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Wir eless Adapter RNX-N2X User Manual[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 2 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................ ......... 4 1.1 F EA TURES & B ENEFITS ............................................................................................................. 4 1.2 P ACKAGE C ONTENTS ...[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 3 4.2.1 Infrastructure Mode ................................................. .................................................... 4 7 4.2.2 Ad-hoc Mode .............................................................................................................. .4 8 4.3 A UTHENTICA TION AND S ECURITY ........[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 4 1. INTRODUCTION The high-speed wir eless USB 2.0 client adapter is t he most conven ient way to le t you put a desktop/notebook computer almost an ywhere without th e hassle of running netwo rk cables. Now you don’t need to suffer fr om drilling holes and exposed cables. On ce you are connected, you can do [...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 5 1.2 P ACKAGE CONTENTS Open the package c arefull y , and make sur e that none of the item s listed below ar e missing. Do not discar d the packing mat erials, in case of r eturn; the unit must be shipped in its origin al package. • One Wir eless LAN USB Adapter—RNX-N2X • One Laptop clip • One USB Cabl[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 6 • Once the setup begins you will see the InstallShield Wizar d . Select Rosewill Configuration T ool and then click on the Next> button. • Click on the Install button to be gin the installation. • The installation is co mplete. Click on the Finish button.[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 7 • Carefully insert the USB ad apter into the USB port. Windows will then detect and install the new hardwar e. • An R icon will then appe ar in the system tray . Right click on the R icon and then click on Launch Config Utilities. Note: Click on Use Zero Configuration as Configuration Utility if you would[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 8 2.3 PROFILES The Profile tab is used to stor e the settings of multipl e Access Points such as home, of fice, café, etc. When adding a pr ofile you ar e r equir ed to enter a pr ofile name and SSID as well a s configure the powe r -sav ing mode , network type , RTS/fragmentatio n threshold and encryption/a u[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 9 • Profile : Enter a name for the pr ofile; this does not need to be the same as the SSID. • SSID : Enter the SSID of the network or select on e from the dr op-down list. The SSID is a unique name shar ed among all points in your wi reless n etwork. The SSID must be identical for all points in th e network[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 10 • Profile : Enter a name for the pr ofile; this does no t need to be the same as the SSID. • SSID : Enter the SSID of the network or select on e from the dr op-down li st. The SSID is a unique name shar ed among all poin ts in your wir eless network. The SSID mu st be identical for all points in the netw[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 11 The WEP tab displays th e WEP settings. Encryption i s designed to make the dat a transmission mor e secure. Y ou may select 64 or 128-bit WEP (Wir ed Equivalent Privacy) key to encrypt data (Defaul t setting is Disabl e). WEP encrypts each frame tra nsmitted from the radio usin g one of the Keys fr om a pan[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 12 been tampered wi th. EAP (Exten sible Authentication Protocol) is an extensi on to the PPP protoc ol that enables a variet y of authentication pr otocol s to be used. It passes thr ough the exchange of authenti cation messages, allowing t he authentica tion softwar e store d in a server to inte ract with its[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 13 • Authentication T ype : Select WP A or WP A2 from the dr op-down list. • Encryption: Select TKIP or AES from the dr op-down list. • WP A Preshared ke y : Enter a pass phrase which is be tween 8 and 32 characters long. • Click on the Apply button to sav e the changes. • Show Password ch eck box. If[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 14 • Status : This indicates the stat e of the client. Ther e ar e thr ee options: 1. Associated : Indicates t hat the wir eless client is connected to an Ac cess Point (AP). The BSSID is shown in the form of 12 HEX digits, which is the MAC ad dress of the AP . 2. Scanning : Indicates th at the wir eless clie[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 15 connect to a specific one. The following information is included in this tab, as the image depicts below . • SSID : Displays the SSID of the Acc ess Point. The SSID is a unique name shared among all points in your w ireless network . The SSID must be identical for all points in the network, and is case-sen[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 16 2.8 WPS Click on the WPS Configuration tab. WPS (Wireless Push Button ) is used for WiFi Protected Setup. By pressing this button, th e security settings of the devi ce will automati cally synchronize with other wir eless devices on your networ k that support Wi-Fi Pr otected Setup. • Rescan : Click on thi[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 17 2.9 ABOUT The About tab displays information abo ut the device , such as: the network driver version and date, configuration utilit y version and date, and the NI C (N etwork Interface Card) firmwar e version and date.[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 18 2.10 UNINST ALL THE DRIVERS & CLIENT UTILITY If the USB client adapter i nstallation is unsuc cessful for any re ason, the best way to sol ve the problem may be to completely uninstall the USB adap ter and its utility and re pe at the installati on proced ure ag ain. Follow the steps below in or der to u[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 19 • Click on the Ye s button to confirm the un-inst allation pr ocess. • The un-ins tallation proc ess is complete. Select Y es, I want to restart my computer now radio button and then click on the Finish button. Then remove the USB adapter .[...]

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Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 21 3. USB ADAPTER FOR WINDOWS 2000/XP 3.1 BEFORE YOU BEGIN During the installation, 2000/XP may need to copy system s files fr om its installation CD. Therefor e, you may need a copy of the Windows insta llation CD at hand be for e installing the drivers. On many systems, inste ad of a CD, the necessary install[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 22 • W ait for a few sec onds until the driv er and client utility is installed.[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 23 • The installation is co mplete. Click on the Finish button. • Carefull y insert the USB adapter into the US B port. Windows will then detect and install the new hardwar e. • An R icon will then appe ar in the system tray . Right click on the R icon and • then click on Launch Config Utilities. Note :[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 24 3.3 PROFILES The Profile tab is used to stor e the settings of multip le Access Points such as home, of fice, café, etc. When adding a pr ofile you ar e r equir ed to enter a pr ofile name and SSID as well a s configure the powe r -sav ing mode, ne twork ty pe, RTS/fragmentat ion threshold a nd encryption/a[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 25 • Profile : Enter a name for the pr ofile; this does no t need to be the same as the SSID. • SSID : Enter the SSID of the networ k or select one fr om the dr op-down list. Th e SSID is a unique name shar ed among all poin ts in your wir eless network. The SSID mu st be identical for all points in the net[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 26 3.3.2 Ad-hoc Mode This is the simplest network configurati on wi th several computer s equipped with the P C Cards that form a wireless networ k whenever they are within range of one another . In ad- hoc mode, each client is p eer -to-peer , would only have access to the resou rces of the ot her client and d[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 27 3.4.1 WEP Encryption The WEP tab displays th e WEP settings. Encryption i s designed to make the da ta transmission mor e secure. Y ou may select 64 or 128-bit WEP (Wir ed Equivalent Privacy) key to encrypt data (Defaul t setting is Disabl e). WEP encrypts each frame tra nsmitted from the radio usin g one of[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 28 • Authenticatio n T ype: Select Open or Shar ed from th e drop-down list. • Encryption: Select WEP fr om the drop -down list. • WEP Key : T ype a character string into t he field. For 64-bit enter 5 alpha numeric or 10 hexadecimal c haracters. For 128-bit enter 13 alphanumeric o r 26 hexadecim al chara[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 29 • Authentication T ype : Select WP A or WP A2 from the dr op-down list. • Encryption : Select TKIP or AES from the drop-down list. • Click on the Apply button to save the c hanges. • Show Password ch eck box. If you want to make sur e the accur acy of passwo rd you type, click the Show Passwor d box [...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 30 • Authentication T ype : Select WP A or WP A2 from the dr op-down list. • Encryption : Select TKIP or AES from the drop-down list. • WP A Preshared ke y : Enter a pass phr ase which is be tween 8 and 32 characters long. • Click on the Apply button to sav e the changes. • Show Password ch eck box. I[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 31 • Authentication T ype : Select LEAP fr om the dr op-down list. • Identity : Enter the user name. • Password: E nter the passwor d. • Domain : Enter a domain name. • Encryption : Select WEP , WP A-TKIP or WP A2-AES encryption. • Click on th e OK button to save the changes. 3.4.5 802.1x with PEAP [...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 32 and the network. It r elies on clien t-side and server -side certificates to p erform authentication and c an be used to dynamically generat e user -based and session-based WEP keys to secur e subsequen t communications be tween the WLAN cli ent and the access point. • Authentication T ype : Select PEAP fr[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 33 • Authentication T ype : Select TTLS fro m the drop-d own list. • Protocol : Select EAP-MSCHAP v2, MS-CHAP , or CHAP from the dr op-down list. • Identity : Enter the user name. • Password : Ente r the passwor d. • Click on the OK button to save the changes. 3.4.7 802.1x CA Server Depending on the E[...]

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Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 35 • Use certificate chain : Place a c heck in this to enabl e the certificate use. • Certificate issue r: Select the Certific ation Authorit y from the dr op-down list. • Allow intermediate certifi cates : During tunnel cr eati on the client must ve rify the server’ s certificate. When checking thi s c[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 36 • Status : This indicates the stat e of the client. Ther e ar e thr ee options: 1. Associ ated : Indicates that the wireless client is connected to a n Access Point (AP). The BSSID is shown in the form of 12 HEX digits, which is the MAC ad dress of the AP . 2. Scanning : Indica tes that the wi reless cl ie[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 37 3.5.1 Site Survey The Network tab also displays a list of Access Points and S tations in the ar ea, and allows you to connect t o a specific one. The following infor mation is included in this t ab, as the image depicts below . • SSID : Displays the SSID o f the Access Point. The SSID is a unique name shar[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 38 3.6 ADV ANCED CONFIGURA TION The Advanced tab is used to configur e the wir eless mode (802.11g, 802.11b/g- mixed, or 802.11b/g/n-mixed), Tx bu rst, and CCX. • Wireless mode : Select 802.11 b/g/n m ix if the wirel ess network uses both 11b, 11g, and 11n stations and APs. B/G Pr otection : This is the ERP p[...]

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Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 40 3.8 WMM (WIRELESS MUL TIMEDIA) Click on the WMM tab. Wirel ess Multimedia Extensions (W ME), also known as Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM) is a Wi-Fi Alliance interpretability certifi c ation, based on the IEEE 802.11e draft standar d. It provides basic Quali ty of service (QoS) f eatur es to IEEE 802.11 netwo rks. W[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 41 • Rescan: Click on thi s button to view a li st of Access Points in the area. • WPS Information: Display the inform ation about WPS on the selected n etwork. List information include Authentication Type, Encryption T ype, Config Methods, Device Password ID, Selected Registra r, State, Version, AP Setup L[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 42 3.10 ABOUT The About tab displays information abo ut the device , such as: the network driver version and date, configuration utilit y version and date, and the NI C (N etwork Interface Card) firmwar e version and date. 3.11 RADIO The Radio tab allows you to enable or disable the ra dio.[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 43 3.12 UNINST ALL THE DRIVERS & CLIENT UTILITY If the USB client adapter i nstallation is unsuc cessful for any re ason, the best way to sol ve the problem may be to completely uninstall the USB adap ter and its utility and re pe at the installati on proced ure ag ain. Follow the steps below in or der to u[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 44 • Click on the Ye s button to confirm the un-inst allation pr ocess. • The un-ins tallation proce ss is complete. Select Y es, I want to r estart my computer now radio button and then click on the Finish button. Then remove the USB adapter . 4 . USB ADAPTER FOR MAC OS 10.3/10.4/10.5 4.1 INST ALLING THE D[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 45 setup file from the CD-ROM drive. • Click on the Continue button to config ure the n ext step. • Select the Macintosh HD and then click on th e Continue button.[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 46 • Click on the Continue button t o configure the next step. • The installation is complete. Click on the Restart bu tton.[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 47 • Carefull y insert the USB adapter into the US B port. MAC OS X will then detect and install the new hardwar e. • The Client Utility is installe d in the Applications folder . 4.2 PROFILES The Profile tab is used to stor e the settings of multipl e Access Points such as home, of fice, café, etc. When a[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 48 • Profile : Enter a name for the pr ofile; this does no t need to be the same as the SSID. • SSID : Enter the SSID of the networ k or select one fr om the dr op-down list. Th e SSID is a unique name shar ed among all poin ts in your wir eless network. The SSID mu st be identical for all points in the net[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 49 way for th e SOHO to set up a wi reless network. • Profile : Enter a name for the pr ofile; this does no t need to be the same as the SSID. • SSID : Enter the SSID of the networ k or select one fr om the dr op-down list. Th e SSID is a unique name shar ed among all poin ts in your wir eless network. The [...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 50 The Security tab allows you to configur e the authentication and encrypti on settings such a s: WEP , WP A, WP A-PSK, WP A2, and 8 02.1x. Each security option is described in detail below . 4.3.1 WEP Encryption The WEP tab displays th e WEP settings. Encryption i s designed to make the dat a transmission mor[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 51 is allowed only if the pr e-shar ed key of the comp uter matches that of the Access Point. This approach of fers the simplicity of the WEP key , but uses st ronger TKIP encryption. EAP (Extensible Authentication Prot ocol) is an extensi on to the PPP protocol that enabl es a variety of authentication pr otoc[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 52 • Status: This indicates the state of the client. Th ere a re th ree opti ons: 1. Associ ated: Indicates that the wir eless client i s connected to an Access Poi nt (AP). The BSSID is shown in the form of 12 HEX digits, which is the MAC ad dress of the AP . 2. Scanning : Indica tes that the wi reless cl ie[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 53 connect to a specific one. The following information is included in this tab, as the image depicts below . • SSID : Displays the SSID of the Acc ess Point. The SSID is a unique name shared among all points in your w ireless network . The SSID must be identical for all points in the network, and is case-sen[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 54 retr y , recei ved with CRC err or , duplicate frames r eceived, etc. 4.7 ADV ANCED CONFIGURA TION The Advanced tab is used to configur e the wir eless mode (802.11b-onl y , 802.11g-only , or 802.11b/g-mixed), B/G pr otection and country/ch annel setting.[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 55 • Wireless mode : Select 802. 11 B/ G/N mixed if the wir eless network uses both 11b, 11g an d 11n stations and APs. • Tx Rate : The transmit rate should be set to auto, however you may manually select a transmit rate from the d rop-down list. • Tx BURST : Click the check box will enhance the th roughp[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 56 4.8 ABOUT The About tab display s information about the de vice, such as: the network dr iver version and date, configuration utilit y version and date, and the NI C (N etwork Interface Card) firmwar e version and date.[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 57 5. HARDWARE INST ALLA TION 5.1 LAPTOP CLIP HARDWARE INSTALLATION/ UNINSTALLATION 1. Connect laptop clip to RN X -N2X wirele ss adapter . 2. Connect laptop clip to Y our Laptop LCD monitor . W arning: Please be careful not to damage th e LCD monitor and laptop clip. 3. Uninstallation: T ake off the laptop cli[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 58 B type ( For Laptop ) C type ( For Desktop ) Connect to laptop by laptop clip and USB Cable. Connect to des ktop by USB Cable in your home or of fice.[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 59 6. APPENDIX A – GLOSSAR Y 8 802.11 A family of specifications for wireless local area networks (WLANs) developed by a working group of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). A Access Contr ol List ACL. This is a database of netwo rk devices that a re allow ed to access r esource s on[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 60 The ability for new devices to communicate an d interact wi th older legacy devices to guarantee interoperabili ty Bandwidth The maximum amount of bytes or bits per sec ond that can be transmitted to and fr om a network devi ce Basic Input/Output System BIOS. A program that the pro cessor of a computer uses [...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 61 Data Encryption Standar d Uses a randomly sel ected 56-bit key th at must be known b y both the sende r and the recei ver when information is exch anged Database Or ganizes information so that it can be mana ged updated, as well as easily accessed by users or applications. Data-Link layer The second layer of[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 62 obtain a Domain Name that w ill always by linked to their changing IP addr ess. The IP address i s updated by either clien t software running on a computer o r by a rou ter that supports Dynamic D NS, whenever the IP addr ess chang es Dynamic IP address IP addres s that is assigned by a DH CP server and that[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 63 A standar d that pr ovides consi stency of voic e and video transm issions and co mpatibility for videoconfer encing de vices Half-duplex Data cannot be tr ansmitted and r eceived at th e same time Hashing T ransforming a string of ch aracters into a shorter string wi th a pr edefined length Hexadecimal Char[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 64 IP address A 32-bit number , when talking about Internet Protocol V ersion 4, that identifies each computer tha t transmits data on the Internet or on an Intranet IPsec Internet Protocol Security IPX Inter network Packet Exchange is a networking protocol developed by Novel to enable th eir Netwar e clients a[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 65 Modem A device that Modulates di gital signals fr om a computer to a n analog signal in or der to transmit the signal over ph one lines. It also Demodul ates the analog signal s coming from the phone lines to digital signals for your compu ter MPPE Micro soft Point-to-Point E ncryption is used to secur e dat[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 66 A sequence of char acters that i s used to authenticat e reque sts to r esource s on a network Personal Area Network The interc onnection of networking de vices within a range of 10 meters Physical layer The first layer of the OSI model. Provides th e hard ware mean s of transmitting el ectrical signals on a[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 67 RS-232C The interface for se rial communicatio n between compute rs and other r elated device s RSA Algorithm used for encr yption and authenti cation S Server A computer on a networ k that pr ovides service s and resou rce s to other computer s on the network Session key An encryption and de cryption key th[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 68 TFTP T rivia l File T ran sfer Protocol is a utility used for transferring f iles that is simpler to use than FTP but with less features Throughput The amount of data that ca n be transferred in a given time period Tr a c e r o u t e A utility displays the ro ut es between you computer and specific destinati[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 69 W eb br owser A utility that allows you to view content and interact with all of the information on the W orld Wide W eb WEP Wired Equi valent Privacy is securi ty for wi rel e ss n e tw o r ks t h at is supposed to be comparable to that of a wired network Wide Area Network The lar ger network that you r LAN[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 70 7. APPENDIX B – SPECIFICA TIONS Data Rates 1, 2, 5.5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54, 72, 84, 150 and 300Mbps (300 R x PHY rate; 150Mbps Tx PHY support) Standards / Compliance IEEE802.3, IEEE802.3u, IEEE802.11b, IEEE802.11g, 802.11n (2.0) Regulation Certifications FCC Part 15, ETSI 300/328/CE Operating V[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X U ser Manual 71 8. APPENDIX C – FCC INTERFERENCE ST A TEMENT Federal Communic ation Commission Interfer ence Statement This equipment ha s been tested and found to compl y with the limits for a Class B digital de vice, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits a re designed to pro vide rea sonable prote ction aga[...]