Is this networking card any good? A friend of mine has recommended Netgear cards to me and it does look fairly enticing. Considering that the card sells for only $13 at newegg.com!!
Lots of problems reported by Linux users with that card as well. I wish they would've kept the FA-310. That was a good little card. I bought two of them before they stopped making them though.
hmm...ok, maybe I WONT get that one then Guess there's a reason for the price! So is the FA310 alot better? I know it comes with 2 more LEDs on it, but whats the difference otherwise? (Besides having to buy it at a different place <sighs>)
I'd probably look for a different card. My FA311 will only work in 1 of the 5 PC's I tried it in. Well, I guess I'm lucky that it at least works in 1 and I only paid five bucks for it!
Well, the 310 is based on the DEC 21x4x chipset (aka Tulip). It's just been around for awhile and seems to work in just about any system. I own four of them so I like them.
The 311/312s are newer and seem to be a bit finicky.
Quick search on pricewatch and it looks like some places still haven inventory. For ~$20.00 I'd say a good deal. I paid $17.00 each for the last two I purchased.
My opinion on Netgear cards is if they get just a little to much juice to them, they go out. We had a little thunderstorm here the other day and down go the FA310TX cards while the rest of the non-Netgear computer NIC's still remain in good condition. This is the second time this has happened to me. Other than they, I don't have any problems with the FA311 other than it not working in Linux.
I would get an Intel 100 if it was offered at either of the places I buy from (newegg.com or mwave.com). It is offered at mwave but its just an OEM version, and its like $40 so no thank you. I'd rather get a retail package of a Linksys with drivers for everything for only $20
I have two FA311, one in a Abit KT7E and another in a Abit BH6. I run Debian GNU/Linux on them both with absolutely no problems. The cards also seem to work well in BeOS and Win2000 (although Win2000 identifies the cards as a FA312).
ScreaminSoulman, if you search for "FA311" on this page, you will find mentioned that a small number of FA311 cards were programed with incorrect identification information. That might explain why your card is being detected as a FA312. A utility is provided to reprogram the card with the correct information.
Then again, I supose there is the theory of not messing with it if it already works.
Yeah, I got one of those "mis-programmed" cards. It pissed me off at first cause I couldn't get the damn thing to work with the provided drivers. Went to the website and found out why.:Q
The FA311 will also work with the FA312 drivers you just don't get the new features of the FA312.
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