Key index
Select WEP key index. For most of access points you can select “1”,
but please refer to the setting of the access point.
Network key / Confirm
network key
When the encryption type is “WPA” or “WPA2-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 type is any of 802.1X, you have to select EAP
type, tunnel, and provision mode from dropdown menu. This setting
must be identical with your 802.1x authentication server.
Username / Identity /
Domain / Password
Please input 802.1x related authentication information here.
Certificate
If certification is required to authenticate with 802.1x authentication
server, please select a local certificate from dropdown list.
PAC
Check this box and PAC (Privilege Access Certificate) will be
automatically selected.
When all required parameters are set, click “OK” to create and save a new profile.
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
wish to remove, and then click “Remove” button.