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Summary: An excellent ethernet card for DSL
Review: I bought this Netgear card to replace a competitor's brand. I was very pleasantly surprised to find installation of the Netgear card much easier and more compatible with my Pentium II/Win98 system. I only had to go through the process once, and the card was ready. Now I'm up and running, getting nice speed on my DSL. Happy as a clam at high tide. Get this card.
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Summary: Excellent. Netgear definately makes the best stuff.
Review: I got one of these NIC's after getting recommendations from a couple friends. This NIC is awesome. Every bit as good as anything that 3Com puts out for a fraction of the price. Installation under Windows 9x/ME is painless, and it's natively supported in Windows 2000. I haven't encountered a defective one yet, and I have no complaints.
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Summary: Didn't work for me.
Review: I had two FA-310TX cards and a Netgear FA-311TX had problems with all three. Both of the 310s would stop working after a while - couldn't ping anything or get packets further than the card. The FA-311 started making my machine reboot during online games. Had problems in NT4 as well as Windows 2000. In frustration, I spent a little more and bought a 3Com 3C905 and it's been rock solid. Great price and probably a good card for most people, but I had zero luck with it.
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Summary: Easy To Install And Works The First Time
Review: I have 3 of these nic's running here at home and I also have a 10/100 4-port hub from Netgear. It was so simple to install. I tried another brand nic first and could not get my computer to boot up on them. I took them back and got Netgear FA-310TX. Plugged them in and it worked the first time. I don't know about you, but I hate "hard to install hardware" A great buy at Amazon... ! I need one more so I am buying it here. Thank's Amazon
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Summary: Awesome Price, Great performance
Review: I have been using these little babies for the last couple of years...and they perform as well as 3COM 905's, fraction of the cost. I'm a Systems/network Admin type--hardware, software,etc. I do most of it. I have yet to run into problems I could peg on the card. I've run it under WinNT Server and Workstation 4.0, Win 2000 Pro, Windows 9x, and Linux. For a brief time, bad drivers were shipped with them, but Netgear corrected it. These little babies are dual mode (10/100 speed) and Full Duplex (this is a good thing for you non-geeks out there). The naysayers are blaming the wrong part of their PC with the criticisms I've read so far. I've run them in everything from Pentium Class TX motherboards up to PIII BX boards. No problems. Buy it, you'll like it.
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Summary: Good Card but stick with 3-Com
Review: I have bought 3 of these cards. The first one about 3 years ago for the t1 line in my dorm room and its still working. The next two are only one year old and they have already failed. For some reason they refuse to work at a reasonable speed when networked at 100 mbps. Physically the cards look inexpensive and with revision two it seems like they "reduced" the cards even more. In addition one of newer cards refuses to work at all while the computer is overclocked even at 140 mhz fsb (from 133, I don't know what this would mean on the pci slot because I don't feel like looking it up). Overall this card is a good inexpensive card for use with broadband. However, I'd rather spend twice as much for a much more reliable, and robust, 3-com NIC.
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Summary: Good Card but stick with 3-Com
Review: I have bought 3 of these cards. The first one about 3 years ago for the t1 line in my dorm room and its still working. The next two are only one year old and they have already failed. For some reason they refuse to work at a reasonable speed when networked at 100 mbps. Physically the cards look inexpensive and with revision two it seems like they "reduced" the cards even more. In addition one of newer cards refuses to work at all while the computer is overclocked even at 140 mhz fsb (from 133, I don't know what this would mean on the pci slot because I don't feel like looking it up). Overall this card is a good inexpensive card for use with broadband. However, I'd rather spend twice as much for a much more reliable, and robust, 3-com NIC.
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Summary: Great Value and Works Flawlessly with win 95/98
Review: I have bought over 5 of these for home and office use. They work flawlessy and for the price you cannot beat the functionality. I was running Windows 95 or Windows 98 on all the computers. Setup was a snap. Just pop in the card to an empty slot. Then install the drivers from the floppy disk that comes in the package. Worked flawlessly everytime. I had no problems hooking up the ethernet card to a Linksys DSL/Cable Router, Netgear ethernet hubs, or a college dorm ethernet connection. Get this card and you will get the convenience of file and print sharing when used in conjunction with some sort of hub and windows network neighborhood. Anyone with little to no computer expertise can do this just by following the instructions. It may be a little difficult if you are scared of computers, but it can still be done. Just follow the pictures that come on the step by step setup foldout.
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Summary: Good card.
Review: I like Netgear products, and FA310TX is not an exception, have 3 of them, and they work fine. They seem to be compatible with pretty much everything, I used them as far under DOS-Win3.11 :),Win9x, WinNT & 2000 & ME, as well as Linux /SuSE, RedHat, Corel/, I used them in Netware 4.1 and 5 servers....perform great on LAN as well as with cable modems /someone on this site was dissappointed with their low quality and cable modems connectivity, well, they ROCK with MY modems - GE Surfboard SB2100 and RCA's very latest DCM205.../ They work without ANY trouble, and are always either instantly recognized, or very easy to setup. I can't say this about some other NIC's, like Linksys or Realtek brands . They have neat 5(!) LED's indicating all the activity as well /nice feature/. 10/100, full/half duplex etc... Price is great too... so why not ? Oh yeah, and I almost forgot, since everyone lists achieved certs; I'm A+ and MCP ... :)))
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Summary: Super Card for Linux Servers
Review: I purchased these cards for a few servers running Linux. You configure your kernel with the Tulip chipset and bang!! this card runs great. Highly recommend for Linux users.
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