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  • Page 1 Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION... 3 1.1 F & B ... 3 EATURES ENEFITS 1.2 P ... 4 ACKAGE ONTENTS 1.3 PCI CARDA DAPTER ESCRIPTION 1.4 S ... 4 YSTEM EQUIREMENTS 2. WIRELESS PCI CARD FOR WINDOWS 2000/XP/VISTA... 5 2.1 B...

  • Page 3: Introduction

    64/128-bit WEP, WPA, WPA-PSK and WPA-AES encryption and authentication allowing you to experience the most secure wireless connectivity available. The Rosewill 802.11n PCI CARD (RNX-N300) implements the latest 11n 2.0 technology which extremely improves wireless signal for your computer than existing wireless 802.11g technology.

  • Page 4: Package Contents

    Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 1.2 PACKAGE CONTENTS Open the package carefully, and make sure that none of the items listed below are missing. Do not discard the packing materials, in case of return; the unit must be shipped in its original package.

  • Page 5: Wireless Pci Card For Windows 2000/Xp/Vista

    If the setup does not run automatically, then you must manually select the setup.exe file from the CD-ROM drive. • Once the setup begins you will see the InstallShield Wizard. Select Rosewill Configuration Tool and then click on the Next> button.
  • Page 6 Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 • The installation is complete. Click on the Finish button. • Carefully insert the PCI CAR into the PCI slot. Windows will then detect and install the new hardware. • An R icon will then appear in the system tray. Right click on the R icon and then click on Launch Config Utilities.

  • Page 7: Profiles

    Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 2.3 PROFILES The Profile tab is used to store the settings of multiple Access Points such as home, office, café, etc. When adding a profile you are required to enter a profile name and SSID as well as configure the power-saving mode, network type, RTS/fragmentation threshold and encryption/authentication settings.

  • Page 8: Ad-Hoc Mode

    Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 • Profile: Enter a name for the profile; this does not need to be the same as the SSID. • SSID: Enter the SSID of the network or select one from the drop-down list. The SSID is a unique name shared among all points in your wireless network.

  • Page 9: Authentication And Security

    Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 • Profile: Enter a name for the profile; this does not need to be the same as the SSID. • SSID: Enter the SSID of the network or select one from the drop-down list. The SSID is a unique name shared among all points in your wireless network.

  • Page 10: Wpa, Wpa2 Authentication & Tkip, Aes Encryption

    Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 • Authentication Type: Select Open or Shared from the drop-down list. • Encryption: Select WEP from the drop-down list. • WEP Key: Type a character string into the field. For 64-bit enter 5 alphanumeric or 10 hexadecimal characters.

  • Page 11: Wpa-Psk Authentication & Tkip, Aes Encryption

    Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 • Authentication Type: Select WPA or WPA2 from the drop-down list. • Encryption: Select TKIP or AES from the drop-down list. • Click on the Apply button to save the changes. • Show Password check box. If you want to make sure the accuracy of password you type, click the Show Password box to check it.
  • Page 12 Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Manual • Authentication Type: Select WPA or WPA2 from the drop-down list. • Encryption: Select TKIP or AES from the drop-down list. • WPA Preshared key: Enter a pass phrase which is between 8 and 32 characters long.

  • Page 13: Network

    Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 2.5 NETWORK The Network tab displays the current status of the wireless radio. The following information is included in this tab, as the image depicts below. • Status: This indicates the state of the client. There are three options: 1.

  • Page 14: Site Survey

    Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 2.6 SITE SURVEY The Network tab also displays a list of Access Points and Stations in the area, and allows you to connect to a specific one. The following information is included in this tab, as the image depicts below.

  • Page 15: Statistics

    Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 2.7 STATISTICS The Statistics tab displays transmit and receive packet statistics in real-time. Information included is frames transmitted/received successfully, transmitted successfully without and after retry, received with CRC error, duplicate frames received, etc. 2.8 WPS Click on the WPS Configuration tab. WPS (Wireless Push Button) is used for WiFi Protected Setup.

  • Page 16: About

    PCI CARD and its utility and repeat the installation procedure again. Follow the steps below in order to uninstall the client utility: Click on Start > Rosewill Wireless > Uninstall Rosewill RNX-N1 The un-installation process will then begin.
  • Page 17 Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Manual The un-installation process is complete. Select Yes, I want to restart my computer now radio button and then click on the Finish button. Then remove the PCI CARDadapter.

  • Page 18: Wireless Pci Card For Windows 2000/Xp

    If the setup does not run automatically, then you must manually select the setup.exe file from the CD-ROM drive. • Once the setup begins you will see the InstallShield Wizard. Select Rosewill Configuration Tool and then click on the Next> button.
  • Page 19 Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Manual • Wait for a few seconds until the driver and client utility is installed.
  • Page 20 Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 • The installation is complete. Click on the Finish button. • Carefully insert the PCI CARD into the PCI slot . Windows will then detect and install the new hardware. • An R icon will then appear in the system tray. Right click on the R icon and then click on Launch Config Utilities.

  • Page 21: Profiles

    Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 3.3 PROFILES The Profile tab is used to store the settings of multiple Access Points such as home, office, café, etc. When adding a profile you are required to enter a profile name and SSID as well as configure the power-saving mode, network type, RTS/fragmentation threshold and encryption/authentication settings.
  • Page 22 Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 • Profile: Enter a name for the profile; this does not need to be the same as the SSID. • SSID: Enter the SSID of the network or select one from the drop-down list. The SSID is a unique name shared among all points in your wireless network.

  • Page 23: Ad-Hoc Mode

    Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 3.3.2 Ad-hoc Mode This is the simplest network configuration with several computers equipped with the PC Cards that form a wireless network whenever they are within range of one another. In ad- hoc mode, each client is peer-to-peer, would only have access to the resources of the other client and does not require an access point.

  • Page 24: Authentication And Security

    Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 3.4 AUTHENTICATION AND SECURITY The Security tab allows you to configure the authentication and encryption settings such as: WEP, WPA, WPA-PSK, WPA2, and 802.1x. Each security option is described in detail below. 3.4.1 WEP Encryption The WEP tab displays the WEP settings. Encryption is designed to make the data transmission more secure.

  • Page 25: Wpa, Wpa2 Authentication & Tkip, Aes Encryption

    Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 • Authentication Type: Select Open or Shared from the drop-down list. • Encryption: Select WEP from the drop-down list. • WEP Key: Type a character string into the field. For 64-bit enter 5 alphanumeric or 10 hexadecimal characters.

  • Page 26: Wpa-Psk Authentication & Tkip, Aes Encryption

    Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 • Authentication Type: Select WPA or WPA2 from the drop-down list. • Encryption: Select TKIP or AES from the drop-down list. • Click on the Apply button to save the changes. • Show Password check box. If you want to make sure the accuracy of password you type, click the Show Password box to check it.

  • Page 27: Leap Authentication

    Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 • Authentication Type: Select WPA or WPA2 from the drop-down list. • Encryption: Select TKIP or AES from the drop-down list. • WPA Preshared key: Enter a pass phrase which is between 8 and 32 characters long.

  • Page 28: 802.1X With Peap

    Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 • Authentication Type: Select LEAP from the drop-down list. • Identity: Enter the user name. • Password: Enter the password. • Domain: Enter a domain name. • Encryption: Select WEP, WPA-TKIP or WPA2-AES encryption. • Click on the OK button to save the changes.

  • Page 29: 802.1X With Ttls With Eap-Md5, Ms-Chap, Ms-Chapv2

    Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 • Authentication Type: Select PEAP from the drop-down list. • Protocol: If your network uses TLS or Smart Card to authenticate its users, select TLS/Smartcard from the drop down list. TLS (Transport Layer Security) is an IETF standardized authentication protocol that uses PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) certificate-based authentication of both the client and authentication server.

  • Page 30: 802.1X Ca Server

    Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 • Authentication Type: Select TTLS from the drop-down list. • Protocol: Select EAP-MSCHAP v2, MS-CHAP, or CHAP from the drop-down list. • Identity: Enter the user name. • Password: Enter the password. • Click on the OK button to save the changes.
  • Page 31 Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Manual...

  • Page 32: Network

    Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 • Use certificate chain: Place a check in this to enable the certificate use. • Certificate issuer: Select the Certification Authority from the drop-down list. • Allow intermediate certificates: During tunnel creation the client must verify the server’s certificate.
  • Page 33 Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 • Status: This indicates the state of the client. There are three options: 1. Associated: Indicates that the wireless client is connected to an Access Point (AP). The BSSID is shown in the form of 12 HEX digits, which is the MAC address of the AP.

  • Page 34: Site Survey

    Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 interference. • Click on the OK button to close this window. 3.5.1 Site Survey The Network tab also displays a list of Access Points and Stations in the area, and allows you to connect to a specific one. The following information is included in this tab, as the image depicts below.

  • Page 35: Advanced Configuration

    Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 3.6 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION The Advanced tab is used to configure the wireless mode (802.11g, 802.11b/g-mixed, or 802.11b/g/n-mixed), Tx burst, and CCX. • Wireless mode: Select 802.11 b/g/n mix if the wireless network uses both 11b, 11g, and 11n stations and APs.
  • Page 36 Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Manual...

  • Page 37: Wmm (Wireless Multimedia)

    Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 3.8 WMM (WIRELESS MULTIMEDIA) Click on the WMM tab. Wireless Multimedia Extensions (WME), also known as Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM) is a Wi-Fi Alliance interpretability certification, based on the IEEE 802.11e draft standard. It provides basic Quality of service (QoS) features to IEEE 802.11 networks. WMM prioritizes traffic according to 4 AC (Access Categories), however it does not provide guaranteed throughput.
  • Page 38 Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 • Rescan: Click on this button to view a list of Access Points in the area. • WPS Information: Display the information about WPS on the selected network. List information include Authentication Type, Encryption Type, Config Methods, Device Password ID, Selected Registrar, State, Version, AP Setup Locked, UUID-E and RF Bands •...

  • Page 39: About

    PCI CARDadapter and its utility and repeat the installation procedure again. Follow the steps below in order to uninstall the client utility: • Click on Start > Rosewill Wireless > Uninstall Rosewill Wireless PCI CARDAdapter...
  • Page 40 Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Manual • The un-installation process will then begin. • Click on the Yes button to confirm the un-installation process. • Then click on the Finish button. Then remove the PCI CARD.

  • Page 41: Appendix A - Glossary

    Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 5. APPENDIX A – GLOSSARY 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). Access Control List ACL. This is a database of network devices that are allowed to access resources on the network.
  • Page 42 Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC The ability for new devices to communicate and interact with older legacy devices to guarantee interoperability Bandwidth The maximum amount of bytes or bits per second that can be transmitted to and from a network device Basic Input/Output System BIOS.
  • Page 43 Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC Data Encryption Standard Uses a randomly selected 56-bit key that must be known by both the sender and the receiver when information is exchanged Database Organizes information so that it can be managed updated, as well as easily accessed by users or applications.
  • Page 44 Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC address is updated by either client software running on a computer or by a router that supports Dynamic DNS, whenever the IP address changes Dynamic IP address IP address that is assigned by a DHCP server and that may change. Cable Internet providers usually use this method to assign IP addresses to their customers.
  • Page 45 Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC Half-duplex Data cannot be transmitted and received at the same time Hashing Transforming a string of characters into a shorter string with a predefined length Hexadecimal Characters 0-9 and A-F The action of data packets being transmitted from one router to another Host Computer on a network HTTP...
  • Page 46 Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC computer that transmits data on the Internet or on an Intranet IPsec Internet Protocol Security Internetwork Packet Exchange is a networking protocol developed by Novel to enable their Netware clients and servers to communicate Internet Service Provider Java A programming language used to create programs and applets for web pages Kbps...
  • Page 47 Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC the phone lines to digital signals for your computer MPPE Microsoft Point-to-Point Encryption is used to secure data transmissions over PPTP connections Maximum Transmission Unit is the largest packet that can be transmitted on a packet- based network like the Internet Multicast Sending data from one device to many devices on a network Network Address Translation allows many private IP addresses to connect to the Internet,...
  • Page 48 Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC The first layer of the OSI model. Provides the hardware means of transmitting electrical signals on a data carrier Ping A utility program that verifies that a given Internet address exists and can receive messages. The utility sends a control packet to the given address and waits for a response. Power over Ethernet is the means of transmitting electricity over the unused pairs in a category 5 Ethernet cable POP3...
  • Page 49 Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC Server A computer on a network that provides services and resources to other computers on the network Session key An encryption and decryption key that is generated for every communication session between two computers Session layer The fifth layer of the OSI model which coordinates the connection and communication between applications on both ends Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Used for sending and receiving email...
  • Page 50 Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC Traceroute A utility displays the routes between you computer and specific destination User Datagram Protocol Unicast Communication between a single sender and receiver Universal Plug and Play A standard that allows network devices to discover each other and configure themselves to be a part of the network Upgrade To install a more recent version of a software or firmware product...
  • Page 51 Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC Wide Area Network The larger network that your LAN is connected to, which may be the Internet itself, or a regional or corporate network Wi-Fi Wireless Fidelity Wi-Fi Protected Access An updated version of security for wireless networks that provides authentication as well as encryption Wireless ISP A company that provides a broadband Internet connection over a wireless connection...

  • Page 52: Appendix B - Specifications

    Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC 6. APPENDIX B – SPECIFICATIONS Data Rates 1, 2, 5.5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54, 72, 84, 150 and 300Mbps (300 Rx 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...

  • Page 53: Appendix C - Fcc Interference Statement

    This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. Thank you for purchasing a quality Rosewill Product. Please register your product at : www.rosewill.com for complete warranty information and future support for your product. User Manual...

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