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Wir eless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Manual[...]

Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Man ual 2 CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................ ......... 3 1.1 F EA TURES & B ENEFITS .............................................................................................................. 3 1.2 P ACKAGE C[...]

Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Man ual 3 1. INTRODUCTION The high-speed wir eless PCI CARD i s the most convenient way to let you put a desktop/notebook computer almost an ywhere without th e hassle of running netwo rk cables. Now you don’t need to suffer fr om drilling holes and exposed cables. On ce you are connected, you can do anything, just[...]

Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Man ual 4 1.2 P ACKAGE CONTENTS Open the package c arefull y , and make sur e that none of the item s listed below ar e missing. Do not discar d the packing mat erials, in case of r eturn; the unit must be shipped in its origin al package. • One Wireless 802.11b/g /n PCI CARD • One CD-ROM with Drivers and User’[...]

Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Man ual 5 2. PCI CARDADAPTER FOR WINDOWS 2000/XP/VIST A 2.1 BEFORE YOU BEGIN During the installa tion, Vista ma y need to copy systems files fr om its installa tion CD. Ther efor e, you may need a copy of the Windows installation CD at hand befor e installing the drivers. 2.2 INST ALLING THE DRIVERS Follow the steps [...]

Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Man ual 6 • The installation is complete. Click on the Finish button. • Carefully insert the PCI CAR in to the PCI slot. Windows will th en detect and install the new ha rd w are . • An R icon will then appe ar in the system tray . Right click on the R icon and then click on Launch Config Utilities. Note: Click[...]

Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Man ual 7 2.3 PROFILES The Profile tab is used to stor e the settings of multiple Access Poi nts such as home, of fice, café, etc. When adding a pr ofile you ar e r equir ed to enter a pr ofile name and SSID as well a s configure the powe r -sav ing mode, ne twork ty pe, RTS/fragmentat ion threshold an d encryption/[...]

Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Man ual 8 • Profile : Enter a name for the pr ofile; this does not need to be the same as the SSID. • SSID : Enter the SSID of the network or select on e from the dr op-down li st. The SSID is a unique name shar ed among all points in your wi reless netwo rk. The SSID must be identical for all points in the net w[...]

Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Man ual 9 • Profile : Enter a name for the pr ofile; this does no t need to be the same as the SSID. • SSID : Enter the SSID of the networ k or select one fr om the dr op-down list. Th e SSID is a unique name shar ed among all poin ts in your wir eless network. The SSID mu st be identical for all points in the ne[...]

Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Man ual 10 • Authentication T ype : Select Open or Shared fr om the dr op-down list. • Encryption : Select WEP from the dr op-down list. • WEP Key : T ype a character string into the field. For 64-bit enter 5 alpha numeric or 10 hexadecimal c haracters. For 128-bit enter 13 alphanumeric o r 26 hexadecimal ch ar[...]

Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Man ual 11 • Authentication T ype : Select WP A or WP A2 from the drop-dow n list. • Encryption : Select TKIP or AES from the dr op-down list. • Click on the Apply button to save the chan ges. • Show Password check box. If you want to make sure the accuracy of password you type, click the Show Passwor d box t[...]

Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Man ual 12 • Authentication T ype : Select WP A or WP A2 from the drop-dow n list. • Encryption : Select TKIP or AES from the dr op-down list. • WP A Presh ared ke y : Enter a pass phra se which is be tween 8 and 32 characters long. • Click on the Apply button to sa ve the changes. • Show Password check box[...]

Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Man ual 13 2.5 NETWORK The Network tab displays the curr ent statu s of the wir eless radio. The following information is included in this tab, as t he image depicts below . • Status : This indicates the stat e of the client. Ther e ar e thr ee options: 1. Associated : Indicates that t he wireless client is connect[...]

Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Man ual 14 2.6 SITE SURVEY The Network tab also displays a list of Acc ess Points and Stations in the ar ea, and allow s you to connect to a specific one. The following information is included in this tab, as the image depicts below . • SSID : Displays the SSID of the Acc ess Point. The SSID is a unique name shared[...]

Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Man ual 15 2.7 ST A TISTICS The Statistics tab displays transmit and r eceive packet stati stics in re al-time. Information included is frames transmi tted/re ceived succe ssf ully , tr ansmitte d success fully wit hout and after retr y , recei ved with CRC err or , duplicate frames r eceived, etc. 2.8 WPS Click on t[...]

Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Man ual 16 2.9 ABOUT The About tab displays informa tion about the devic e , such as : the network driver v ersion and date, configuration utilit y version and date, and the NI C (N etwork Interface Card) firmwar e version and date. 2.10 UNINST ALL THE DRIVERS & CLIENT UTILITY If the PCI CARD installatio n is uns[...]

Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Man ual 17 The un-ins tallation proce ss is complete. Select Y es, I want to r estart my computer now radio button and then click on the Finish button. Then rem ove the PCI CARDadapter .[...]

Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Man ual 18 3. PCI CARDADAPTER FOR WINDOWS 2000/XP 3.1 BEFORE YOU BEGIN During the installation, XP may need to copy sy stems files fr om its installation CD. Th erefor e, you may need a copy of the Windows installation CD at hand b efore installing the drivers. On many systems, instead of a CD, the necessary inst all[...]

Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Man ual 19 • W ait for a few sec onds until the driv er and client utility is installed.[...]

Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Man ual 20 • The installation is complete. Click on the Finish button. • Carefull y insert the PCI CARD into the PCI slot . Windows will then detect and install the new har dware. • An R icon will then appe ar in the system tray . Right click on the R icon and then click on Launch Config Utilities. Note: Click [...]

Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Man ual 21 3.3 PROFILES The Profile tab is used to stor e the settings of multip le Access Points such as home, of fice, café, etc. When adding a pr ofile you ar e r equir ed to enter a pr ofile name and SSID as well a s configure the powe r -sav ing mode, ne twork ty pe, RTS/fragmentat ion threshold an d encryption[...]

Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Man ual 22 • Profile : Enter a name for the pr ofile; this does no t need to be the same as the SSID. • SSID : Enter the SSID of the networ k or select one fr om the dr op-down list. Th e SSID is a unique name shar ed among all poin ts in your wir eless network. The SSID mu st be identical for all points in the n[...]

Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Man ual 23 3.3.2 Ad-hoc Mode This is the simplest network configurati on wi th several computer s equipped with the P C Card s that form a wir eless network whene ver they ar e within range of one anot her . In ad- hoc mode, each client is p eer -to-peer , would only have access to the r esour ces of the othe r clien[...]

Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Man ual 24 3.4 AUTHENTICA TIO N AND SECURITY The Security tab allows you to configur e the authentication and encrypti on settings such a s: WEP , WP A, WP A-PSK, WP A2, and 8 02.1x. Each security option i s described in detail below . 3.4.1 WEP Encryption The WEP tab displays the WEP settings . Encryption is designe[...]

Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Man ual 25 • Authentication T ype : Select Open or Shared fr om the dr op-down list. • Encryption : Select WEP from th e drop -down list. • WEP Key : T ype a character string into the field. For 64-bit enter 5 alpha numeric or 10 hexadecimal c haracters. For 128-bit enter 13 alphanumeric o r 26 hexadecim al cha[...]

Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Man ual 26 • Authentication T ype : Select WP A or WP A2 from the drop-do wn list. • Encryption : Select TKIP or AES from the drop-down list. • Click on the Apply button to save the c hanges. • Show Password ch eck box. If you want to make sur e the accur acy of passwo rd you type, click the Show Passwor d bo[...]

Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Man ual 27 • Authentication T ype : Select WP A or WP A2 from the drop-down list. • Encryption : Select TKIP or AES from the drop-down list. • WP A Presh ared ke y : Enter a pass phra se which is be tween 8 and 32 characters long. • Click on the Apply button to save the c hanges. • Show Password ch eck box.[...]

Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Man ual 28 • Authentication T ype : Select LEAP from the dr op-down list. • Identity : Enter the user name. • Password : Ente r the passwor d. • Domain : Enter a domain name. • Encryption : Select WEP , WP A-TKIP or WP A2-AES encryption. • Click on the OK button to save the changes. 3.4.5 802.1x with PEAP[...]

Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Man ual 29 • Authentication T ype : Select PEAP from the dr op-down list. • Protocol : If your netwo rk uses TLS or Smart Ca rd to authe nticate its user s, select TLS/Smartcard fr om the drop down list. TLS (T ra nsport Layer Security) is an I ETF standar dized authentica tion protoc ol that uses PKI (Public Key[...]

Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Man ual 30 • Authentication T ype: Select TTLS from the dr op-down list. • Protocol : Select EAP-MSCHAP v2, MS-CHAP , or CHAP fr om the drop-do wn list. • Identity : Enter the user name. • Password : Ente r the passwor d. • Click on the OK button to save the changes. 3.4.7 802.1x CA Server Depending on the [...]

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Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Man ual 32 • Use certificate chai n: Place a c heck in this to enabl e the certificate use. • Certificate issuer : Select the Certification Authori ty from the dr op-down list. • Allow intermediate certificates : During tunnel cr eation the client must verify the server’ s certificate. When checking this cert[...]

Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Man ual 33 • Status : This indicates the stat e of the client. Ther e ar e thr ee optio ns: 1. Associated: Indic ates that the wir eless client is connected to a n Access Point (AP). The BSSID is shown in the form of 12 HEX digits, which is the MA C address of the AP . 2. Scanning : Indicates th at the wir eless cl[...]

Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Man ual 34 interfer ence. • Click on the OK button to close this window . 3.5.1 Site Survey The Network tab also displays a list of Acc ess Points and Stations in the ar ea, and allow s you to connect t o a specific one. The following infor mation is included in this t ab, as the image depicts below . • SSID: Dis[...]

Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Man ual 35 3.6 ADV ANCED CONFIGURA TION The Advanced tab is used to configur e the wir eless mode (802.11g, 802.11b/g-mixed, or 802.11b/g/n-mixed), Tx bu rst, and CCX. • Wireless mode : Select 802.11 b/g/n mi x if the wirel ess network uses both 11b, 11g, and 11n stations and APs. B/G Pr otection : This is the ERP [...]

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Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Man ual 37 3.8 WMM (WIRELESS MUL TIMEDIA) Click on the WMM tab. Wireless Multi media Extensions (WME), also known as Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM) is a Wi-Fi Alliance interpretability certifi c ation, based on the IEEE 802.11e draft standar d. It provides basic Quali ty of service (QoS) f eatur es to IEEE 802.11 netwo rks. [...]

Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Man ual 38 • Rescan: Click on thi s button to view a li st of Access Points in the area. • WPS Information: Display the inform ation about WPS on the selected n etwork. List information include Authentication Type, Encryption T ype, Config Methods, Device Password ID, Selected Registra r, State, Version, AP Setup[...]

Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Man ual 39 3.10 ABOUT The About tab displays information abo ut the device , such as: the network driver version and date, configuration utilit y version and date, and the NI C (N etwork Interface Card) firmwar e version and date. 3.11 RADIO The Radio tab allows you to enable or disable the radio. 3.12 UNINST ALL THE[...]

Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Man ual 40 • The un-installation pr ocess will then begin. • Click on the Ye s button to confirm the un-installa tion pro cess. • Then click on the Finish button. Th en remove the P CI CARD.[...]

Wireless PCI CARD RNX-N300 User Man ual 41 5 . APPENDIX A – GLOSSAR Y 8 802.11 A family of specifications for wireless local area networks (WLANs) developed by a working group of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). A Access Contr ol List ACL. This is a database of netwo rk devices that a re allow ed to access r esource s[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 42 The ability for new devices to communicate an d interact wi th older legacy devices to guarantee interoperabili ty Bandwidth The maximum amount of bytes or bits per sec ond that can be transmitted to and fr om a network devi ce Basic Input/Output System BIOS. A program that the pro cessor of a computer u[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 43 Data Encryption Standar d Uses a randomly sel ected 56-bit key th at must be known b y both the sende r and the recei ver when information is exch anged Database Or ganizes information so that it can be mana ged updated, as well as easily accessed by users or applications. Data-Link layer The second laye[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 44 address i s updated by either clien t software running on a comp uter or by a rou ter that supports Dynamic D NS, whenever the IP addr ess chang es Dynamic IP address IP addres s that is assigned by a DH CP server and that may ch ange. Cable Internet provide rs usually use this meth od to assign IP addr [...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 45 Half-duplex Data cannot be tr ansmitted and r eceived at th e same time Hashing T ransforming a string of charac ters into a shor ter string with a pr edefined length Hexadecimal Characters 0- 9 and A-F Hop The action of data packets being tran smitted fr om one r outer to another Host Computer on a netw[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 46 computer tha t transmits data on the Internet or on an Intranet IPsec Internet Protocol Security IPX Inter network Packet Exchange is a networking protocol developed by Novel to enabl e their Netwar e clients and ser vers to communicate ISP Internet Service Pr ovider J Java A programmi ng language used t[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 47 the phone lines to digital signals for your compu ter MPPE Microsoft Poi nt-to-Point Encryp tion is used to secur e data transmissi ons over PPTP connect ions MTU Maximum T r ansmission Unit is t he lar gest packet that can be transmitt ed on a packet- based network like the Internet Multicast Sending da[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 48 The first layer of the OSI model. Provides th e ha rdwa re mean s of transmitting el ectrical signals on a dat a carrier Ping A utility program that verifies that a gi ve n Internet address exists and can r eceive messages. The utility sends a control packet to the given ad dress and waits for a response[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 49 S Server A computer on a networ k that pr ovides service s and resou rce s to other computer s on the network Session key An encryption and de cryption key th at is generated for every communicatio n session between two computer s Session layer The fifth layer of the OSI model which co ordinates th e con[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 50 Tr a c e r o u t e A utility displays the ro ut es between you computer and specific destination U UDP User Datagra m Protocol Unicast Communication between a singl e sender and receiver Universal Plug and Play A standard t hat allows network devi ces to discover each other an d configure themselves to b[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 51 Wide Area Network The lar ger network that you r LAN is connected to, which may be th e Internet itself, or a region al or corporate network Wi-Fi Wireless Fidelity Wi-Fi Protected Access An updated version of securit y for wirel ess networks that pr ovides authen tication as well as encryption Wireless [...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 52 6. APPENDIX B – SPECIFICA TIONS Data Rates 1, 2, 5.5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54, 72, 84, 150 and 300Mbps (300 R x 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 Operati[...]

Wireless Adapter RNX-N1/N1MAC User Manual 53 7 . APPENDIX C – FCC INTERFERENCE ST A TEMENT Federal Communication Commission Interfer ence Statement This equipment ha s been tested and found to compl y with the limits for a Class B digital de vice, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits a re designed to pro vide rea sonable prote ction[...]