Rosewill N900UBE User manual

Wireless N Dual Band Adapter N900UBE
User Manual

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Table of Content
Chapter 1 Overview....................................................................................................................5
1.1 Package Content..............................................................................................................5
1.2 Overview of the Product....................................................................................................5
1.3 Features ...........................................................................................................................5
1.4 Product Specification........................................................................................................6
1.5 System Requirement ........................................................................................................6
1.6 LED Status .......................................................................................................................7
Chapter 2 Installation Guide .......................................................................................................8
2.1 Hardware Diagram............................................................................................................8
2.2 Dual Band Wireless Adapter Driver and Utility Installation ................................................8
Chapter 3 Wireless Connection Guide......................................................................................15
3.1 Connecting with Microsoft Zero Configuration tool (Win XP)...........................................15
3.2 Connecting with Window Vista and Windows 7...............................................................16
3.3 Connecting with Ralink Wireless Utility ...........................................................................18
Chapter 4 Ralink Utility Configuration.......................................................................................20
4.1 Wireless Client Mode......................................................................................................20
4.1.1 Wi-Fi Direct..............................................................................................................21
4.1.1.1 Establish connection with P2P device............................................................25
4.1.1.2 Accept Wi-Fi Direct Connection Request .......................................................27
4.1.1.3 Wi-Fi Direct / Legacy client concurrent mode.................................................28
4.1.1.4 Autonomous GO............................................................................................29
4.1.1.5 Media sharing................................................................................................30
4.1.2 Site Survey...............................................................................................................33
4.1.2.1 Connect.........................................................................................................34
4.1.3 Profile.......................................................................................................................35
4.1.3.1 Add / Edit Profile............................................................................................36
4.1.3.2 Add WPS Profile............................................................................................37
4.1.4 Link Information .......................................................................................................39
4.1.5 Advanced.................................................................................................................40
4.1.6 About........................................................................................................................41
4.2 Client + AP Mode............................................................................................................41
4.2.1 Configuration............................................................................................................42
4.3 AP Mode.........................................................................................................................43
4.3.1 Window 7.................................................................................................................43

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4.3.1.1 Configuration.................................................................................................44
4.3.1.2 Switching to Client Mode ...............................................................................45
4.3.2 Windows XP / Vista...............................................................................................45
4.3.2.1 Config AP ......................................................................................................46
4.3.2.2 Advanced ......................................................................................................47
4.3.2.3 Access Control List........................................................................................48
4.3.2.4 Associate List ................................................................................................49
FAQ..........................................................................................................................................51

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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 Rosewill‟s N900UBE. This is an extremely high-speed 802.11a/b/g/n
dual band wireless network USB Adapter. This wireless network adapter is transferring data at a
transfer rate of 450Mbps at both 2.4GHz and 5GHz.
N900UBE with an easy-to-install USB 2.0 interface and external antenna, 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 N900UBE Wireless 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 Overview of the Product
Thank you for purchasing this high-speed wireless dual band network card! This network card
can operate in 2.4GHz or 5GHz wireless network. Excepting common wireless standards
802.11a/b/g, this wireless network card is also able to access 802.11n wireless networks - data
transfer rate is 300Mbps, and that‟s six times faster than 802.11g wireless network!
1.3 Features
High transfer data rate –up to 450Mbps at 2.4GHz or up to 450Mbps at 5GHz
Portable dongle type design.
Supports Infrastructure, Ad-Hoc, and Wi-Fi Direct* connection method.
QoS function: provides Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM) quality of service to secure
audio/video/voice data traffic as higher priority.
802.11a/b/g/n compatible.
Supports 64/128-bit WEP, WPA, WPA2 with IEEE 802.1x functions for high level of
security.
Supports One-Click button WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) connection.

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USB 2.0 interface - you can get it installed on your computer in just few seconds!
Supports Soft AP mode –Broadcasting wireless signals while surfing
Note:
Wi-Fi Direct requires compatible devices which supporting this Wi-Fi Standards.
1.4 Product Specification
Chipset
Ralink RT3573
Standard
IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n
Interface
USB2.0 Type A
Frequency Band
2.4000~2.4835GHz
5.150~5.825GHz
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): MCS0-23, up to 216Mbps
11n (40MHz): MCS0-23, up to 450Mbps
Output Power
2.4GHz: 11b:16±1.5 dBm,11g:14±1.5 dBm;
11n(20MHz):14±1.5 dBm, 11n(40MHz): 12 ±1.5 dBm
5GHz: 11a:11±1.5 dBm, 11n(20/40MHz): 11±1.5 dBm
Receive
Sensitivity
2.4GHz: 11b@11Mbps: -87 ±2dBm,11g@54Mbps: -71 ±2dBm
11n(20MHz)@MCS7:-69 ±2dBm,11n(40MHz)@MCS7:-66 ±2dBm
5GHz: 11a@54Mbps: -70 ±2dBm
11n(20MHz)@MCS7:-69 ±2dBm,11n(40MHz)@MCS7: -65 ±2dBm
Security
64/128 bit WEP, WPA/WPA2, WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK (TKIP/AES); WPS button
Antenna
2 internal antennas plus 1 external antenna (3T3R)
LED
Link/Activity
OS support
Windows OS: 2000/XP/Vista/7 (32 / 64bit)
Mac OS: Mac OS 10.5, 10.6, 10.7
Dimension
3.43 x 10.24 x 7.09 in (87 (L) x 26 (W) x 18 (H) mm)
Weight
0.06 lb (25 g)
Temperature
Operating: 32~104°F (0~40°C);
Storage: -40~140°F (-40~60°C)
Humidity
Operating: 0 ~ 90% (Non-Condensing);
Storage: Max. 95% (Non-Condensing)
1.5 System Requirement
You must have at least the following

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A desktop PC or Notebook with An empty USB 2.0 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 WinXP, Vista, and 7 or Mac OS 10.5, 10.6, 10.7
At least 100MB of available disk space
A CD-ROM Drive
A 802.11n、802.11g or 802.11a/b Wireless (and Dual Band) Access Point/Router (for
infrastructure Mode) or another 802.11n、802.11g or 802.11b wireless (and Dual Band)
adapter (for Ad-Hoc; Peer-to-Peer networking mode).
1.6 LED Status
This USB Adapter contains one LED. Please refer to the following description for LED definition.
LED Name
Light Status
Description
Link/
Activity
Blinking
Linked to a wireless access point / Transferring data
Off
Power off

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Chapter 2 Installation Guide
2.1 Hardware Diagram
1. USB Connector
2. External Wireless Antenna
3. Link/Activity LED
4. WPS Button (Press to activate WPS pairing mode)
2.2 Dual Band Wireless Adapter Driver and Utility 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 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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2. Insert device driver CDROM into the CD/DVD ROM drive of your computer, and execute
„Setup.exe‟program in „Driver‟folder.
3. On Windows Vista / Windows 7 computer, you may see UAC (User Account Control) window
popup to warn you that this program is going to make changes to your computer, click „Yes’
to continue.
4. Please select “I accept the terms of the license agreement”, and then click „Next’

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5. Select „Install driver and Ralink WLAN Utility‟and click „Next‟to continue. Optionally, you
can select „Install driver only‟to install wireless network card driver only, and use Windows‟
built-in wireless manager.
If you don‟t know which one you should choose, select „Install driver and Ralink WLAN
Utility‟for maximum functionality.
(Windows XP Only)

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6. Select the wireless configuration utility you wish to use, then click „Next‟to continue. It‟s
recommended to select „Ralink Configuration Tool‟for maximum functionality. If you used
to use Windows‟ built-in configuration tool, select „Microsoft Zero Configuration Tool‟.
(Windows XP Only)
7. Click „Install‟to continue.

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Please note: If you see this message, click ‘Install this driver software anyway’ to continue.
8. Please be patient while installation is in progress, this may require few minutes.
9. Click „Finish‟ to finish installation procedure.

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10. Please insert your USB wifi network card to any empty USB port now. A popup message
indicating that your computer found „802.11n USB Wireless LAN Card‟ will appear. Please be
patient while Windows is installation driver.
This message will only appear when you insert the USB wifi network card to your computer‟s
USB port, or you insert the network card to a different USB port of your computer.
11. You should be able to see this popup message, indicating your new USB network is ready to
use; If not, please either try to re-install driver, or insert the network card to another USB port
of your computer.
(Windows XP)
(Windows Vista / 7)

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12. A new icon will appear near the clock of system tray:
Left-click the icon will launch wireless network configuration utility, and you can right-click the
icon to show the quick menu of configuration utility.
This icon uses 5 colors to represent current network status:
(Green)
The Wireless Adapter established, signal strength good
(Yellow)
The Wireless Adapter established, signal strength normal
(Red)
The Network connection established, signal strength poor
(Blue)
The Network connection is not yet established
(Black)
The WirelessAdapter is not found on your computer
HERE!

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Chapter 3 Wireless Connection Guide
This chapter describes how to configure your Adapter for wireless connectivity on your Wireless
Local Area Network (WLAN) and use the data security encryption features.
After Installing the Adapter, the Adapter‟s tray icon will appear in your system tray. It appears at
the bottom of the screen, and shows the signal strength using color and the received signal
strength indication (RSSI).
In the following instruction for making a network connection, we use the provided Utility to
configure your wireless network settings.
Note: You could use either the software we provide or Microsoft Zero Configuration tool to
configure this adapter.
3.1 Connecting with Microsoft Zero Configuration tool (Win XP)
After specifying the Microsoft Zero Configuration tool to configure your wireless network,
right click on the icon on system tray. Select “View Available Wireless Networks” to
specify your wireless network.
The tool shows the available wireless networks. Select your demanding network to connect
with.

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If prompted, enter the password/network key for your wireless network and click the Connect
button.
3.2 Connecting with Window Vista and Windows 7
You can easily access to wireless with Win Vista and Win7. First, move your mouse to lower right
hand corner as below and click on the icon where arrow pointing to.
Click Refresh to get an update of your Wireless Network Connection. This should help you
search the SSID of the network you want to connect to.

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Select your desired SSID, then Click “Connect”.
You will be prompt to ask you entering the network security key. Once entered, please click OK
to complete.

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You should see below in a very short period and find out whether you are connected or now.
If this is your first time connect, you will see a window show up and ask you for setting up
Network Location. Please select the location based on your internet usage.
3.3 Connecting with Ralink Wireless Utility
We also provide a Ralink Wireless Utility for users to connect to a wireless network easily. It
provides more information and configuration for this adapter. As default, the Utility will start
automatically if you select “Install driver and Ralink WLAN Utility” when installing drivers. You
can find this icon and double click to start it on the lower right hand corner of your computer
desktop. Or you can right click the tray icon and select Launch Config Utility.

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This is the startup window of the Ralink
Wireless Utility
Here is each button‟s function:
Wi-Fi Direct
(will appear only if your computer
can support this function)
Site Survey
Link Information
Profile
Advanced
About
Please first start by selecting to
search nearby wireless signal for
connection.
When click on , a window will
popup and presents to you the nearby
Wi-Fi Signals.
If you did not see the signal you want to
connect, please click to rescan.
One time connection:
Please first highlight your desired
SSID, then click . Then follow
the popup window‟s direction to
connect. (Please see for detail)
Setup the Profile for all future
connection:
Please click to add
the SSID to profile for all future use.
For detail, please follow Add/Edit
Profile.
Now you have completed the setup of your wireless network. You should be ready to surf!

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Chapter 4 Ralink Utility Configuration
Ralink Utility enables N900UBE to serve as 3 modes: Wireless Client mode, Client + AP
mode, and AP mode.
Wireless Client mode: This is the basic and default mode for N900UBE when you
install the Utility. N900UBE will serve as a wireless dual band adapter at this mode.
Client + AP mode: N900UBE under this mode will serve as a wireless dual band
adapter while broadcast signals that other Wi-Fi devices can connect to. (Note:
N900UBE can only transmit 2.4GHz signal if receives 2.4GHz signal from
wireless router, and 5GHz signal if receives 5GHz signal from wireless router)
AP mode: N900UBE as AP will serve as a signal broadcaster while the computer it
installed in is connecting to internet via wire connection. (Note: N900UBE can only
transmit either 2.4GHz signal or 5GHz signal in one time, but not at the same
time)
4.1 Wireless Client Mode
Wireless client Mode is the default access mode for N900UBE. N900UBE serves as a client to
receive the wireless signal from the wireless router for connecting to the internet.
You can find this icon at the system tray and double click to start it on the lower right hand
corner of your computer desktop. Or you can right click the tray icon and select Launch Config
Utility.
Once launched, you should see this window popup. Please refer to the later sessions for more
detail introduction on Ralink Utility.