Rosewill RNX-G100, RNX-G200, RNX-G300 manual

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    Wir eless G USB Adapter RNX-G100 Wir eless G PCMCIA Adapter RNX-G200 Wir eless G PCI Adapter RNX-G300(E) User Manual[...]

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    RNX-G100 / RNX-G200 / RNX- G300(E) U s e r M a n u a l 2 Contents Chapter 1 Introduction ..................................................................................... 3 1.1 Welcome ............................................................................................................... 3 1.2 About This Guide ..........................[...]

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    RNX-G100 / RNX-G200 / RNX- G300(E) U s e r M a n u a l 3 Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Welcome The Wireless Network Adapter is a powerful 32- bit Cardbus/PCI/USB Adapter that installs quickly and easily into PCs. The Adapter can be us ed in Ad-Hoc mode to connect directly with other cards for peer-to-peer file sharing or in Infrastructure mode to conn[...]

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    RNX-G100 / RNX-G200 / RNX- G300(E) U s e r M a n u a l 4 z A CD-ROM Drive z Cardbus/PCI/USB controller properly installed and working in the laptop computer z A 802.11g or 802.11b Access Point (for infrastructure Mode) or another 802.11g or 802.11b wireless adapter (for Ad-Hoc; Peer-to-Peer networking mod e.) Chapter 2 Designing Your Wireless Netwo[...]

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    RNX-G100 / RNX-G200 / RNX- G300(E) U s e r M a n u a l 5 The status LED indicators of the PCI wireless adapter are described in the following. z Lnk/Act ON (Green): Indicates a valid connectio n z Lnk/Act Flashing: Indicates the Adapter is transmitting or receiving data. 2.3 USB adapter- RNX-G100 The status LED indicators of the USB wireless adapte[...]

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    RNX-G100 / RNX-G200 / RNX- G300(E) U s e r M a n u a l 6 z Click Install Driver & Utility on the Wireless Client Configuration Utility screen. Figure 2-2 z Follow the Install Shield Wizard steps, and click Finish when done. Figure 2-3 z Now turn off your PC or notebook[...]

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    RNX-G100 / RNX-G200 / RNX- G300(E) U s e r M a n u a l 7 3.2 Install Adapter 3.2.1 Cardbus Adapter- RNX-G200 z Power on your notebook, let the operating system boot up completely, and log in as needed. z Hold the adapter with the LOGO facing up and insert it into a Cardbus slot. Figure 3-1 z If the Found New Hardware Wizard displays, choose Install[...]

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    RNX-G100 / RNX-G200 / RNX- G300(E) U s e r M a n u a l 8 screw. Then close your PC. z Attach the external antenna to the adapter’s antenna port. z Power on the PC. Figure 3-3 z If the Found New Hardware Wizard displays, choose install the software automatically (Recommended) , and click Next button. The driver will be installed automatically. 3.2[...]

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    RNX-G100 / RNX-G200 / RNX- G300(E) U s e r M a n u a l 9 3.3 Configuration your wireless adapter z The Wireless Client Configuration Utilit y screen will appear automatically. Figure 4-1 z Click the Site Survey tab then click the Refresh button to search for available wireless networks.[...]

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    RNX-G100 / RNX-G200 / RNX- G300(E) U s e r M a n u a l 10 Figure 4-2 z To connect to one of the networks on the list, select the wir eless network, and click Associate button. Chapter 4 Using the Wireless Client Configuration Utility Use the Wireless Client Configuration Utility to ch eck the link information, sear ch for available wireless network[...]

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    RNX-G100 / RNX-G200 / RNX- G300(E) U s e r M a n u a l 11 Figure 4-1 Link Information Status: The status of the wireless network connection. z   Network SSID: The unique name of the wireless network. z   Network T ype: The mode of the wireless network curr ently in use. z   Network BSSID: The MAC address of the wireless network’ s access po[...]

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    RNX-G100 / RNX-G200 / RNX- G300(E) U s e r M a n u a l 12 Figure 4-2 The section of the window displays the Availabl e Networks. Highlight the network to which you wish to connect. Click on the Associate button. Figure 4-3[...]

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    RNX-G100 / RNX-G200 / RNX- G300(E) U s e r M a n u a l 13 Choose the Authorization modes and Encryption modes in the drop-down box. If the wir eless network uses a Passphrase, enter the Passphrase in the Passphrase field. If the wireless network uses a WEP key , enter the WEP key in the Key field. Click the OK button to complete the network connect[...]

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    RNX-G100 / RNX-G200 / RNX- G300(E) U s e r M a n u a l 14 Figure 4-5 z Import profile Click the Import Profile button to im port a profil e that has been saved in another location. Fr om the screen that appears, select the appr opriate file, and click the Open button. Figure 4-6[...]

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    RNX-G100 / RNX-G200 / RNX- G300(E) U s e r M a n u a l 15 4.4 Profile Manager Figure 4-7 On the Profile Manager tab, click the Cr eate button to create a new pr ofile.[...]

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    RNX-G100 / RNX-G200 / RNX- G300(E) U s e r M a n u a l 16 Figure 4-8 When the Network Info screen appears (Figure 6-8), enter a name for the new profile. Enter the Network SSID. Choose the Infrastructure Mode in the Network T ype drop-down box if you want your wireless computers to communicate with co mputers on your wir ed network via a wir eless [...]

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    RNX-G100 / RNX-G200 / RNX- G300(E) U s e r M a n u a l 17 Figure 4-9 z Infrastructure Mode If you choose Infrastructure Mode, click the Next button. Figure 4-10 The Security screen (Figure 6-10) will appear . Choose the Authentication Mode and Encryption Method from the dr op-down menu. T o use WEP encryption (recommended to increase network securi[...]

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    RNX-G100 / RNX-G200 / RNX- G300(E) U s e r M a n u a l 18 Figure 4-11 The Protocol scr een will appear . Select do no t change settings, then, click Next button. Figure 4-12 The Complete Screen will appear . Click Finish button. Y ou have successfully created a connection profile.[...]

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    RNX-G100 / RNX-G200 / RNX- G300(E) U s e r M a n u a l 19 Chapter 5 Troubleshooting This chapter provides solutions to pr oblems that may occur during the installation and operation of the Wireless Car dbus/PCI/USB Adapter . Read th e descriptions below to solve your pr oblems. 1. The Wireless Car dbus/PCI/USB Adapter does not work properly .   R[...]

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    RNX-G100 / RNX-G200 / RNX- G300(E) U s e r M a n u a l 20 APPENDIX A Specifications Standards : IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11b Modulation : 802.11b: CCK (11 Mbps), DQPSK (2 Mbps), DBPSK (1 Mbps); 802.11g: OFDM Channels : 11 Channels (USA) 13 Channels (Europe) 14 Channels (Japan) Network Protocol : TCP/IP , IPX, NDIS 4, NDIS 5, NDIS 5.1, NetBEUI Interfa[...]