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Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 2 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................ ......... 4 1.1 F EA TURES & B ENEFITS .............................................................................................................. 4 1.2 P ACKAGE C ONTENT[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 3 4.2.1 Infrastructure Mode ................................................. .................................................... 4 9 4.2.2 Ad-hoc Mode .............................................................................................................. .5 0 4.3 A UTHENTICA TION AND S ECURITY ....[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC 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[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC 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-N1/N1MAC • One CD-ROM with Drivers [...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 6 setup.exe file from the CD-ROM drive. • 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-N1/N1MAC 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[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 8 encryption/a uthentication se ttings. A pr ofile can be configur ed as Infrastructur e or Ad-hoc mode. The configuration settings fo r each mode are described b elow . 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 b[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User 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 li st. The SSID is a unique name shar ed among all points in your wi reless netwo rk. The SSID must be identical for all points in the net[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User 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 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[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 11 other wir eless clients, all the wireless d e vices in this net work must have the same encryption key or pass phrase. The following information is in cluded in this tab, as the image depicts below . • Authentication T ype : Select Open or Shared fr om the dr op-dow n list. • Encryption : Select WEP [...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 12 • 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. • Click on the Apply button to save the chan ges. • Show Password check box. If you want to make sure the accuracy of password you type, click the Show Passwor d box[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User 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 phra se which is be tween 8 and 32 characters long. • Click on the Apply button to sa ve the changes. • Show Password check bo[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 14 • 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 c[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 15 • SSID : Displays the SSID of the Acc ess Point. The SSID is a unique name shared among all points in your w ireless network. T he SSID must be identical for all points in the network, and is case-sensitive. • BSSID : Displays the MAC address of the Access Point. • Signal : Displays the r eceiving [...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 16 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[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 17 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 nstall[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 18 Select the Remove all button and the n click on the Next button. 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 .[...]

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Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 20 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 allat[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 21 • W ait for a few sec onds until the driv er and client utility is installed.[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 22 • The installation is complete. Click on the Finish button.[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 23 • 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: Click on Use Zer o Configuration as Con figuration Utility if y[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User 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 , network ty pe , RTS/fragmentatio n thresh old and encrypt[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User 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[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User 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 rang e of one another . In ad- hoc mode, each client is p eer -to-peer , would only have access to the resou rces of th e other client [...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 27 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[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 28 • Authentication T ype : Select Open or Shared from the d rop-dow n 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 c[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User 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 check bo x. If you want to make sure the accuracy of passw ord you type, click the Show Passwor d bo[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User 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 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 bo[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 31 • Authentication T ype : Select LEAP fr om the drop-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 PE[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 32 • Authentication T ype : Select PEAP fr om the drop-d own 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 down list. TLS (T ra nsport Layer Securi ty) is an IETF standar dized authentica tion protoc ol that uses PKI (Public [...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 33 • 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 th[...]

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Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 35 • 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 thi s c[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 36 • 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 [...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 37 • 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 fo[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User 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 mi x if the wirel ess network uses both 11b, 11g, and 11n stations and APs. B/G Pr otection : This is the ER[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 39 retr y , recei ved with CRC err or , duplicate frames r eceived, etc.[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 40 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[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User 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, En cryp tion Type, Config M ethods, Devic e Password ID, Selected Registra r, State, Version, AP [...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User 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 enabl e or disable the radio.[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User 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 [...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 44 • Click on the Ye s button to confirm the un-installation 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-N1/N1MAC User Manual 46 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 automatically , then you must manuall [...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 47 • Select the Macintosh HD and then click on th e Continue button. • Click on the Continue button t o configure the next step.[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 48 • 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.[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 49 • 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 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 in[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 50 power . This option minimizes the battery usage while the network i s idle. • Network T ype : Select Infrastructur e fr om the dr op-down list. • TX Power : Select a transmit power from the dr op-down list. If your no tebook is connected to ext ernal power then select 100% or auto , if not, select on[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 51 values for power s aving. • Preamble : Select Au to from the dr op-down li st, unless you ar e awar e of the preamble type (long or short) used in each stati on. • Ad-hoc wireless mod e : Select a wir eless mode from the dr op-down list d epending on the type of stations u sed in the ad-hoc net work.[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 52 • Authentication T ype : Select Open or Shared fr om the dr op-down list. • Encryption : Select WEP from the dr op-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 cha[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 53 • Authentication T ype: Select WP A or WP A2 from the drop-down list. • Encryption : Select TKIP or AES from the drop-down list. • WP A Preshared ke y : Enter a pass phra se which is be tween 8 and 32 characters long. • Click on the Apply button to save th e changes. • Show Password ch eck box.[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 54 • 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 c[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 55 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. T he SSID must be identical for all points in the network, and is case[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 56 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-N1/N1MAC User Manual 57 • 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 r[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 58 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-N1/N1MAC User Manual 59 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[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 60 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 c[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 61 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 [...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User 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 [...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 63 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 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 t[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 64 A 32-bit number , when talking about Internet Protocol V e rsion 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 enabl e their Netwar e clients and ser[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 65 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 data transm issions over PP TP connect ions MTU Maximum T rans mission Unit is the largest packet[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 66 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 addr ess and waits [...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 67 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[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 68 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[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 69 Wired Equi valent Privacy is securi ty for wi rel es s n et w o rk s t ha t 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 Pr[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 70 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 Operati[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 71 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[...]