Introduction, Features – Rosewill RC401-EX User Manual
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10/100/1000 PCIe LAN Card
RC401-EX User Manual
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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
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Compliant with PCI Express Specification, revision 1.0a.
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lane 2.5Gbps PCI Express host interface.
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Low Profile PCI Form Factor (for PCIe Host only).
1.1.2. 1000Base-T Gigabit Ethernet
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Fully compliant with IEEE 802.3 (10Base-T Ethernet), IEEE 802.3u (100Base-TX Fast Ethernet), IEEE 802.3z
(1000Base-T Gigabit Ethernet).
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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).
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RJ-45 Port offer high speed transmission over CAT 5 UTP cable.
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Green LED indicator for 1000 Mbps.
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Yellow LED indicator on PCI-e card for Link / ACT (Tx / Rx) or Red LED indicator on Notebook ExpressCard for
Link / ACT (Tx / Rx).
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Auto-Negotiation with Next page capability.
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Supports pair swap/polarity/skew correction.
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Crossover Detection & Auto-Correction.
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Wake-on-LAN and remote wake-up support.
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Microsoft® NDIS5 Checksum Offload (IP, TCP, UDP) and largesend offload support.
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Supports Full Duplex flow control (IEEE 802.3x).
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Supports IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging.
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8K Transmit FIFO and 64K Receive FIFO support.
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Supports power down/link down power saving.
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Compatible with Windows 2000, 2003, XP and VISTA