Netgear FA-310TX 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet PCI Card
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Netgear FA-310TX 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet PCI Card
Customer Review: Why not pay less for something that is going to "just" work?
Summary: 3 Stars
Ok...the fellow that reviewed several before me made a good point. You don't want to use this in an enterprise environment...DUH! I'm an MCSE and I wouldn't recommend this card to any company, BUT, for the home there is absolutely nothing wrong with this card. It works and you can get 2 or 3 at the price of one of those big dog names. Do those work 2-3 times better? No, they don't. I have 3 PC's of my own at home...6 altogether in there and all have different NIC cards. NetGear performs just as well as the others and I wouldn't complain if I had one of their cards in every one of those machines.So, in short, setting up a corporate LAN/WAN? Then don't pick up one of these cards. Got a couple of computers or just one and want to play network games with friends...save a few bucks and go buy one of these and use what you saved on something else.
Customer Review: Don't buy Netgear
Summary: 1 Stars
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.Customer Review: Versatile not Durable
Summary: 2 Stars
The Netgear FA-310TX 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet PCI Card uses the Tulip chipset which is widely supported. Most Operating Systems have a driver which will support this card right out of the box. For that reason it is very effective in computers where you want a low cost solution for systems running non-Microsoft operating systems. My only fault with the card is that is uses a flash ROM on the board. This ROM chip is very sensitive. Removing the card for any reason often wipes out the data stored on the ROM. Since Netgear has no patch capable of re-flashing the chip this renders the card unusable.
If you do not intend to upgrade your computer, this is a great low cost board. However if you think you will need to open the case for any reason, I reccomend finding a different solution.
Customer Review: Awesome Price, Great performance
Summary: 5 Stars
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.
Customer Review: Good Card but stick with 3-Com
Summary: 3 Stars
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.