Rosewill RC401-EX user manual Introduction, Features, PCIe & ExpressCard Interface

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

zCompliant with PCI Express Specification, revision 1.0a.

zlane 2.5Gbps PCI Express host interface.

zLow Profile PCI Form Factor (for PCIe Host only).

1.1.2. 1000Base-T Gigabit Ethernet

zFully compliant with IEEE 802.3 (10Base-T Ethernet), IEEE 802.3u (100Base-TX Fast Ethernet), IEEE 802.3z (1000Base-T Gigabit Ethernet).

zSupports 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).

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

zGreen LED indicator for 1000 Mbps.

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

zAuto-Negotiation with Next page capability.

zSupports pair swap/polarity/skew correction.

zCrossover Detection & Auto-Correction.

zWake-on-LAN and remote wake-up support.

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

zSupports Full Duplex flow control (IEEE 802.3x).

zSupports IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging.

z8K Transmit FIFO and 64K Receive FIFO support.

zSupports power down/link down power saving.

zCompatible with Windows 2000, 2003, XP and VISTA

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