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Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 User Manual 2 CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................ ......... 4 1.1 F EA TURES & B ENEFITS .............................................................................................................. 4 1.2 P ACKAGE C O[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 User Manual 3 4.2.1 Infrastructure Mode ................................................. .................................................... 4 4 4.2.2 Ad-hoc Mode .............................................................................................................. .4 5 4.3 A UTHENTICA TION AND S ECURITY ........[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 User 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-N100 User 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-N100 • One CD-ROM with Drivers and User[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 User 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 Insta ll button to begin the installatio n. • The installation is complete. Click on the Finish button.[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 User 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 Zer o Configuration as Con figuration Utility if you wou[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 User Manual 8 2.3.1 Infrastructur e Mode The infrastructur e mode r equir es the use of an Access Point (AP). In this mode, all wireless communication between two com puters has to be vi a the AP . It doesn’t ma tter if the AP is stand-alone or wi red to a n Ethernet network. If used in stand- alone, the AP can extend th[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 User Manual 9 hoc mode, each client is p eer -to-peer , would only have access to the resou rces of the other clie nt and does not require an access point. This is the easiest and least expensive 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[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 User Manual 10 2.4.1 WEP Encryption The WEP tab displays th e WEP settings. Encryption i s designed to make the dat a transmission more secur e. Y ou may select 64 or 128-bit WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) key to encrypt data (D efault setting is Di sable). WEP encrypt s each frame transmitted fr om the radio usin g one of[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 User Manual 11 (Wired Equi valent Privacy). The technol ogy is designed to work with e xisting Wi-Fi produc ts that have been enabled wi th WEP . WP A pr ovides improved d ata encryption throug h the T emporal Integrity Protocol (TKI P), which scrambles the keys usi ng a hashing algorithm and by adding a n integrity-checki[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 User Manual 12 This appr oach offers the simplicity of the WEP key , but us es stronger TKIP encryption. EAP (Extensible Authentication Prot ocol) is an extensi on to the PPP protocol that enabl es a variety of authentic ation pr otocols to be used. It pa sses throug h the exchange o f authenticatio n messages, allowing th[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 User Manual 13 • Status : This indicates the stat e of the client. Ther e ar e thr ee options: 1. Associate d : 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-N100 User Manual 14 2.6 SITE SURVEY The Network tab also displays a list of Acc ess Points and Stations in the ar ea, and allow s you to 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 a[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 User Manual 15 2.8 WPS Click on the WPS Configuration tab. WPS (Wir eles s Push Bu tton) is used for WiFi Pr otected Setup. By pressing this button, th e security settings of the devi ce will automatically synchr onize with other wir eless devices on your networ k that support Wi-Fi Pr otected Setup. • Rescan : Click on [...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 User Manual 16 2.9 ABOUT The About tab displays informa tion about the devic e , such as : the network driver v ersion and date, configuration utilit y version and date, and the NI C (N etwork Interface Card) firmwar e version and date. 2.10 UNINST ALL THE DRIVERS & CLIENT UTILITY If the USB client adapter i nstallatio[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 User Manual 17 Click on the Ye s button to confirm the un- installation 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 rem ove the USB adapter .[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 User Manual 18 3. USB ADAPTER FOR WINDOWS 2000/XP 3.1 BEFORE YOU BEGIN During the installation, XP may need to copy sy stems files fr om its installation CD. Th erefor e, you may need a copy of the Windows installation CD at hand b efore installing the drivers. On many systems, instead of a CD, the necessary inst allation [...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 User Manual 19 • W ait for a few sec onds until the driv er and client utility is installed. • The installation is complete. 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 . [...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 User Manual 20 then click on Launch Config Utilities. Note: Click on Use Zer o Configuration as Con figuration Utility if you would like to use Windows Zer o Config.[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 User Manual 21 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 , network type , RTS/fragmentatio n threshold and encryption/a [...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 User Manual 22 • 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-N100 User Manual 23 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-N100 User Manual 24 3.4.1 WEP Encryption The WEP tab displays the WEP settings . Encryption is designed t o make the data 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-N100 User Manual 25 • Authentication T ype : Select Open or Shared fr om the dr op-down list. • Encryption : Select WEP from th e drop -down list. • WEP Key : T ype a character string into the 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-N100 User Manual 26 • 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-N100 User Manual 27 • Authentication T ype : Select WP A or WP A2 from the drop-do wn list. • Encryption : Select TKIP or AES from the drop-down list. • WP A Presh ared ke y : Enter a pass phra se which is be tween 8 and 32 characters long. • Click on the Apply button to save the c hanges. • Show Password ch eck box. [...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 User Manual 28 • Authentication T ype : Select LEAP from the dr op-down list. • Identity : Enter the user name. • Password : Ente r the passwor d. • Domain : Enter a domain name. • Encryption : Select WEP , WP A-TKIP or WP A2-AES encryption. • Click on the OK button to save the changes. 3.4.5 802.1x with PEAP 8[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 User Manual 29 • Authentication T ype : Select PEAP from the dr op-down list. • Protocol : If your netwo rk uses TLS or Smart Ca rd to authe nticate its user s, select TLS/Smartcard fr om the drop do wn list. TLS (T ransport Layer Security) is an IETF standar dized authentica tion protoc ol that uses PKI (Public Key In[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 User Manual 30 • Authentication T ype: Select TTLS from the dr op-down list. • Protocol : Select EAP-MSCHAP v2, MS-CHAP , or CHAP fr om the drop-do wn 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 EA[...]

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Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 User Manual 32 • Use certificate chai n: Place a c heck in this to enabl e the certificate use. • Certificate issuer : Select the Certification Authori ty from the dr op-down list. • Allow intermediate certificates : During tunnel cr eation the client must verify the server’ s certificate. When checking this ce rti[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 User Manual 33 • Status : This indicates the stat e of the client. Ther e ar e thr ee optio ns: 1. Associated: Indic ates that the wir eless client is connected to a n Access Point (AP). The BSSID is shown in the form of 12 HEX digits, which is the MA C address of the AP . 2. Scanning : Indicates th at the wir eless clie[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 User Manual 34 • Noise Level : Displays the backgr ound noise le vel; a lower leve l indicates less interfer ence. • Click on the OK button to close this window . 3.5.1 Site Survey The Network tab also displays a list of Acc ess Points and Stations in the ar ea, and allow s you to connect t o a specific one. The follow[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 User Manual 35 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 mi x if the wirel ess network uses both 11b, 11g, and 11n stations and APs. B/G Pr otection : This is the ERP pr[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 User Manual 36 included is frames transmi tted/re ceived succe ssf ully , tr ansmitte d success fully wit hout and after retr y , recei ved with CRC err or , duplicate frames r eceived, etc.[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 User Manual 37 3.8 WMM (WIRELESS MUL TIMEDIA) Click on the WMM tab. Wireless Multi media Extensions (WME), 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. WM[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 User Manual 38 • 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, En cryp tion Type, Config M ethods, Devic e Password ID, Selected Registra r, State, Version, AP Setu[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 User Manual 39 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 enabl e or disable the radio.[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 User Manual 40 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 ad apter and its utility and r epeat the inst allation proced ure ag ain. Follow the steps below in or der to un[...]

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Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 User Manual 42 4 . USB ADAPTER FOR MAC OS 10.3/10.4/10.5 4.1 INST ALLING THE DRIVERS Follow the steps below in ord er to install the USB adapter drivers: • Insert the CD-ROM that was pr ovided to you in this package. The setup should run automatically . If the setup does not run aut omatically , then you must manually s [...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 User Manual 43 • Select the Macintosh HD and then click on th e Continue button.[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 User Manual 44 • The installation is complete. Click on the Restart bu tton. • 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 m[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 User Manual 45 • 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-N100 User Manual 46 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-N100 User Manual 47 4.3 AUTHENTICA TION AND SECURITY 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 t[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 User Manual 48 authenticatio n server . Access to the Internet and the r est of the wir eless network ser vices 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 [...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 User Manual 49 • Status: This indicates the state of the client. Th ere a re th ree opti ons: 1. Associate d: 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-N100 User Manual 50 connect to a specific one. The followin g information is included in this tab, a s 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-s[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 User Manual 51 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-N100 User Manual 52 • 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 ma y manually select a transmit rate from the d rop-down list. • Tx BURST : Click the check box will enhance the th rough[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 User Manual 53 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-N100 User Manual 54 5 . 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 o[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 U ser Manual 55 Backwar d Compatible 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 cess[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 U ser Manual 56 another device 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[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 U ser Manual 57 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 tha[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 U ser Manual 58 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 char acters into a sh orter string wi th a pre defined length Hexadecimal Characters 0- 9 and A-F Hop The action of data packets being tran smitted fr om one r outer to a[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 U ser Manual 59 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 and ser ver[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 U ser Manual 60 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 Microsoft Poi nt-to-Point Encryp tion is used to secur e data transmissi ons over PPTP connect ions MTU Maximum T rans mission Unit is the la r gest packet t[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 U ser Manual 61 Physical layer The first layer of the OSI model. Provides th e hard ware mean s of transmitting el ectrical signals on a dat a carrier Ping A utility program that verifies that a gi ve n Internet address exists and can r eceive messages. The utility sends a control packet to the given ad dress and waits for[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 U ser Manual 62 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 at is generated for every communicatio n session between two computer s Session layer The fifth la[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 U ser Manual 63 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 destination U UDP User Datagra m Protocol Unicast Communication between a singl e sender and receiver Universal Plug and Play A standard t hat al[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 U ser Manual 64 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 is connected to, which may be th e Internet itself, or a region al or corporate network Wi-Fi Wireless Fidelity Wi-Fi Prote[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 U ser Manual 65 6. 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 [...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N100 U ser Manual 66 7 . APPENDIX C – FCC INTERFERENCE ST A TEMENT Federal Communication 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 ag[...]