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- Page 1 Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X User Manual...
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Page 2: Fcc Statement
Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X 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 harmful interference in a residential installation. - Page 3 Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X 2400.0-2483.5 MHz Country Restriction Bulgaria France Outdoor use limited to 10 mW e.i.r.p. within the band 2454-2483.5 MHz Italy Luxembourg Norway Implemented Russian Federation Note: Please don’t use the product outdoors in France. Reason/remark General authorization required for outdoor use and public service Military Radiolocation use.
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X Table of Content Chapter 1 Overview ...5 Package Content ...5 Overview of the Product ...5 Features ...6 LED Status ...6 Chapter 2 Installation Guide ...7 Hardware Installation ...7 Software Installation ...7 Chapter 3 Management Guide ...11 Configures a Basic Network Connection ...11... -
Page 5: Chapter 1 Overview
Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X Chapter 1 Overview Thank you for choosing Rosewill’s 802.11n 2T3R Wireless PCI adapter – RNX-N300X. 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. -
Page 6: Features
Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X Features Complies with IEEE802.11n (draft), IEEE802.11g, IEEE802.11b standards Supports WPA/WPA2 data security, IEEE802.1x authentication, TKIP/AES encryption, and 64/128/152-bit WEP encryption Supports high rate of up to 300Mbps for maximum throughput, supports automatically adjust to lower speeds due to distance or other operating limitations Supports QoS: WMM, WMM-PS Complies with PCI 2.3 or Mini PCI type III... -
Page 7: Chapter 2 Installation Guide
Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X Chapter 2 Installation Guide Hardware Installation To install the adapter, follow these steps listed below: 1. Turn off your desktop PC and disconnect the power. 2. Remove your PC case and locate an available PCI slot on the motherboard. Remove the metal slot cover on the back of the PC. - Page 8 Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X 2. Insert the CD-Rom that came with this product to your CD-Rom drive. The menu window pops up automatically. Please click the “Driver” button of this product. Note: If the CD-Rom fails to auto-run, please click on “My Computer”> your CD-Rom Drive>...
- Page 9 Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X User Manual 5. Click the “Install” button to start installing. 6. Click the “Finish” button to complete installation.
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Page 11: Chapter 3 Management Guide
Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X User Manual Chapter 3 Management Guide This chapter will help you understand the management interface of the device and how to manage the device. Configures a Basic Network Connection Selecting configuration tool In the following instruction for making a network connection, we use the utility we provide to configure your wireless network settings. -
Page 12: Introduction To The Wireless Lan Utility For Windows Xp
Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X Connect with Rosewill’s 802.11n Wireless LAN Utility We provide this utility for users to connect to a wireless network easily. It provides more information and configuration for this adapter. As default, the utility is started automatically upon starting your computer and connects to a connectable wireless network with best signal strength. -
Page 13: Status Information
Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X 3.2.2 Status Information Status Shows the connecting status. Also shows the SSID while connecting to a valid network. Extra Info Display link status in use Channel Display current channel in use Authentication Authentication mode in use. -
Page 14: Profile
Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X IP Address IP address of current connection Sub Mask Sub mask of current connection Default Gateway Default gateway of current connection Link Speed Show current transmit rate and receive rate Throughput Display transmit and receive throughput in Mbps... - Page 15 Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X Adding a new profile 1. Click the “Add” button. The add profile window pops up. Note: you could also add a new profile quickly by selecting an available network in the “Network” function then press the “Add to Profile” button.
- Page 16 Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X Authentication Type Encryption Type 802.1x WPA Pre-shared Key WEP Key 4. Specify the 802.1x information if you are using the 802.1X certification method. Users that don’t use this function or connecting to an open-wireless network please skip this part.
- Page 17 Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X EAP method: Tunnel Authentication: Session Resumption: ID \ PASSWORD Authentication ID / Password: Identity, password and domain name for server. Only "EAP-FAST" and "LEAP" authentication can key in domain name. Domain name can be keyed in blank space.
- Page 18 Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X User Manual Use Client certificate: Client certificate for server authentication. EAP Fast Allow unauthenticated provision mode: Mark to enable unauthenticated provision mode. Use protected authentication credential: Mark to use protected authentication credential. Server Certification Use Certificate chain: Mark the checkbox to enable using certification chain.
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Page 19: Network
Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X 3.2.4 Network This network lists the available wireless networks. The utility connects to a wireless network with best signal strength automatically. You can change the connecting network by clicking on the network name and click the “Connect” button. To see detail information of each network, please double click on each item to pop up the information window. -
Page 20: Advanced
Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X 3.2.5 Advanced This page provides advanced configurations to this adapter. Please refer to the following chart for definitions of each item. Wireless mode Enable TX Burst Enable TCP Window Size Fast Roaming at __ dBm... -
Page 21: Wmm
Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X Frames Transmitted Successfully Frames Retransmitted Successfully Frames Fail To Receive ACK After All Retries RTS Frames Successfully Receive CTS RTS Frames Fail To Receive CTS Restart Counter Frames Received Successfully Frames Received With CRC Error... -
Page 22: Wps
Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X This page allows users to activate the WMM function for this device. Please note that this function only works while connecting to a WMM compatible device. WMM Enable WMM - Power Save Enable Direct Link Setup Enable 3.2.8 WPS... - Page 23 Config Methods, Device Password ID, Selected Registrar, State, Version, AP Setup Locked, UUID-E and RF Bands. 8-digit numbers. It is required to enter PIN Code into Registrar using PIN method. Each Network card has only one PIN Code of Enrollee. Enrollee or an external Registrar.
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Page 24: Introduction To The Configuration Utility For Windows Vista
Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X Delete WPS associate IE WPS probe IE Progress Bar Status Bar Note: When you click PIN or PBC, please don't do any rescan within two-minute connection. If you want to abort this setup within the interval, restart PIN/PBC or press Disconnect to stop WPS action. -
Page 25: Link Status
Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X 1. Click the “Add” button. The add profile window pops up. Note: you could also add a new profile quickly by selecting an available network in the “Site Survey” function then press the “Add to Profile” button. -
Page 26: Site Survey
Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X Status Extra Info Link Speed Throughput Link Quality Signal Strength Noise Level 3.3.3 Site Survey This page shows the available wireless networks within the coverage of this network adapter. You could check the status of wireless network around your computer or add a network into your profile. -
Page 27: Statistic
Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X SSID Name of the network. BSSID AP MAC address or random numbers generated for IBSS Phy Type Phy Type of the network Signal Signal strength of the network Channel The channel in use Encryption Encryption algorithm. The supported algorithms are WEP, TKIP, AES, and Not Use. - Page 28 Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X Frames Transmitted Successfully Frames Transmitted Successfully After Retry Frames Fail To Receive ACK After All Retries RTS Frames Successfully Receive CTS RTS Frames Fail To Receive CTS Frames Received Successfully Frames Received With CRC Error...
- Page 29 Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X This page provides users to connect this adapter to a WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) AP. Those available WPS supported AP are listed on the upper column. Select the AP that you want to connect to and click the “Connect” button to activate.
- Page 30 Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X and WEP. For WPA, WPA2, WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK authentication modes, the available encryption types are TKIP and AES. Config Methods: This attribute contains the config methods supported and enabled by the selected Registrar. Device Password ID: Device Password ID indicates the method or identifies the specific password that the selected Registrar intends to use.
- Page 31 Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X Configure WPS profiles: The user can configure WPS profiles with either PIN method or PBC method. PIN Method: Step 1: The Registrar enters the pin code generated by station. Step 2: Push the "PIN" button.
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Page 32: Chapter 4 Ap Mode Management Guide
Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X User Manual Chapter 4 AP mode management guide This adapter can be configured as AP mode. In order to set this adapter as an AP, please right click the icon on system tray and select “Switch to AP mode”. Please refer to the following introduction to information about this AP-mode utility. - Page 33 Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X b/g/n mix; Otherwise system default is 802.11 b/g mix (802.11 b/g/n mix selection item only exists for b/g/n adapter). 3. Country Region Code: eight countries to choose. Country channel list: Classification Range 0: FCC (Canada) CH1 ~ CH11...
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Page 34: Security Setting
Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X Security Setting This page pops up after clicking the Security Settings button. Please follow the instructions below: Authentication Type Encryption Type WPA Pre-shared Key Group Rekey Interval WEP Key Access Control This function filters users to use this device by designating MAC address. Please refer to the following chart for introduction. -
Page 35: Mac Table
Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X Access Policy Choose a method to process access control from the drop list to determine the MAC addresses that you designated are allowed to access the AP or not. MAC Address Add allowed (or denied) MAC addresses to the MAC address list. -
Page 36: Event Log
Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X Power Saving Mode Event Log Record Soft AP all event time and message. Event Time (yy/mm/dd-hh:mm:ss) Message Statistics Statistics page displays the detail counter information based on 802.11 MIB counters. Check if the connected station supports power saving. - Page 37 Duplicate Frames Received Reset Counters 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. Frames that successfully sent. Frames that failed to transmit after hitting retry limit.