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NETGEAR WG311 Wireless-G PCI Adapter | List Price: $66.00
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Brand: Netgear
Binding: Electronics
Warranty: 3 years warranty
Features: - PCI card provides 802.11g wireless capability
- Delivers up to 54 Mbps of wireless throughput
- Supports 128-bit WEP for enhanced security
- Backwards compatible with 802.11b wireless networks
- Device measures 5.23 x 0.86 x 4.76 inches (WxHxD)
Does not work reliably on XP PC [Posted on 2007-12-02]
I have wasted many hours fiddling with this card trying to get it to work on my XP PC. No matter how I configured it, it would intermittently freeze up my PC. Netgear's tech support tried to help but to no avail. Ultimately, I found that the MSI Turbo PCI card [ASIN:B000M5U9GI Super G 802.11BG Wireless Pci 64 Bit Xp Compliant Turbo Mode] works 100% reliably on my XP PC and, ironically, gets a much stronger signal from my Netgear router.
USE VERSION 3!!! [Posted on 2008-01-23]
Use the version 3!! I have V2 and V3. V2 was a pain but has worked without a hitch for over a year. Just got V3 and it was up and running in less than 10 minutes--Package unwrapping to surfing the net. I use winxp 2 and winxp2 pro. Got it off ebay for 20$$ brand new!!
Unstable, poor signal reception, confusing software [Posted on 2008-02-11]
I had this adapter for about 5 months now, and I have to say it's one of the worst pieces of hardware I ever used. The driver installation wants to install Netgear's version of wireless network manager that replaces the Windows WiFi manager. The main feature of the Netgear's manager is that it does not work, at least not on Windows XP, and it sure makes installation confusing. The second issue I ran into is very poor signal and frequently dropping connections - in the same room where other computers report excellent WiFi signal strength. Looking for an updated driver was an adventure, because Netgear uses the name "firmware" to describe drivers. I was eventually able to get them on the phone and they were quite helpful on the phone, and we got the driver updated. With the updated driver, the signal remains very poor, and dropped connections have become much less frequent - only about daily - but still enough to be really annoying. On top of dropped connections I also experience hung connections - where the network reports to be connected, but no data flows, and outright adapter crashes, where device manger ends up disabling the adapter until a reboot or until explicit enabling.
So save yourself a hassle and buy something else... I don't yet know what, though...
Horrible product with worse technical support [Posted on 2008-02-19]
DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT
After reading the reviews I bought this product thinking how bad could it be. Wow, I had no idea. I've got two computers, a laptop with a linksys pci card, and my desktop with this netgear pci card, both coming from my wireless router. My Linksys works perfect all the time, this netgear disconnects about 4 to 5 times an hour (both are running next to each other. The laptop has excellent reception; the desktop with this netgear card, always has low reception). Over the 5 times that I have called 'tech support' I've spent hours waiting for someone in India to help me. Their help? One word: WORTHLESS. Despite giving case numbers, which document exactly what the previous "tech support agent" has done, they repeat the same old 'remedies', which don't work. On one of my most recent calls I was told by a 'tech agent' that her boss was watching her and that I was taking too long, so she would have to hang up. Simply amazing.
Instead of netgear, look at the Linksys products from Cisco, they seem to work very well.
Dont do it! [Posted on 2008-05-02]
I bought this card to give wireless access to my desktop which is downstairs. It often lost connection, and at its most effective level gained 1 bar of signal. Even when the computer was within 30 feet of the router it still registered a lousy 3 bars. I've just upgraded to a cheaper edimax pci card which has 5 bars of signal through 3 interior walls and a ceiling. I expected more from netgear...
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