Editorial Reviews
Product Description:A PCI network adapter card that supports 10Mbps, 100Mbps, and 1000Mbps networks / Auto-Sensing / Smart Wizard Setup & Diagnostic Software
Amazon.com Product Description:  | The NETGEAR GA311 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Adapter offers: - Gigabit speeds for fast data transfers.
- An auto-sensing port that eliminates manual switches.
- NETGEAR's Smart Wizard for painless installation.
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The NETGEAR GA311 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Adapter provides your computer with fast 1000 Mbps performance that is up to ten times faster than Fast Ethernet and 100 times faster than 802.11b wireless.
At Gigabit speeds, even large video files are transferred quickly. View larger. |
Easy to Install and Use The GA311 works in both 3.3-volt and 5-volt PCI systems. NETGEAR's Smart Wizard Install Assistant gets everything up and running in minutes and the Performance Dashboard tracks your network performance.
Outstanding Performance and Unparalleled Reliability
At 1000 Mbps, even large video, CAD, and database files can be transferred over the network quickly. Since the port is autosensing, there is no need for manual switching; in addition to 1000 Mbps, the adapter will also work with 10 and 100 Mbps systems.
The adapter is compatible with 10 Mbps 10BASE-T, 20 Mbps full-duplex 10BASE-T, 100 Mbps 100BASE-TX, 200 Mbps full-duplex 100BASE-TX, and 1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet.
NETGEAR has a renowned reputation for reliability and the GA311 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Adapter is backed by a 1-year warranty.
What's in the Box
GA311 Gigabit PCI adapter, installation guide, resource CD, warranty/support information card
Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review
Netgear GA 311, January 7, 2009
By
Fredas Cook (Miami, OK, USA)
NETGEAR GA311 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Adapter
I purchased three Netgear GA311s and installed them in XP computers. Only one of the three works at above 100mps. Netgear has such confusing support, I decided it wasn't worth the frustration to try to solve the problem.
I will not buy Netgear products in the future because of the support difficulties.
Not Mac friendly. Bad customer support., January 7, 2009
By
PDGood (Nashville, TN)
This product does not work on my G4 Mac. I heard from more than one source, including Netgear, that it would - but that's not the case. It is correctly installed. I spent a half hour on the phone with Netgear - one guy assured me that it would work on a Mac and gave me their web address where I could download a driver that would solve my connectivity problem. But the drivers at this address are all PC. I called back and the next fellow said that they made no products for Mac and that no drivers were available and questioned my truthfullness that one of their employees would have told me this. In addition to this insult they were very unhelpful - trying to get me to go to third party websites for drivers and then later admitting that none existed. I'm unhappy with my purchase. I was not allowed to return or exchange the product.
no driver support for Windows Server 2003, April 25, 2008
By
Guy M. Kitashiro (Honolulu, HI)
I purchased two of these NICs; one for a Windows 2003 Server and the other for a Vista workstation. Although there's support for Vista, there is no driver support for Windows 2003 Server. Sometimes Windows 2000 drivers work on Windows 2003 Server, but I opted not to make a testing activity out of my purchase. I've since checked the Microsoft HCL; returned the Netgear GA311 and purchased a NIC that's on the list from Amazon. RMA process with Amazon was very easy.
Excellent Product, March 4, 2008
By
D. MacLaird (Durango, Co.)
This was a snap to install and get going. It is lightning fast and was well worth the small investment.
Perfect match for Linux, October 3, 2007
By
John F. Hubbard (San Jose, CA United States)
I picked this up after having some trouble with a few other network cards, while trying to get both kgdb support in Linux, and gigabit ethernet networking at the same time.
This card works perfectly with Linux, at least for the Redhat-based distros I've been dealing with lately. If you're compiling your network drivers into the kernel (not as kernel modules), for kernel 2.6.18 and later, just choose "Realtek 8169 gigabit ethernet support" in the kernel configuration and it will work.
