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Summary: Freezes up Window XP until reboot with Java applications.
Review: When a Java program tries to access the network, the card causes Windows XP to repeatedly freeze up for 20-60 seconds then let you click for about 1-2 seconds. Logging off doesn't help. Shutting down processes doesn't help. The only thing that solves the problem is to restart the entire computer.Do *not* buy this card. You will just end up buying a nice 3Com later.
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Summary: Not very overclocking-friendly, otherwise easy to use
Review: This card installs very easily with no driver/setup hassles. It performs great... at stock speeds. This card is not at all overclocking-friendly when it comes to raising the fsb speed. Even using BIOS controls to try and buffer/delay and limit PCI access speeds, it will barely tolerate over a 10% increase without randomly losing it's network connection and thereafter a total loss of ethernet communication abilites. By contrast the FA310 is much more overclock-tolerant than this card.
If you don't overclock, though, buy this card. You won't be disappointed.
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Summary: Good Price, Easy to Install and it works
Review: My title sums it up for me. I am very happy with the card. I installed it in about 10 minutes on my machine that is running Windows 98 2nd Edition. I had no problems with it. As for the price, when was the last time you got ANYTHING for your computer [for this little money] ....that worked ?
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Summary: Very good ethernet card
Review: I use this card in a Dell Poweredge 300 Server in my house. It works great. The one thing I remember having a problem with was the drivers included on the WIN2K CD were no good. I had to update them but that was no problem since the box came with drivers on disk. Im going to be buying another one to put in the server so that I can test out firewall software on it. Definitely a great product...
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Summary: Netgear FA311 Ethernet card
Review: I took the card out of the package, opened my computer, stuck it in (but is was a little tough to get into my Dell, i just bent the metal tip on the edge that goes toward the motherboard and it went in fine), then put in the floppy disk and search for the best driver. Simple as that. Works great with DSL. I am completely satisfied with this card and anything else made by netgear. Great price too. Easy set up(I have Windows ME).
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Summary: High Price for No Value!
Review: Card is unreliable and does not connect consistently to the internet. Spent many hours on phone with Netgear, to no avail. Have decided to spend more and get a better product. It is junk!
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Summary: Works fine in Linux
Review: The card works fine in Linux. I've had it going since Redhat 7.0 that I can remember. Uses the natsemi module perfectly. I've always had the card working fine in Windows 9X, however, I have issues in Windows 2000 with my home network. Every now and again, in Windows 2000/XP, Windows pops up a message saying network cable unplugged. This is not the case, the cables have been tested. However, it only does it with my 5 port 10mb Hub. If I tell it the media is 10mb single-duplex, everything is fine. However, I'd rather leave it to auto sense, and not have the annoying message popup every now and again (a few times per day).
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Summary: Avoid - get a RealTek chipset.
Review: What can I say? I've purchased both the FA310 and FA311 cards...and surprize, you get what you pay for. Windows did not have the drivers for these cards, installing from floppy went well initially - but after a few reboots, the card would get flakey and the BIOS wouldn't detect it. Tried putting into a different comp, same result. Ultimately the only "solution" was to physically remove the card, uninstall the drivers, reinstall the card... then it would once again work for a while. No, it wasn't a matter of the card not being seated properly. I do tech support for a living (until I get my degree, then I'm outta there).... Get a card based on a RealTek chipset. Much more stable and dependable.
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Summary: Works very well if you get past install
Review: I have a love hate relationship with Netgear. Their products are all very high quality.. but they always seem to fumble the ball on the small things that make a big difference. In this case, the driver software install isn't very robust. To install on the computers running Win98SE was much more of a headache then I have ever had with other LAN cards and involved a number of little ploys to trick the computer into recognizing the card and associating the right driver to it. Sure Microsoft Plug and Play is a large part of the problem but Netgear should be putting together better documentation and software fixes to make it go easier. Bottom line: Worked like a charm when I got it in but I don't look forward to reinstalling it.
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Summary: reboot problems with FIC AD-11 MB
Review: I've installed this card in a FIC AD-11 motherboard and the system will not do warm reboots under Win98 or Linux (2.4.3 kernel from Mandrake 8.0). Pressing reset does reboot the system and software installation then resumes where it left off without problems. The Netgear site has a FAQ which says that a cure for this problem (an IRQ conflict) is to switch the card to various PCI slots. The combinations that I have tried so far don't work.
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