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Netgear FA-310TX 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet PCI Card

Netgear FA-310TX 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet PCI Card

List Price: $27.00
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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Fires up without a hitch in *nix
Review: After installing the card in my box, fired up Linux and had it configured and operational in no more than 3-4 minutes.

Also got the card working under FreeBSD and OpenBSD no problems either.

Unable to comment about Microsoft platform performance, though very pleased with it under *nix. So far have had no problems with the card, works like a charm.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Doesn't work with Windows ME
Review: Although LinkSys tech support will tell you differently, this card does NOT work with Windows ME. And the only help that tech support will give me is that it "should" be working.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great product!
Review: Am a LAN administrator at work and run a home network with a Win2000 Server, 1 Win2000 Pro (working on my Win2000 certification), and 3 Win98 stations plus a printserver. Got 2 of these previously, had no problems installing, configuring or running. Am back to get 2 more to expand my home network. I do enjoy gaming with my kids and some of their friends.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great Medium Sized Company/SOHO Card
Review: As a network administrator in an enterprise enviornment I agree that generally you wouldn't use this card in a corporate enviornment. But large companies buy products in bulk and they get the deals that the everyday user doesn't get. But, in all honesty you could probaly run this card with no problems on an enterprise level network -- the performance is great especially for $15.

But for general networking in a medium sized/soho enviornment you can't beat it. This card seems to work with every system I have installed it on -- no matter the platform or OS.

Its cheap, well documented, and easy to install. Is there anything else really to say?

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Horrible...
Review: Dead on arrival. No support. Exchanged it for another, still didn't work. Bought a D-Link and I'm now networked.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Excellent for the price
Review: Despite not being particularly tech savvy, since popping this card into my computer and hooking it up to my broadband connection, I haven't had a single problem. And the price certainly can't be beat.

Be sure to get this model instead of Netgear's newer (and even cheaper) FA-311. I had all sorts of trouble getting it to work (i.e, it didn't) and, judging by the other reader reviews, quite a few people have had the same problem. Stick with the FA-310TX.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Don't buy Netgear
Review: Do not buy this unless you plan on giving it to someone you really hate. First of all one of the cards I got was defective and then the software that came with it really stunk. It couldn't detect my dsl modem and then it stopped checking for it. Also the instructions that came with it told you only the basics nothing on how to setup the network after you installed it, and finally Netgears support was the worst I've ever seen wait I never saw it because I never got to speak to anyone because I was place on never ending hold or cut off. And the web site told me to refer to my Windows manual. All in all Netgear is a really bad product to buy, also avoid Soho they make Netgear. If you want a good network kit or card or whatever go for Linksys, I had it setup in an hour and it had detailed instructions.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Top line LOW price
Review: I beta test software. I have been on 3 of the 4 listed below betas. The card has always preformed even under the beta operating systems.

This is the only card I install. it is one of the most compatible cards I have ever seen and I have tested this card on Windows 95,98,98se and Windows ME* without any hitches so far. if you are looking for top performance for a low price this is the card. it is very compatible with all systems. a very user friendly card. you may want to check out their hubs too. very affordable.

*note* Windows is a register trademark of Microsoft. I'm not indorsing it but merely using it as a compatibility reference

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: DO NOT BUY
Review: I bought 4 of these cards, and each one had a problem on all of my systems. Lock ups, slow transfer, constant freezing, you name it I got it. I ditched the cards and bought 4 Linksys LNE100TX cards to replace it. They work great.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: D2 doesn't work with Linux
Review: I bought this card from Amazon about one year ago. It works
great in Windows 2000 pro. But it is not compatible with linux.
I tried both Redhat 7.1 and Mandrake 8.0. The card I got is
revision D2. I saw numerous posts on the internet saying
the problems with this revision. Revision C1 C2 and C6 should
be fine. Not sure about D1 and D3.


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