Rosewill RC401-EX User Manual

10/100/1000Mpbs PCIe LAN Card RC401-EX

User Manual

10/100/1000 PCIe LAN Card RC401-EX User Manual

1. Introduction

This PCI Express Host Adapter (or ExpressCard) can upgrade your desktop or Notebook computer to have RJ-45 Port

and support Gigabit Ethernet 10Mbps (half-duplex), Ethernet 20Mbps (full-duplex), Fast Ethernet 100Mbps (half-duplex),

Fast Ethernet 200Mbps (full-duplex), Gigabit 1000Mbps (full-duplex) and Gigabit 2000Mbps (full-duplex) transfer rate It

comes with drivers for Windows.

1.1. Features

1.1.1. PCIe & ExpressCard Interface

z Compliant with PCI Express Specification, revision 1.0a.

z lane 2.5Gbps PCI Express host interface.

z Low Profile PCI Form Factor (for PCIe Host only).

1.1.2. 1000Base-T Gigabit Ethernet

z Fully compliant with IEEE 802.3 (10Base-T Ethernet), IEEE 802.3u (100Base-TX Fast Ethernet), IEEE 802.3z

(1000Base-T Gigabit Ethernet).

z Supports Ethernet 10Mbps (half-duplex), Ethernet 20Mbps (full-duplex), Fast Ethernet 100Mbps (half-duplex),

Fast Ethernet 200Mbps (full-duplex), Gigabit 1000Mbps (full-duplex) and Gigabit 2000Mbps (full-duplex).

z RJ-45 Port offer high speed transmission over CAT 5 UTP cable.

z Green LED indicator for 1000 Mbps.

z Yellow LED indicator on PCI-e card for Link / ACT (Tx / Rx) or Red LED indicator on Notebook ExpressCard for

Link / ACT (Tx / Rx).

z Auto-Negotiation with Next page capability.

z Supports pair swap/polarity/skew correction.

z Crossover Detection & Auto-Correction.

z Wake-on-LAN and remote wake-up support.

z Microsoft® NDIS5 Checksum Offload (IP, TCP, UDP) and largesend offload support.

z Supports Full Duplex flow control (IEEE 802.3x).

z Supports IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging.

z 8K Transmit FIFO and 64K Receive FIFO support.

z Supports power down/link down power saving.

z Compatible with Windows 2000, 2003, XP and VISTA

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