Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX-AC600UB User Manual Thank you for purchasing a quality Rosewill Product. Please register your product at : www.rosewill.com fo complete warranty information and future support for your product.
FCC Radiation Exposure Statement This EUT is compliance with SAR for general population/uncontrolled exposure limits in ANSI/IEEE C95.1-1999 and had been tested in accordance with the measurement methods and procedures specified in OET Bulletin 65 Supplement C. The equipment version marketed in US is restricted to usage of the channels 1-11 only. R&TTE Compliance Statement This equipment complies with all the requirements of DIRECTIVE 1999/5/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL of March 9, 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunication...
CONTENT 1. Product Information ................1 1-1 Introduction and safety information ..............1 1-2 Safety Information ......................2 1-3 System Requirements ....................2 1-4 Package Contents ......................3 1-5 Familiar with your new wireless network card ..........4 2. Driver Installation and Configuration ..........5 2-1 Network Card Installation ..................
Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX-AC600UB User Manual 1. Product Information 1-1 Introduction and safety information Thank you for purchasing this extreme high-speed 802.11a/b/g/n/ac dual band wireless network card! Excepting common wireless standards 802.11a/b/g/n, this wireless network card is also 802.11ac compatible - data transfer rate is 433Mbps, and that’s three times faster than 802.11n wireless...
Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX-AC600UB User Manual 1-2 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.
Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX-AC600UB User Manual 1-4 Package Contents Before you starting to use this wireless network card, please check if there’s anything missing in the package, and contact your dealer of purchase to claim for missing items: □...
Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX-AC600UB User Manual 1-5 Familiar with your new wireless network card 1. USB Connector 2. Link/Activity LED (Under the case) LED Name Light Status Description Link/ No wireless network card is installed. Activity Solid light 5 seconds means WPS connection is established successfully.
Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX-AC600UB User Manual 2. Driver Installation and Configuration 2-1 Network Card 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.
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Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX-AC600UB User Manual 2. Insert device driver CDROM into the CD/DVD ROM drive of your computer, and execute ‘Setup.exe’ program in ‘Driver’ folder. For Windows Vista / Windows 7 OS, you’ll be prompted to confirm installation. Click ‘Yes’ to...
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Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX-AC600UB User Manual 3. Please select the language you wish to use, then click ‘Next’. 4. Click ‘Next’ to continue.
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Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX-AC600UB User Manual 5. Click ‘Install’ to start installation. Installation procedure needs few minutes to complete, please be patient. 6. Click ‘Finish’ to reboot your computer to complete installation procedure. If you don’t want to reboot computer now, select ‘No, I’ll restart my computer later’...
Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX-AC600UB User Manual 7. A new icon will appear near the clock of system tray: HERE! 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...
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Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX-AC600UB User Manual 2. Wireless utility will appear. Click ‘Available Network’ menu to search for wireless access points nearby. 3. Please wait for a while, and all wireless access points which can be reached by this wireless...
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Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX-AC600UB User Manual If the wireless access point you wish to connect does not appear here, you can click ‘Refresh’ button to scan for wireless access points again; if the wireless access point you’re looking for still not appear, try to move the computer closer.
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Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX-AC600UB User Manual 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 requirement.
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Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX-AC600UB User Manual Username / Identity / Please input 802.1x related authentication information here. Domain / Password Certificate If certification is required to authenticate with 802.1x authentication server, please select a local certificate from dropdown list.
Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX-AC600UB User Manual 2-2-2 Using Windows Zero Configuration Windows XP, 7 and 8 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.
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Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX-AC600UB User Manual 2. Select ‘Wireless’.
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Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX-AC600UB User Manual 3. 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’...
Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX-AC600UB User Manual 5. If you can see ‘Connected’ message, the connection between your computer and wireless access point is successfully established. 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, cybercafe, 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...
Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX-AC600UB User Manual Click the ‘Profile’ menu. 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.
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Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX-AC600UB User Manual You’ll be prompted to input connection parameters for the wireless access point you wish to connect: Required parameters are: Profile name You can give a name to this profile, so you can remember its purpose easily.
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Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX-AC600UB User Manual 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.
Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX-AC600UB User Manual 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...
Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX-AC600UB User Manual 2-3-3 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’ button. You’ll be provided with the contents of selected profile, and you can edit them.
Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX-AC600UB User Manual 2-3-4 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 which parameters are similar to any existing profile.
Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX-AC600UB User Manual 2-3-5 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 Realtek configuration utility will...
Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX-AC600UB User Manual 2-4 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 card works, you can use these functions to get detailed information about the wireless connection you’re using.
Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX-AC600UB User Manual 2-5 Miscellaneous Settings There are few functions provided by Realtek configuration utility, you can access these functions from the bottom of configuration menu: The descriptions of these functions are listed as follow: Show Tray Icon Check this box to show an icon on system tray.
Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX-AC600UB User Manual 2-6 Establish secure connection with AP by WPS Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the latest wireless network technology which makes wireless network setup become simple. If you have WPS-enabled wireless access point, and want to establish a secure connection to it, you don’t have to configure the wireless access point and setup data encryption by...
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Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX-AC600UB User Manual 1. Click ‘Wi-Fi Protect Setup’ menu. 2. 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 setup each type of WPS, see next 2 chapters...
Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX-AC600UB User Manual 2-6-1 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’,...
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Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX-AC600UB User Manual If you select ‘Yes’, a list of all WPS-compatible AP nearby will be displayed; you can click ‘Refresh’ to rescan, then select an AP and click ‘Select’ button. If you select ‘No’, wireless network card will prompt you to enter 8-digit PIN code into your AP, without selecting an AP in advance.
Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX-AC600UB User Manual 2-6-2 Push Button To use Push-Button WPS configuration, please click ‘Push Button Config (PBC)’ button. This is the easiest way to establish secure connection by WPS, but if there’re more than one WPS-compatible AP using Push-Button config, please use PIN Code instead.
Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX-AC600UB User Manual 3. Soft-AP Function Excepting become a wireless client of other wireless access points, this wireless card can act as a wireless service provider also! You can switch this wireless card’s operating mode to ‘AP’ mode to...
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Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX-AC600UB User Manual 2. Select ‘Mode’, and then select ‘Access Point’. 3. It requires few seconds to switch to AP mode, please be patient.
Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX-AC600UB User Manual 4. After mode switch is complete, you’ll see general information of software AP, which shows AP’s SSID and connected wireless clients. 3-1-1 Configure SSID and Channel To configure software AP, click ‘Config’ button:...
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Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX-AC600UB User Manual The ‘Wireless Network Properties’ is displayed. 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.
Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX-AC600UB User Manual 3-1-2 Setup Soft-AP Security To setup security options for Soft-AP, configure ‘Wireless Network Security’ section as follow: The description of setup items about wireless security are listed below: Network Authentication Select network authentication mode from dropdown menu.
Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX-AC600UB User Manual 3-2 Advanced Settings If you want to setup advanced settings of software access point, select ‘Advanced’ menu. If you don’t know the meaning and these settings, keep them untouched. The description of all setup items are listed below: Beacon Interval Please input wireless beacon time interval here.
Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX-AC600UB User Manual 3-3 Wireless Statistics Select ‘Statistics’ menu and the data statistics about software access point will be displayed. Click ‘Reset’ to reset the value of every item back to ‘0’.
Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX-AC600UB User Manual 3-4 Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) In this page, you can assign a network card on your computer as the path for all wireless clients to get connected to Internet. If you have only one network card (except this software access point), you don’t have to select network card here;...
Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX-AC600UB User Manual 4-2 Troubleshooting If you encounter any problem when you’re using this wireless network card, don’t panic! Before you call your dealer of purchase for help, please check this troubleshooting table, the solution of your...
Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX-AC600UB User Manual Address’ down, then present this value to the owner of access point so he / she can add the MAC address of your network card to his / her access point’s list.
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Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX-AC600UB User Manual 3. What does IEEE 802.11 feature support? The product supports the following IEEE 802.11 functions: CSMA/CA plus Acknowledge Protocol Multi-Channel Roaming Automatic Rate Selection RTS/CTS Feature Fragmentation ...
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Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter RNX-AC600UB User Manual 10. Can Wireless products support printer sharing? Wireless products perform the same function as LAN products. Therefore, Wireless products can work with Netware, Windows 2000, or other LAN operating systems to support printer or file sharing.
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