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Rosewill RNX-AC600HGUBEv2 User Manual

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  • Page 1 High Gain USB Wireless Adapter RNX-AC600HGUBEv2 User Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents SECTION 1: Introduction Product Features Package Contents Indicator Description SECTION 2: Quick Installation Guide Driver Installation Connect to Wireless Access Point 2.2.1 Using Client Utility 2.2.2 Using Windows Zero Configuration SECTION 3: Client Utility Connection Profile Management 3.1.1 Add a New Profile 3.1.2 Remove an Existing Profile 3.1.3 Edit an Existing Profile...

  • Page 3: Section 1: Introduction

    High Gain USB Wireless Adapter User Manual RNX-AC600HGUBEv2 SECTION 1: Introduction 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.

  • Page 4: Section 2: Quick Installation Guide

    High Gain USB Wireless Adapter User Manual RNX-AC600HGUBEv2 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...
  • Page 5 High Gain USB Wireless Adapter User Manual RNX-AC600HGUBEv2 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...
  • Page 6 High Gain USB Wireless Adapter User Manual RNX-AC600HGUBEv2 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.

  • Page 7: Connect To Wireless Access Point

    High Gain USB Wireless Adapter User Manual RNX-AC600HGUBEv2 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).
  • Page 8 High Gain USB Wireless Adapter User Manual RNX-AC600HGUBEv2 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’...
  • Page 9 High Gain USB Wireless Adapter User Manual RNX-AC600HGUBEv2 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.
  • Page 10 High Gain USB Wireless Adapter User Manual RNX-AC600HGUBEv2 You can give a name to this profile, so you can remember its purpose Profile name easily. It can be any phrase to help you remember. The SSID (Service Set IDentifier, i.e. access point’s name). This field...

  • Page 11: Using Windows Zero Configuration

    High Gain USB Wireless Adapter User Manual RNX-AC600HGUBEv2 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.
  • Page 12 High Gain USB Wireless Adapter User Manual RNX-AC600HGUBEv2 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.
  • Page 13 High Gain USB Wireless Adapter User Manual RNX-AC600HGUBEv2 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’.
  • Page 14 High Gain USB Wireless Adapter User Manual RNX-AC600HGUBEv2 6. Right-click ‘Wireless Network Connection’ (it may have a number as suffix 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’.
  • Page 15 High Gain USB Wireless Adapter User Manual RNX-AC600HGUBEv2 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.

  • Page 16: Section 3: Client Utility

    High Gain USB Wireless Adapter User Manual RNX-AC600HGUBEv2 SECTION 3: Client Utility 3.1 Connection Profile Management 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...

  • Page 17: Add A New Profile

    High Gain USB Wireless Adapter User Manual RNX-AC600HGUBEv2 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’.
  • Page 18 High Gain USB Wireless Adapter User Manual RNX-AC600HGUBEv2 Required parameters are: You can give a name to this profile, so you can remember its purpose Profile name easily. It can be any phrase to help you remember. Network Name The SSID (Service Set IDentifier, i.e. access point’s name). This must (SSID) be identical with the SSID of the access point you wish to connect.

  • Page 19: Remove An Existing Profile

    High Gain USB Wireless Adapter User Manual RNX-AC600HGUBEv2 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’.

  • Page 20: Make A Copy Of Existing Profile

    High Gain USB Wireless Adapter User Manual RNX-AC600HGUBEv2 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.

  • Page 21: View Network Statistics, General Information, And Status

    High Gain USB Wireless Adapter User Manual RNX-AC600HGUBEv2 3.2 View Network Statistics, General Information, and Status The configuration utility provides information about network statistics and link status. If you want to know how your wireless network adapter works, you can use these functions to get detailed information about the wireless connection you’re...

  • Page 22: Status

    High Gain USB Wireless Adapter User Manual RNX-AC600HGUBEv2 3.2.2 Status If you want to know the status of your wireless network card, click ‘Status’ menu: 3.2.3 View Network Statistics To view the statistical data of wireless network adapter, click ‘Statistics’ menu, and the statistics of wireless connection will be displayed: All connection-related statistics are displayed here.

  • Page 23: Miscellaneous Settings

    High Gain USB Wireless Adapter User Manual RNX-AC600HGUBEv2 3.3 Miscellaneous Settings There are few functions provided by Client configuration utility, you can access these functions from the bottom of configuration menu: The descriptions of these function are listed as follows: Check this box to show an icon on system tray.

  • Page 24: Establish Secure Connection With Ap By Wps

    High Gain USB Wireless Adapter User Manual RNX-AC600HGUBEv2 3.4 Establish Secure Connection with AP by WPS Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the latest wireless network technology which makes wireless network setup become very simple. If you have WPS-enabled wireless access point, and you want to establish a secure connection to it, you don’t have to configure the wireless access point and setup data encryption...
  • Page 25 High Gain USB Wireless Adapter User Manual RNX-AC600HGUBEv2 Click ‘Wi-Fi Protect Setup’ menu. 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 setting up each type of WPS, see next 2 sections for detailed instructions.

  • Page 26: Pin Code

    High Gain USB Wireless Adapter User Manual RNX-AC600HGUBEv2 3.4.1 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 ‘Yes’, otherwise click ‘No’.

  • Page 27: Push Button

    High Gain USB Wireless Adapter User Manual RNX-AC600HGUBEv2 If you select ‘No’, wireless network adapter 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 adapter will attempt to connect to WPS-compatible AP, and an 8-digit number will appear.

  • Page 28: Section 4: Soft Ap Function

    High Gain USB Wireless Adapter User Manual RNX-AC600HGUBEv2 After you click “Push Button Config(PBC)”, a message box will appear: Please activate Push-Button function on wireless access point now, and wireless network card will establish secure connection with access point within one minute.
  • Page 29 High Gain USB Wireless Adapter User Manual RNX-AC600HGUBEv2 2. Select ‘Mode’, and then select ‘Access Point’. It requires few seconds to switch to AP mode, please be patient. After mode switch is complete, you’ll see general information of software AP, which shows AP’s SSID and connected wireless clients.

  • Page 30: Configure Ssid And Channel

    High Gain USB Wireless Adapter User Manual RNX-AC600HGUBEv2 4.1.1 Configure SSID and Channel To configure software AP, click ‘Config’ button: The ‘Wireless Network Properties’ is displayed.

  • Page 31: Up Soft Ap Security

    High Gain USB Wireless Adapter User Manual RNX-AC600HGUBEv2 Please note that Ad-Hoc mode is not available when network card is in AP mode. The 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.

  • Page 32: Advanced Settings

    High Gain USB Wireless Adapter User Manual RNX-AC600HGUBEv2 The description of setup items about wireless security are listed below: Network Authentication Select network authentication mode from dropdown menu. Data Encryption Select data encryption method from dropdown menu. If the encryption method is WEP, check either ‘ASCII’...

  • Page 33: Wireless Statistics

    High Gain USB Wireless Adapter User Manual RNX-AC600HGUBEv2 The description of all setup items are listed below: Beacon Interval Please input wireless beacon time interval here. DTIM Period Please input DTIM (Delivery Traffic Indication Message) here. Select wireless frame preamble mode (long or short) from Preamble Mode dropdown menu.

  • Page 34: Internet Connection Sharing (Ics)

    High Gain USB Wireless Adapter User Manual RNX-AC600HGUBEv2 4.4 Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) In this page, you can assign a network adapter on your computer as the path for all wireless clients to get connected to the internet. If you have only one network adapter (besides this software access point), you don’t have to select network adapter here;...

  • Page 35: Section 5: Troubleshooting

    User Manual RNX-AC600HGUBEv2 SECTION 5: Troubleshooting If you encounter any problems while using this wireless network adapter, do not panic. Before you call Rosewill Tech Support for help, please check this troubleshooting table for easy solutions to potential issues. Scenario Solution 1.
  • Page 36 Technical Support Information techsupport@rosewill.com 1-800-575-9885 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for purchasing a quality Rosewill product. Please register your product at www.rosewill.com for complete warranty information and support for your product. RNX-AC600HGUBEv2_A...

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