Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X User Manual
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 the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
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.
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 .........................................................................................6 1.3 LED Status ......................
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.
Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X 1.2 User Manual Features z Complies with IEEE802.11n (draft), IEEE802.11g, IEEE802.11b standards z Supports WPA/WPA2 data security, IEEE802.1x authentication, TKIP/AES encryption, and 64/128/152-bit WEP encryption z Supports high rate of up to 300Mbps for maximum throughput, supports automatically adjust to lower speeds due to distance or other operating limitations z Supports QoS: WMM, WMM-PS z Complies with PCI 2.
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 Adapter into the PCI slot.
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 wireless network with this device or with Microsoft Zero Configuration tool.
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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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 software we provide or Microsoft Zero Configuration tool to configure this adapter.
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 to get information regarding to the functions of this utility. 3.
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.
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 signal strength 1, user can choose to display as percentage or dBm format.
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 system.
Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X Authentication Type User Manual 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 make WPA and WPA2 certification.
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. Tunnel ID / Password: Identity and Password for server.
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 certificates: Mark to allow intimidate certification.
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.
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. Fast Roaming at __ dBm Mark the checkbox to enable fast roaming.
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Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X User Manual 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 Enable Wi-Fi Multi-Media. WMM - Power Save Enable Enable WMM Power Save. Please enable WMM before configuring this function. Direct Link Setup Enable Enable DLS (Direct Link Setup). Please enable WMM before configuring this function. 3.2.
Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X WPS AP List User Manual Display the information of surrounding APs with WPS IE from last scan result. List information includes SSID, BSSID, Channel, ID (Device Password ID), Security-Enabled. Rescan Click to rescan the wireless networks. Information Display the information about WPS IE on the selected network.
Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X Delete User Manual Delete an existing credential. And then select the next credential if exist. If there is an empty credential, the driver will select any non-security AP. PIN Start to add to Registrar using PIN configuration method PBC Start to add to AP using PBC configuration method. WPS associate IE Send the association request with WPS IE during WPS setup. It is optional for STA. WPS probe IE Send the probe request with WPS IE during WPS setup.
Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X User Manual 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. 2. Fill in the information of this wireless network and its relative security settings. Please note that the information should be corresponding to the wireless network you are connecting to.
Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X User Manual Status Display current connection status. Extra Info Display link status and current channel in use. Link Speed Display current transmitting and receiving rates Throughput Display transmitting and receiving throughputs. Link Quality Display connecting quality based on signal strength and TX/RX packet error rate. Signal Strength Display receiving signal strength either in percentage or dBm format Noise Level Display noise signal strength. 3.3.
Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X User Manual 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. Authentication Authentication mode. The supported modes are Unknown, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, WPA and WPA2.
Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X Frames Transmitted User Manual Frames sent successfully Successfully Frames Transmitted Frames sent successfully with retry Successfully After Retry Frames Fail To Receive ACK Frames transmitted failed after hitting the retrying limit After All Retries RTS Frames Successfully CTS frames received successfully after sending RTS Receive CTS frames RTS Frames Fail To Receive CTS The missing CTS frames after sending RTS frames Frames Received Successfully Frames rec
Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X User Manual 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. WPS Associate IE: If the "WPS Associate IE" option is checked, station sends a association request with WPS IE during WPS setup.
Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X User Manual 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.
Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X User Manual 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. PBC Method: Push the "PBC" button within 2 second while the Registrar pushes the button.
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.
Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X User Manual 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 1: ETSI CH1 ~ CH13 2: SPAIN CH10 ~ CH11 3: FRANCE CH10 ~ CH13 4: MKK CH14 ~ CH14 5: MKKI (TELEC) CH1 ~ CH14 6: ISRAEL CH3 ~ CH9 7: ISRAEL CH5 ~ CH13 4. Wireless Protection: Auto, on, and off. System default is auto. a.
Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X 4.2 User Manual Security Setting This page pops up after clicking the Security Settings button. Please follow the instructions below: Authentication Type Select to be open or WPA-PSK system. Encryption Type Select an encryption type from the drop list. WPA Pre-shared Key A shared string between AP and STA. For WPA-PSK authentication mode, this field must be filled with character longer than 8 and less than 32 length.
Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X Access Policy User Manual 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. Access List Display all Mac Addresses that you designated. Delete Delete Mac addresses that you selected. Remove All Remove all Mac address in Access List. Apply Apply changes. 4.
Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X Power Saving Mode 4.5 User Manual Check if the connected station supports power saving. Event Log Record Soft AP all event time and message. Event Time (yy/mm/dd-hh:mm:ss) Record event time. Message All event messages. 4.6 Statistics Statistics page displays the detail counter information based on 802.11 MIB counters.
Wireless LAN PCI Card RNX-N300X User Manual Frames Transmitted Successfully Frames that successfully sent. Frames Fail To Receive ACK After Frames that failed to transmit after hitting retry limit. All Retries RTS Frames Successfully Receive Counts of CTS that successfully received after sending CTS RTS frame. RTS Frames Fail To Receive CTS Counts of CTS that fail to be received after sending RTS frame. Frames Retransmitted Successfully retransmitted frames numbers.
