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Wireless 11ac Dual Band USB Adapter AC1200UBE User Manual 5 Chapter 1 Overview Thank you for purchasing Roswell’s Wireless 11ac Dual Band USB adapter - AC1200UBE. This is an extremely high-speed 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac dual band wireless network USB Adapter. This wireless network adapter is transferring d...

Wireless 11ac Dual Band USB Adapter AC1200UBE User Manual 7 Chapter 2 Installation Guide 2.1 Hardware Diagram 1. USB Connector 2. Foldable External Wireless Antenna 3. Link/Activity LED 4. WPS Button (Press to activate WPS pairing mode) 2.2 11ac Dual Band Wireless Adapter Driver and Utility Installa...

Wireless 11ac Dual Band USB Adapter AC1200UBE User Manual 8 To use wireless network, you have to connect to a wireless access point first. You can either use Realtek utility (comes with network adapter driver), or Windows Zero Config utility (comes with Windows operating system). 2.2.1 Using Realtek...

Wireless 11ac Dual Band USB Adapter AC1200UBE User Manual 9 3. Insert device driver CD-ROM into the CD/DVD ROM drive of your computer. Select “ Driver/Utility Installation ” to install the software program. 4. Then Click “ Next ” to continue. Installation procedure needs few minutes to complete, ple...

Wireless 11ac Dual Band USB Adapter AC1200UBE User Manual 10 1. After installation is complete, wireless configuration utility will be shown in the desktop of your computer automatically. You will also see an icon at the bottom-right corner of your windows system. You can click the icon by right mou...

Wireless 11ac Dual Band USB Adapter AC1200UBE User Manual 11 3. Please wait for a while, and all wireless access points which can be reached by this wireless network adapter will be displayed here. 4. Please select the access point you want to connect, and then double click on it or click “ Add to P...

Wireless 11ac Dual Band USB Adapter AC1200UBE User Manual 13 3. A message indicating that you have been switched to Windows Zero Configuration mode will appear. Click “ OK ” to continue. NOTE: To return to use Realtek utili ty, uncheck “ Windows Zero Config ” box. 4. Click “ Start ” button (should b...

Wireless 11ac Dual Band USB Adapter AC1200UBE User Manual 14 5. Double click “ Network Connections ”. 6. Right- click “ Wireless Network Connection ” (it may have a number as suffix if you have more than one wireless network adapter, please make sure you right- click the “ Realtek 8812AU Wireless LA...

Wireless 11ac Dual Band USB Adapter AC1200UBE User Manual 15 Networks ”. 7. All wireless access points in proximity will be displayed here. If the access point you want to use is not displayed here, please try to move your computer or notebook closer to the access point, or you can click “ Refresh n...

Wireless 11ac Dual Band USB Adapter AC1200UBE User Manual 16 9. If you can see “ Connected ” message, the connection between your computer and wireless access point is successfully established.

Wireless 11ac Dual Band USB Adapter AC1200UBE User Manual 17 2.3 Connection Profile Management If you need to connect to different wireless access points at different time, like of access point of your home, office, internet cafe, or public wireless service, you can store the connection parameters (...

Wireless 11ac Dual Band USB Adapter AC1200UBE User Manual 18 2.3.1 Add a new profile By this function you can setup the connection parameters for a specific wireless access point in advance, without contacting it first. If you want to create a new profile, click “ Profile ” menu, then click “ Add ” ...

Wireless 11ac Dual Band USB Adapter AC1200UBE User Manual 19 Required parameters are: Profile name You can give a name to this profile, so you can remember its purpose easily. It can be any phrase to help you remember. Network Name (SSID) The SSID (Service Set Identifier, i.e. access point ’s name)....

Wireless 11ac Dual Band USB Adapter AC1200UBE User Manual 20 select the length of the key. The passphrase must be identical with the setting of wireless access point you with to connect. Key index Select WEP key index. For most of access points you can select “ 1 ”, but please refer to the setting o...

Wireless 11ac Dual Band USB Adapter AC1200UBE User Manual 22 2.3.3 Edit an existing profile If you have added a profile before, and you wish to change the content of the profile, you can use this function. Please select a profile fro m the list first, then click “ Edit ” button. You’ll be provided w...

Wireless 11ac Dual Band USB Adapter AC1200UBE User Manual 23 2.3.4 Make a copy of existing profile If you need to make a copy of a specific profile, you can use this function. This function is very convenient when you need to build a new profile which parameters are similar to any existing profile. ...

Wireless 11ac Dual Band USB Adapter AC1200UBE User Manual 24 2.4 Network Statistics, General Information, and Status The configuration utility provides information about network statistics and link status. If you want to know how your wireless network adapter works, you can use these functions to ge...

Wireless 11ac Dual Band USB Adapter AC1200UBE User Manual 25 All general information like signal strength and link quality will be displayed here. This information is very useful when you encounter some problem on connecting to access point. If you wish to get a new IP address from DHCP server, you ...

Wireless 11ac Dual Band USB Adapter AC1200UBE User Manual 27 2.4.3 View Network Statistics To view the statistical data of wireless net work adapter, click “ Statistics ” menu, and the statistics of wireless connection will be displayed: All connection- related statistics is displayed here. You can ...

Wireless 11ac Dual Band USB Adapter AC1200UBE User Manual 28 2.5 Miscellaneous Settings There are few functions provided by Realtek configuration utility, you can access these functions from the bottom of configuration menu: The descriptions of these functions are listed as follow: Show Tray Icon Ch...

Wireless 11ac Dual Band USB Adapter AC1200UBE User Manual 29 2.6 Establish secure connection with AP by WPS Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the latest wireless network technology which makes wireless network setup become very simple. If you have WPS-enabled wireless access point, and you want to esta...

Wireless 11ac Dual Band USB Adapter AC1200UBE User Manual 30 2. Click “ Wi-Fi Protect Setup ” menu. 3. You can use PIN code or Push-Button configuration, and WPS-compatible wireless access point must use the same type of WPS. For instructions on setup each type of WPS, see next 2 chapters for detail...

Wireless 11ac Dual Band USB Adapter AC1200UBE User Manual 31 2.6.1 PIN Code To use PIN Code, please click “ Pin Input Config (PIN) ” button: You’ll be prompted to select an access point you wish to connect. If you know its SSID, click “ Yes ”, otherwise click “ No ”. If you select “ Yes ”, a list of...

Wireless 11ac Dual Band USB Adapter AC1200UBE User Manual 33 2.6.2 Push Button To use Push- Button WPS configuration, please click “ Push Button Config (PBC) ” button. This is the easiest way to establish secure connection by WPS, but if there’re more than one WPS-compatible AP using Push-Button con...

Wireless 11ac Dual Band USB Adapter AC1200UBE User Manual 34 CHAPTER 3 Soft-AP Function Excepting become a wireless client of other wireless access points, this wireless adapter can act as a wireless service provider also! You can switch this wireless adapter’s operating mode to “ AP ” mode to simul...

Wireless 11ac Dual Band USB Adapter AC1200UBE User Manual 35 It requires few seconds to switch to AP mode, please be patient. After mode switch is complete, you’ll see general information of software AP, which shows AP’s SSID and connected wireless clients.

Wireless 11ac Dual Band USB Adapter AC1200UBE User Manual 36 3.1.1 Configure SSID and Channel To configure software AP, click “ Config ” button:

Wireless 11ac Dual Band USB Adapter AC1200UBE User Manual 37 The “ Wireless Network Properties ” is displayed. Please note that Ad-Hoc mode is not available when network adapter is in AP mode. The description of major setup items are listed below: Network Name (SSID) Please input the SSID (the name ...

Wireless 11ac Dual Band USB Adapter AC1200UBE User Manual 38 3.1.2 Setup Soft-AP Security To setup security options for Soft- AP, configure “ Wireless Network Security ” section as follow: The description of setup items about wireless security are listed below: Network Authentication Select network ...

Wireless 11ac Dual Band USB Adapter AC1200UBE User Manual 39 3.2 Advanced Settings If you want to setup advanced settings of software access point, select “ Advanced ” menu. If you don’t know the meaning and effects of these settings, keep them untouched. The description of all setup items are liste...

Wireless 11ac Dual Band USB Adapter AC1200UBE User Manual 40 3.3 Wireless Statistics Select “ Statistics ” menu and the data statistics about software access point will be displayed. Click “ Reset ” to reset the value of every item back to “ 0 ”.

Wireless 11ac Dual Band USB Adapter AC1200UBE User Manual 41 3.4 Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) In this page, you can assign a network adapter on your computer as the path for all wireless clients to get connected to Internet. If you have only one network adapter (except this software access poin...

Wireless 11ac Dual Band USB Adapter AC1200UBE User Manual 42 Appendix A: Product Specification Standard IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Interface USB 3.0 (USB 2.0 Compatible) Frequency Band 2.4000~2.4835GHz 5.150~5.825GHz Data Rate 11a: 6/9/12/24/36/48/54Mbps; 11b: 1/2/5.5/11Mbps; 11g: 6/9/12/24/36/48/54Mbps ...

Wireless 11ac Dual Band USB Adapter AC1200UBE User Manual 45 Appendix C: Glossary 1. What is the IEEE 802.11g standard? 802.11g is the new IEEE standard for high-speed wireless LAN communications that provides for up to 54 Mbps data rate in the 2.4 GHz band. 802.11g is quickly becoming the next main...

Wireless 11ac Dual Band USB Adapter AC1200UBE User Manual 46 6. What is BSS ID? A specific Ad hoc LAN is called a Basic Service Set (BSS). Computers in a BSS must be configured with the same BSS ID. 7. What is WEP? WEP is Wired Equivalent Privacy, a data privacy mechanism based on a 40 bit shared ke...

Wireless 11ac Dual Band USB Adapter AC1200UBE User Manual 47 13. What is Spread Spectrum? Spread Spectrum technology is a wideband radio frequency technique developed by the military for use in reliable, secure, mission-critical communication systems. It is designed to trade off bandwidth efficiency...