Rosewill RNX-N2X - Manual (Page 2)

Wireless Adapter RNX-N2X User Manual
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1. INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................... 4
1.1 F EATURES & B ENEFITS ............................................................................................................. 4
1.2 P ACKAGE C ONTENTS ............................................................................................................... 5
1.3 USB A DAPTER D ESCRIPTION .................................................................................................... 5
1.4 S YSTEM R EQUIREMENTS .......................................................................................................... 5
2. USB ADAPTER FOR WINDOWS VISTA................................................................................... 5
2.1 B EFORE Y OU B EGIN ................................................................................................................ 5
2.2 I NSTALLING THE D RIVERS .......................................................................................................... 5
2.3 P ROFILES ................................................................................................................................ 8
2.3.1 Infrastructure Mode ...................................................................................................... 8
2.3.2 Ad-hoc Mode................................................................................................................ 9
2.4 A UTHENTICATION AND S ECURITY ............................................................................................. 10
2.4.1 WEP Encryption.......................................................................................................... 10
2.4.2 WPA, WPA2 Authentication & TKIP, AES Encryption ................................................. 11
2.4.3 WPA-PSK Authentication & TKIP, AES Encryption .................................................... 12
2.5 N ETWORK ............................................................................................................................. 13
2.6 S ITE SURVEY ......................................................................................................................... 14
2.7 S TATISTICS ............................................................................................................................ 15
2.8 WPS.................................................................................................................................... 16
2.9 A BOUT .................................................................................................................................. 17
2.10 U NINSTALL THE D RIVERS & C LIENT U TILITY ............................................................................ 18
3. USB ADAPTER FOR WINDOWS 2000/XP............................................................................. 21
3.1 B EFORE Y OU B EGIN .............................................................................................................. 21
3.1 I NSTALLING THE D RIVERS ........................................................................................................ 21
3.3 P ROFILES .............................................................................................................................. 24
3.3 P ROFILES .............................................................................................................................. 24
3.3.1 Infrastructure Mode .................................................................................................... 24
3.3.2 Ad-hoc Mode.............................................................................................................. 26
3.4 A UTHENTICATION AND S ECURITY ............................................................................................. 26
3.4.1 WEP Encryption.......................................................................................................... 27
3.4.2 WPA, WPA2 Authentication & TKIP, AES Encryption ................................................. 28
3.4.3 WPA-PSK Authentication & TKIP, AES Encryption .................................................... 29
3.4.4 LEAP Authentication................................................................................................... 30
3.4.5 802.1x with PEAP ....................................................................................................... 31
3.4.5.1 PEAP Authentication with EAP/TLS Smartcard..................................................................31
3.4.6 802.1x with TTLS with EAP-MD5, MS-CHAP, MS-CHAPv2 ...................................... 32
3.4.7 802.1x CA Server........................................................................................................ 33
3.5 N ETWORK ............................................................................................................................. 35
3.5.1 Site Survey.................................................................................................................. 37
3.6 A DVANCED C ONFIGURATION ................................................................................................... 38
3.7 S TATISTICS ............................................................................................................................ 38
3.8 WMM (W IRELESS M ULTIMEDIA ).............................................................................................. 40
3.9 WPS.................................................................................................................................... 40
3.10 A BOUT ................................................................................................................................ 42
3.11 R ADIO ................................................................................................................................. 42
3.12 U NINSTALL THE D RIVERS & C LIENT U TILITY ............................................................................ 43
4. USB ADAPTER FOR MAC OS 10.3/10.4/10.5 ....................................................................... 44
4.1 I NSTALLING THE D RIVERS ........................................................................................................ 44
4.2 P ROFILES ............................................................................................................................... 47