Rosewill N900UBE manual

Wireless N Dual Band Adapter N900UBE User Manual[...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 2 T able of Content Chapter 1 Ov erview .................................................................................................................... 5 1.1 Package Conten t .............................................................................................................. 5 1.2[...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 3 4.3.1.1 Configuration ................................................................................................ . 44 4.3.1.2 Switching to Client M ode ............................................................................... 45 4.3.2 Windows XP / Vi sta ...........................[...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 4 Safety Information: In order to k eep the sa f ety of users and your pro perties, pl ease follow the follow ing safety instructions: 1. This USB wi reless networ k card is desi g ned for indoo r use only . DO NO T ex pose this network card to direct sun li ght, rain, or snow . 2. DO NOT put th[...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 5 Chapter 1 Overv i ew Thank you for purchasing Rosewill ‟ s N900UBE. This is an extremely high-speed 802.11a/b /g/n dual band wireless networ k USB Adapter. This wi r eless network adapter is trans f erring data at a transfer rate of 450M bps at both 2.4GHz and 5 GHz. N900UBE with an ea sy- t[...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 6  USB 2.0 inter f ace - you can g et it install ed on your computer in just few seconds!  Supports So f t AP mode – Broadcasting w ireless signals while surfin g Note: Wi -Fi Direct requires compatib le devices which supporting this Wi - Fi Standards. 1.4 Product Spec i fication Chipset[...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 7  A des k top PC or Notebo ok w ith An empty U SB 2.0 po rt (May not be able work with USB 1.1 port, performance will be greatly reduced)  At least a 300M Hz processor and 32MB of memory  Windows OS f or W inXP, Vista, and 7 or Mac OS 10.5, 10.6, 10.7  At least 100M B of avail a ble[...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 8 Chapter 2 Installation Guide 2.1 Hard w are Diagram 1. USB Connector 2. External Wireless Antenna 3. Link/Activity LED 4. W PS B utton (Press to activate W PS pairing mode) 2.2 Dual Band Wi reless Adapter Driver and Utility Installation Please follow the f ollow ing instr uctions t o inst all [...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 9 2. Insert devi ce dr iver CDR O M i nto the CD/DVD RO M drive of your computer , and execute „ Setup.exe ‟ progra m in „ Driv er ‟ fo lder . 3. On W indows V ista / W indow s 7 computer , you may see UAC (User Account Control) w indow popup to w arn you that this pro g ram is goin g to[...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 10 5. Select „ Inst all driver and Ra l ink WLA N Utility ‟ and click „ Next ‟ to contin ue. Optionally , you can select „ Inst all driver only ‟ to install w ireless network card driv er only , and use W indow s ‟ built-in wi reless manager . If you don ‟ t know w hich one you s[...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 11 6. Select the w ireless configuration utili t y you w ish to use, then click „ Next ‟ to continue. It ‟ s recommended to select „ Ralink Con fi guration T ool ‟ for maximum functio nality . If you used to use W indow s‟ built-in con f iguration tool, sel ect „ Microsof t Zero Co[...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 12 Please note: If you se e this message, click ‘ Install this driver software an yway’ to continue. 8. Ple ase be pa t ient whi le installation is in pro gress, this may require few minutes. 9. Click „Fini sh‟ to f inish inst allation procedure.[...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 13 10. Please insert your USB wifi network card to any empty USB por t now . A popup mes sage indicating tha t your computer found „802.1 1n U SB W irel ess LAN Card‟ wi l l appear . Please b e patient whil e W indows is inst allation driver . This messa g e wil l only appear when you inser [...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 14 12. A new icon w i ll appear near the cloc k of system tray : Left-clic k the icon will launch w ireless network configuration u tility , and you can right-click the icon to show the quick men u of configuration u t ility . This icon uses 5 colors to rep resent current network st atus: (Green[...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 15 Chapter 3 Wireless Connection Guide This chapte r describes how to configure your Adapter for wireless conn ectivi t y on your W ireless Local Area Ne twork ( W LAN) and use th e data security encryption f eatures. After I nstalli ng the Adapter, the Adapter‟s tray icon will appear in your [...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 16  If pro mpted, ente r the password/netw ork key for your w ireless netw ork and click the Connect button. 3.2 Connecting w ith Wind ow Vista a nd Windows 7 You can easil y access to wireless w ith W in Vista a nd W in7. Fi rst, mov e you r mouse t o l ower r ight hand corner as bel ow and [...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 17 Select your desired SSID, then Click “Connec t”. You will be prompt to as k you entering the networ k security key . Once entered, please cli ck OK to complete.[...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 18 You should see below in a v ery short period and find out whether you are conne ct ed or now . If this is your f irst time co nnect, you will see a wi ndow show up and ask y ou for setting up Network Location. Please select the location bas ed on your internet usage. 3.3 Connecting w ith Rali[...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 19 This is the startup wind o w of the Ralink W irel e ss Utility Here is each button‟s fun ction: Wi -Fi Direct (will appe ar 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 f[...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 20 Chapter 4 Ralink Utility Configuration Ralink Utility enables N900UBE to serve as 3 mo des: W ireless Cl ient mode, Client + AP mode, and AP mode.  Wireless Client mode: This is the basic and de f ault mode for N900UBE when you install the Util ity. N900UBE will serv e as a wireless dual b[...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 21 4.1.1 Wi -Fi Direct Wi -Fi direct is a new tec hnology . Y ou can es tablish direct connec t ions wi t h one or more netw ork devices whi ch also support this technol ogy w ithout the help of wireless ac cess point. It‟s simi lar to Ad-Hoc mode but more simple and pow erful. T o enable W i-[...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 22 Y our compu ter will enter Wi-Fi direct stan dby mode and scan for any W i-Fi direct capab le computer nearby . When one or mo re device(s) is found, you ‟ll see the topology o f all nearby dev ices, like the example show n below:[...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 23 In this topology : GO (Group Ow ner) indi cates an AP-like device. This indicates this dev ice is the head o f one o r more client devices ( multiple clients belong to this GO). indicates you can c onfigure secured connection with this device by W PS indicates this dev ice uses W P A2AES k ey[...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 24 Click „Scan‟ to discover n earby Wi -Fi Direct devices. (see example below , 2 nearby dev ices are found) For descriptions o f other f unctionalities, see chapters below .[...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 25 4.1.1.1 Estab lish connection w ith P2P device T o establi sh connection with a P2P (peer to peer) device, doubl e - click on it s icon, and you‟ll be prompted to selec t its WPS connection type: (an example as below) Please select a W PS type here . Push-Button Con f igurati on: Usin g PBC[...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 26 Display PIN: Usin g displ ay PIN method to estab lish conne ction. When in this me thod, you‟ll see a 8-digit numbe r shown here. Input this number o n another device to est ablish connection. Enter PIN: Inpu t the 8-di g it PIN numbe r display ed on another dev ice in „PIN Code‟ field [...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 27 4.1.1.2 Accep t W i-Fi Dire ct Connec t ion Re q uest When your compu ter ‟ s W i -Fi direct f unction is e nabled, and some other compute r wishe s to connect wit h you r computer , you‟ll be promp t ed b y a pop -up message: Click the pop-up m essage to accept inco ming connection reque[...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 28 4.1.1.3 Wi -Fi Direct / Legacy client concurrent mode This wireless netw ork card can operate in both Wi- Fi direct and le g acy w ireless network client mode. So you can establish W i-Fi direct connection and connect to access poi nt at the same time. When W i-Fi direct is ena bled, you can [...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 29 4.1.1.4 Au t onomous GO Enable this function to allow other users to ini tiate a W i- Fi Direct „GO‟ direct ly . T o use this function, select „E nable autonomous GO‟ by ri g ht -clicking laptop icon at the bottom-lef t corner: Y ou‟ll be prompted t o i nput a W P A2-PSK key for a u[...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 30 Y ou‟ll also be prompted to select an ope rating channel for this autonomou s GO connec tion: Select a pre ferred channel in „Pre f erred channel‟ dropdow n list, then click button to finish. 4.1.1.5 Medi a shar ing Y ou can share f iles on your compute r with other Wi-Fi direct poin ts[...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 31 Click „M edia Sharing‟ to continue. Y ou‟ll be prom pted to select a folder on your compute r for file sharing. Y ou can click folder icon to select a folder , then click right arrow to start sharing files o n your computer . For securi ty reasons, do not select a folde r which contai n[...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 32 After y ou enabled m edia sharing f unction, othe r computers can see your shari ng folder by clicking „Netw ork ‟ item in Window s Expl orer : Double- click „Ral ink Media Server ‟ icon to open Windows media player , users can selec t the category of medi a f iles y ou shared.[...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 33 4.1.2 Site Survey Site Survey shows you all surrounding wi reless networks from the last scan. Click on Site Surv ey button f rom menu bar, the i nformation window will pop out.[...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 34  Rescan: to update and refresh surrounding w ireless networks  Profile: to ju m p to pro f ile list w indow  Connect: select one w ireless network and cli ck this button t o connect i t 4.1.2.1 Connect Once you highli g hted the desired SS I D, then cli ck . You should see a “ Pro [...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 35 You will be asking to enter the WPA Preshared Key (or any t ype of the Key based on your A u thentication and Encryption type. T he WPA Preshared Key is your SSID‟s connection password which is pre- set in the w ireless router. Plea se enter the Key t hen click for complete the connec tion [...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 36 Click Profile button fro m menu bar, below wi nd ow will pop out.  Add: to create a n ew profile  Delete: to dele t e an existing pro f ile  Edit: to edit/modi f y/cha ng e paramete r of an ex isting profile  Import: impor t the dedicated p rof ile  Export: save the selected pr[...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 37  Profile Na me: Enter a n ame for the profile edited .  SSID: The name o f your wireless netw ork.  Network Ty pe: a. Infrastructure – A w ir eless Router and/o r Access Poi nt is required . b. Ad- hoc – Peer- to -Peer network, no base station required.  Next: Click this bu tt[...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 38  PIN/nume ri c code: Ente r 8 digit nu mbers Pin code to automatical ly connect N900UBE wi th wireless devices around. 1. Select W PS AP from drop-down menu or check A uto checkbox to find W PS AP automaticall y. 2. Select Confi g mode for conne ct ing the W PS wi rel ess network.  Enro[...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 39  SSID : Enter a name of SSID for W PS wirel ess net work  BSSID : It is a 48bit identi ty used to identify a par t icular BSS (Basic Service Set ) within an area. In Infrastructure BSS networks, th e BSSID is the MAC address o f the AP.  A ut hentication : Select from drop-down menu.[...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 40  Throughput  Stati stics Statistics display s the detail counter informa t ion. 4.1.5 Advanced Click Advanced button for bringing out the A d vanced function w indow. You will be able to adjust the wireless Mode by 2 .4 G Hz and/or 5 GHz and also m anage the certification for some Autho[...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 41 options on 2.4 G Hz, 2.4G Hz + 5 GHz, or 5 GHz. 4.1.6 About The About w indow tells you the details of the Fir mware information. 4.2 Client + A P Mode N900UBE can serve as a wi r eless adapter while as an access point to recei ve and transmit wireless signals at the same time which allows ot[...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 42  Right-click the tray icon and select switch to Clien t + AP Mode. 4.2.1 Configuration You can make ba sic configuration unde r this window 1. We recommend that you connect to the wireless sig n al f irst, in order to avoid possible IP conflict. Please follow the steps in 4.1.2 Site Surv e[...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 43 5. Y ou can use other W i-Fi Dev ices to connect to the SoftA P . 4.3 AP M ode N900UBE can also serv e as an access point to transmit wireless signals and create wireless network, allowing o ther w ireless clients to access t he networ k . This AP mode re q uires your PC t o have an addition [...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 44  Enter a name o f SSID f or Soft AP and 8 ~63 ASCII characters f or W PA2 Pre-Shared Key . Note : ASCII charac ters include any numbers /letters and characte r s.  AP button wi ll be added to menu bar o f main w indow. 4.3.1.1 Configuration You can make ba sic configuration and review t[...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 45 network name, and security setting.  M AC Table MAC Table pa ge shows the in f ormation o f the wireless devices accessed to this soft AP. 4.3.1.2 Switching to Client Mode In AP mode, right-click the icon in the system tray an d choose Switch to Client Mode , then N900UBE will switch to cl[...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 46 W hen m ain window pop out, select button from the menu b ar for more settings. 4.3.2.1 Config AP Click Config AP button f rom the abov e window, a setup wi ndo w will popup.  SSID : Enter a na me of SSID for Soft AP.[...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 47  Channel: Selec t the channel used for wi r eless communica tion from drop-down menu. Avai lable channel numbers are 1 to 11 f or USA , 1 to 13 for Eu ropean countries.  A ut hentication: Open, Shared, W PA-PSK , W PA 2- PSK, and WPA-PSK/ W PA2- PSK 4.3.2.2 Advanced[...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 48 Click Advanced button fro m menu bar, below window will pop out.  Beacon Inte rval: Set th e beacon interval of wireless radio . Do not modify de f ault value if you don‟t know what it is, default v alue is 100.  TX Po w er: You can set the outpu t power o f wireless radi o. Unless yo[...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 49 Click Access Control List bu t ton fro m menu bar, below window will pop out. 4.3.2.4 Associate List Associate Lis t page show s the information of the wireless devi ces accessed to this so ft AP. Click Associate List button f rom menu bar , belo w window will pop out.[...]

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W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 51 F AQ If you encounte r any probl em when y ou‟re using this wireless netw ork card, don‟t p anic! Before you call y our dealer of purchase for help, please chec k this troubleshoo t ing t able, the solution o f your problem coul d be v ery simple, and you can solv e the problem by yoursel[...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 52 4. T he access point you wi sh t o connect only allows network cards with speci f ic M AC address to establ ish connection. Please go to „A bout‟ t ab and write the v alue of „Phy_A ddess‟ down, then presen t this value to the ow ner of access point so he / she can add the M AC addres[...]

W ireless N Dual Band Ada p ter N900UBE User Man u al 53 Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equip m ent has been te s ted a nd found to comply with t he limits f or a Class B digital device, pu rsuant to Part 15 of FCC R ules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable prote ct ion against har mf ul interferen ce in a[...]