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    Wireless N Adapter RNX-N180UB User Manual[...]

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    Wireless N Adapter RNX-N180UB User Manual FCC STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to pro-vide reasonable protection against har mful interfe rence in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and ca[...]

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    Wireless N Adapter RNX-N180UB User Manual required Luxembourg General authorization required f or network and service supply(not for spectrum) Norway Implemented This subsection does not apply fo r the geographical area within a radius of 20 km from the centre of Ny-Ålesund Russian Federation Only for indoor applications Note: Please don’t use t[...]

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    Wireless N Adapter RNX-N180UB User Manual Table of Content Chapter 1 Overview .................................................................................................... 5 Package Content ................................................................................................. 5 1.1 Overview of the Product .........................[...]

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    Wireless N Adapter RNX-N180UB User Manual Chapter 1 Overview Thank you for choosing Rosewill’s 802.11n 1T2R Wireless USB adapter – RNX-N180UB. This chapter is to introduce you more about this Wireless Adapter. Package Content Before getting started, please verify that your package includes the following items: 1. Rosewill 802.11n Wireless USB A[...]

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    Wireless N Adapter RNX-N180UB User Manual  Complies with IEEE802.11n, I EEE802.11g, IEEE802.11b standards  Supports 1T2R MIMO technology  Supports WPA/WPA2 data security, IEEE802.1x authentication, TKIP/AES encryption, and 64/128 - bit WEP encryption  Supports high rate of up to 300Mbps download speed for maximum throughput  Ease to [...]

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    Wireless N Adapter RNX-N180UB User Manual Chapter 2 Installation Guide 2.1 Software Installation  Insert the Driver and Utility CD-ROM into the CD-ROM driver .  The Wizard should run automatically , and Figure 0-1 should appear . If not, click the Star t button and choos e Run . In the field that appears, enter D:autorun.exe (if ‘’D’ ?[...]

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    Wireless N Adapter RNX-N180UB User Manual Figure 0-2  Click Next Figure 0-3  Click Inst all to start installing 8[...]

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    Wireless N Adapter RNX-N180UB User Manual Figure 0-4  Follow the InstallShield Wizard step s, and click Finish when done. Figure 0-5  Now your PC or notebook will restart automatically . 9[...]

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    Wireless N Adapter RNX-N180UB User Manual Chapter 3 Install Wireless Adapter The wireless USB Adapter supports up to 300 Mbps wireless connection. This USB adapter is fully compliant with the specifications defined in IEEE802.1 1n standard. It is designed t o complement USB2.0 computers and supports Windows98SE/Me/2000/XP/Vist a. 3.1 USB adapter In[...]

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    Wireless N Adapter RNX-N180UB User Manual  If the Welcome to Found New Hardware Wizar d displays, choose i nstall the sof tware automatically (Recommended) , and click Next button. The driver will be installed automatically . Figure 0-3  Now you have completed the driver and hardware installation for the adapter . 11[...]

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    Wireless N Adapter RNX-N180UB User Manual Chapter 4 Configuration – Station Mode The Wireless USB Adapter provides two modes: Station mode and Access Point mode , the default is Station mode . You can select remote wireless AP to connect to Internet in station mode. But in the Access Point mode, the wireless USB adapter act as a wireless access p[...]

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    Wireless N Adapter RNX-N180UB User Manual General Information  S tatus: Wireless network Associated, Ad-hoc Mode or Not Associated.  S peed: The data Tx rate and Rx rate of the current connection.  T ype: The type of the current wireless connectio n , Infrastructures or ad hoc  Encryption: Current encryption.  SSID: The unique name o[...]

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    Wireless N Adapter RNX-N180UB User Manual Figure 0-3 4.2.1 Add  Create a new Infrastructure mode profile If you want your wireless computers to communicate with other computers on your wired network via a wireless access point. Click the Add button to create a new infrastructure profile. 14[...]

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    Wireless N Adapter RNX-N180UB User Manual Figure 0-4 When the Network Info dialog box appears ( Figure 0-4 ) , enter a name for the new profile. Enter the Network SSID. Choose the Network Authentication Mode and Data encryption from the drop-down menu and import the network key . Then click OK button.  Create a new ad-hoc mode profile If you wan[...]

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    Wireless N Adapter RNX-N180UB User Manual Figure 0-6 Choose the Network Authentication Mode and Data encryption from the drop-down menu. And import the network key . Then click OK button. Y ou have successfully created a profile. 4.2.2 Remove Select a profile and click Remove button to delete this profile ( Figure 0-7 ). 16[...]

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    Wireless N Adapter RNX-N180UB User Manual Figure 0-7 4.2.3 Edit Select a profile and click Edit button to edit this profile ( Figure 0-8 ). Figure 0-8 17[...]

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    Wireless N Adapter RNX-N180UB User Manual Figure 0-9 Modify the profile information according to your demand. 4.2.4 Duplicate Select a profile which you want to copy and then click Duplicate （ Figure 0-10 ） Figure 0-10 Import the new profile name in the popup window blank ( Figure 0-1 1 ) 18[...]

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    Wireless N Adapter RNX-N180UB User Manual Figure 0-11 4.2.5 Set default When you want to make one profile as a default wireless connection, you should select the profile and click Set default button. The wireless adapter will use this profile to connect to wireless network automatically when the utility running next time. Figure 0-12 4.2 Available [...]

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    Wireless N Adapter RNX-N180UB User Manual Figure 0-13 Double-click the network to which you wish to connect. Figure 0-14 Refer to Figure 0-14 choose the Authorization modes and Encryption modes in the drop-down box. If the wireless network uses a Passphrase, enter the Passphrase in 20[...]

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    Wireless N Adapter RNX-N180UB User Manual 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 connection. 4.3 Status The S tatus tab displays t he detailed information of current device and wireless connection. Figure 0-15 4.4 Statistics The S tatistics tab d[...]

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    Wireless N Adapter RNX-N180UB User Manual Figure 0-16 4.5 Wi-Fi Protect Setup Figure 0-17 22[...]

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    Wireless N Adapter RNX-N180UB User Manual 4.5.1 Method 1 PIN Input Config (PIN) 1. Input the wireless NIC’ s PIN Code into AP and click St a rt P IN on the AP-Router WPS config page Figure 0-18 2. Click Pin Input Config(PIN) Figure 0-19 3. Select one WPS AP which you want connect to and click Select button 23[...]

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    Wireless N Adapter RNX-N180UB User Manual Figure 0-20 4. Please wait when the Fi gure 0-21 pop-up appear , the secure connection between AP and wireless NIC will be founded automatically . Figure 0-21 4.5.2 Method 2 Push Button 1. Click Push Button Config(PBC) on Wi-Fi Protect Setup page Figure 0-22 24[...]

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    Wireless N Adapter RNX-N180UB User Manual 2. Click St art PBC on the AP-Router WPS config page Figure 0-23 3. Please wait when the Fi gure 0-21 pop-up appear , the secure connection between AP and wireless NIC will be founded automatically . Figure 0-24 Remark If there is more than one AP on the PBC mode, there will be session overlap. Please using[...]

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    Wireless N Adapter RNX-N180UB User Manual Chapter 5 Configuration – Access Point Mode We can use the wireless USB adapter to build an access point apart from the station mode. The wireless client can connect to it if the wireless USB adapter is set to access point mode, then you can share an Internet connection with others Click Mode in the menu [...]

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    Wireless N Adapter RNX-N180UB User Manual Configure this AP . Click config, displa y the following picture Figure 0-2  Profile name: The default is Access Point Mode and can’t be modified  Network name (SSID): The name of this AP and can be modified  Channel: Y ou can select channel 1 to 14, which pr ovides a choice of avoiding interfere[...]

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    Wireless N Adapter RNX-N180UB User Manual Figure 0-3  Beacon Interval: This represents the amount of time between b eacon transmissions. Before a station enters power save mode, the station needs the beacon inte rval to know when to wake up to receive the beacon (and learn whether there are buffered frames at the access point)  DTIM period: T[...]

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    Wireless N Adapter RNX-N180UB User Manual Figure 0-4 It display receive and transmit information 5.4 ICS Figure 0-5 Y ou can set internet connecting sharing (ICS), select the network you want to share in the list, 29[...]

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    Wireless N Adapter RNX-N180UB User Manual then click ‘apply’, the following picture app ears. When you connect successfully , you can share network with others Figure 0-6 30[...]

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    Wireless N Adapter RNX-N180UB User Manual FA Q This chapter provides solutions to problems that may occur during the inst allatio n and operation of the Wireless USB Adapter . Read the descriptions below to solve you r problems. 1. The Wireless USB Adapter does not work properly . Reinsert the Wireless USB Adapter into your PC’s USB slot. Right c[...]

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    Wireless N Adapter RNX-N180UB User Manual 32 unable to connect to the wirele ss network and/or the Internet? Check that the LED indicators for the broadband modem are indicating normal activity . If not, there may be a problem with the broadband connection. Check that the LED indicators on the wireless router are fu nctioning properly . If not, che[...]