Rosewill RNX-AC600HGUBEv2 User manual

User Manual
RNX-AC600HGUBEv2
High Gain USB Wireless Adapter

SECTION 1: Introduction 03
1.1 Product Features 03
1.2 Package Contents 03
1.3 Indicator Description 03
SECTION 2: Quick Installation Guide 04
2.1 Driver Installation 04
2.2 Connect to Wireless Access Point 07
2.2.1 Using Client Utility 07
2.2.2 Using Windows Zero Configuration 11
SECTION 3: Client Utility 16
3.1 Connection Profile Management 16
3.1.1 Add a New Profile 17
3.1.2 Remove an Existing Profile 19
3.1.3 Edit an Existing Profile 19
3.1.4 Make a Copy of Existing Profile 20
3.1.5 Default Profile 20
3.2 View Network Statistics, General Information, and Status 21
3.2.1 General Information 21
3.2.2 Status 22
3.2.3 View Network Statistics 22
3.3 Miscellaneous Settings 23
3.4 Establish secure connection with AP by WPS 24
3.4.1 PIN Code 26
3.4.2 Push Button 27
SECTION 4: Soft AP Function 28
4.1 Switch to AP Mode and Station Mode 28
4.1.1 Configure SSID and Channel 30
4.1.2 Up Soft AP Security 31
4.2 Advanced Settings 32
4.3 Wireless Statistics 33
4.4 Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) 34
SECTION 5: Troubleshooting 35
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SECTION 1: Introduction
1.1 Product Features
• Complies with IEEE 802.11ac, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.11g and
IEEE 802.11b standards
•
Provides USB2.0 port
•
Provides 150/433 Mbps receiving rate and 150/433Mbps sending rate
•
Supports 20 MHz/40 MHz/80 MHz frequency width
•
Auto-detects and changes the network transmission rate
•
Provides two work modes: Infrastructure and Ad-Hoc
•
Supports Soft AP to establish your wireless LAN networking
•
Supports 64/128-bit WEP, WPA, WPA2 encryption methods and 802.1x
security authentication standard
•
Supports WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) encryption method to free you from
remembering long passwords
•
Easy-to-install, plug and play
•
Supports Windows XP/VISTA/Win7/ Win8/Win10/Linux/Macintosh
Thank you for purchasing the wireless 802.11b/g/n/a/ac USB adapter! This
adapter is mini in design, able to be plugged into a USB port. This wireless
adapter is 802.11ac compatible with data transfer rates of 150/433 Mbps—three
times faster than 802.11g wireless networks.
1.2 Package contents
The following contents should be found in your box:
•
1x Wireless 802.11b/g/n/a/ac USB adapter
•
1x CD (includes driver/utility/user manual)
•
1x
Quick Installation Guide
1.3 Indicator Description
There is a LED indicator blinking when data communication is occurring.

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SECTION 2: Quick Installation Guide
This section assists you with how to use the included CD-ROM comprised of
the Driver and the Client Utility Interface.
2.1 Driver Installation
Please follow the instructions below to install your new wireless USB Adapter:
2.1.1
Insert the USB wireless network adapter into an empty USB 2.0 port of your
computer when it is switched on.
2.1.2
The following message will appear on your computer, click ‘Cancel / Close’.
Under Windows XP
Under Windows Vista and Windows 7

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2.1.3
Insert the driver CD into your CD-ROM. You will see an auto-run screen below.
If not, you can double click ‘autorun.exe’ on CD.
Click ‘Install Driver’ to start the installation procedure
2.1.4
Installation descriptions shown. Click ‘Next’ to continue

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2.1.5
Once the installation is finished, the computer will ask to be rebooted. You can
click ‘Finish’ and reboot the computer to finish the installation of driver files.
2.1.6
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 also
uses different color to show the status of wireless connections:
Wireless connection is established; good signal reception.
Wireless connection is established; weak signal reception.
Connection is not established yet.
Wireless network card is not detected.
For detailed instructions of wireless network configuration utility,
please see next section.

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2.2 Connect to Wireless Access Point
To use wireless network, you have to connect to a wireless access point first.
You can either use Client utility (comes with network card driver), or Windows
Zero Config utility (comes with Windows operating system).
2.2.1 Using Client Utility
1. Please follow the instructions below to use Client configuration utility to
connect to wireless access point.
Left-click the Client configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of
computer desktop, and configuration menu will appear:
HERE!
2. Wireless utility will appear. Click ‘Available Network’ menu to search for
wireless access points nearby.

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3. Please wait for a while, and all wireless access points that can be reached
by this wireless network adapter will be displayed here.
If the wireless access point you wish to connect does not appear here, you
can click ‘Refresh’ to scan for wireless access points again. If the wireless access
point you’re looking for still does not appear, try to move the computer closer.
When the access point you’re looking for is on the list, highlight or double
click it then ‘Add to Profile’.

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4. If a password (or ‘Network Key’) is required to access the wireless access
point, please input it in ‘Network key’ (and input it again in ‘Confirm network
key’ for confirmation). Click ‘OK’ when password is properly inputted.
NOTE: Network security type (‘Network Authentication’ and ‘Data encryption’)
will be selected automatically based on wireless access point’s security setting.
It’s not required to change these settings by yourself.
All options in this page will be filled automatically according to the access point
you wish to add to profile. However, you can still modify any of them to meet your
requirements.

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Please click ‘OK’ when ready.
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 field
will be filled as the access point you selected when SSID is not hidden
and grayed out. If SSID is hidden, you have to input correct SSID
yourself.
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 wireless access point,
you have to check this box.
Channel Select wireless channel for ad hoc connection. This option only
appears when you’re 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
input it in the box; if you select ‘PASSPHRASE’ you also need to 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 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.
Certicate If certication is required to authenticate with 802.1X authentication
server, please select a local certicate from dropdown list.
PAC Check this box and PAC (Privilege Access Certificate) will be
automatically selected.

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5. Network adapter will attempt to connect to access point now. This may
require a few seconds to minutes; please be patient. When the ‘Status’
becomes ‘Associated’ , your computer is connected to access point you
selected. Click ‘Close’ to close conguration menu.
NOTE:
If you connected to an access point but the connection has been dropped,
please check security settings and re-check password spelling.
2.2.2 Using Windows Zero Configuration
Windows XP and Vista has a built-in wireless network conguration utility,
called ‘Windows Zero Configuration’ (WZC). You can also use WZC to
congure your wireless network parameters:
1. Right-click Client conguration utility
icon, and click ‘Open Config Utility’.

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2. Check ‘Windows Zero Config’ box.
3. A message will indicating that you’ve been switched to Windows Zero.
NOTE: To return to use Client utility, uncheck ‘Windows Zero Config’ box.

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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.
5. Double click ‘Network Connections’.

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6. Right-click ‘Wireless Network Connection’ (it may have a number as sufx
if you have more than one wireless network card, please make sure you
right-click the Wireless LAN 802.11ac USB Network Adapter), then select
‘View Available Wireless 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
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’.

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

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SECTION 3: Client Utility
If you need to connect to different wireless access points at different times,
including access point of your home, office, cyber 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 Client configuration utility icon located in the
lower-right corner of computer desktop, then click ‘Open Config Utility’.
3.1 Connection Profile Management
Click the ‘Profile’ menu.

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3.1.1 Add a New Profile
With 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’.
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 wireless access point,
you have to check this box.
Channel Select wireless channel for ad hoc connection. This option only
appears when you’re 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
input it in the box; if you select ‘PASSPHRASE’ you also need to 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 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.
Certicate If certication is required to authenticate with 802.1X authentication
server, please select a local certicate 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.

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3.1.2 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’.
3.1.3 Edit an Existing Profile
If you have added 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’. You’ll be provided with the contents of selected profile, and you can
edit them. Click ‘OK’ to save changes, or click ‘Cancel’ to discard changes.

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3.1.4 Make a Copy of Existing Profile
If you need to make a copy of a specific profile, you can use this function. This
function is very convenient when you need to build a new profile with parameters
that are similar to any existing profile.
To do this, select an existing profile,
then click ‘Duplicate’ button.
3.1.5 Set 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 Client configuration utility will attempt to connect to selected access
point.
You’ll be prompted to input a profile name; please use an identical name that
does not exist in profile list.