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Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X
User Manual
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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. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not in-stalled and used in accordance with
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Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X User Manual 2400.0-2483.5 MHz Country Restriction Reason/remark Bulgaria General authorization required for outdoor use and public service France Outdoor use limited to 10 mW Military Radiolocation use. Refarming of the 2.4 GHz band e.i.r.p. within the band has been ongoing in recent years to allow current relaxed 2454-2483.5 MHz regulation. Full implementation planned 2012 Italy If used outsid
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Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X User Manual Table of Content Chapter 1 Overview .........................................................................................5 Package Content......................................................................................5 1.1 Overview of the Product ................................................................5 1.2 Features ......................................................
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Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X User Manual 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. Rosewill 802.11n Wireless PCI Adapter x 1 2. Quick Installation Guide x 1 3. Resource CD x 1, including: Rose
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Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X User Manual 1.2 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 Compl
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Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X User Manual Chapter 2 Installation Guide 2.1 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. Check with your computer manufacturer for instructions if needed. 3. Slide the PCI Adapte
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Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X User Manual 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> (folder of this product)> Driver then double-click the “Setup” icon to start this menu. 3. Select if you are going to configure your wirel
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Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X User Manual 5. Click the “Install” button to start installing. 6. Click the “Finish” button to complete installation. 9
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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. 3.1 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. Note: You could use either the soft
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Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X User Manual 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. Please refer to the following chapters
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Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X User Manual 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. Encryption Encryption type in use. Network Type Network type in use 13
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Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X User Manual 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 Link Quality Display connection quality based on signal strength and TX/RX packet error rate. Signal Strength 1 Receive sig
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Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X User Manual 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. 2. Fill in information for this profile in the system config section: Profile Name Choose a name for this profile, or use default name defined by sy
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Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X User Manual Authentication Type There are 7 types of authentication modes supported by RaUI including open, Shared, LEAP, WPA and WPA-PSK, WPA2 and WPA2-PSK Encryption Type For open and shared authentication mode, the selection of encryption type are None and WEP. For WPA, WPA2, WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK authentication mode, the encryption type supports both TKIP and AES. 802.1x Use 802.1x to
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Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X User Manual EAP method: To select an EAP method. Tunnel Authentication: Select a Tunnel authentication mode. Session Resumption: Select to enable this function or unmark it to disable. 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.
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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. Allow intimidate certif
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Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X User Manual 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. SSID, Channel and S
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Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X User Manual 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 Click the drop list to select a wireless mode. Enable TX Burst Select to enable connecting to a TX Burst supported device. Enable TCP Window Size Mark the checkbox to enable TCP window size, which help enhance throughput
