| Netgear WG311 54 Mbps Wireless PCI Adapter |
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Model: WG311
Brand: Netgear
Manufacturer: Netgear
Average Rating: 
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Total Reviews: 73
Operating system: Microsoft Windows 2000 / XP
Form factor: Plug-in card
Hardware platform: PC
Data link protocol: IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g
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| Features: |
PCI
WG311
Adapter
802.11g
Wireless |
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| Description: |
| Upgrade your desktop or tower computer to the highest level of wireless capability with the NETGEAR WG311, a PCI card that installs with the turn of a single screw! At 54 Mbps, this wireless 2.4 GHz 802.11b/g PCI card blows away existing 11 Mbps wireless networks, and will supercharge delivery of media-rich content to your desktop. Includes Resource CD, Installation Guide, Warranty Card 3 year warranty |
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| User Reviews (73 total): |
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Works reliably on XP only with Netgear software, December 3, 2007
By Skeeter (Portland, Oregon)
This wireless adapter works reliably on my PC's XP system only using the Netgear software with all Netgear defaults. That means you get the annoyance of having an intermediary log-in screen appear when you boot up Windows, and you also have a Netgear Smart Wizard configuring your wireless interface. Netgear tech support will helpfully tell you how to get rid of the intermediary screen and how to have Windows Zero configure the wireless card, but when I tried either of those adjustments, the PC kept freezing, at the most inopportune times. I have wasted many hours fiddling with this card trying to get it to work using Windows XP to configure it. So, expect to be able to use this wireless adapter only with the Netgear defaults.
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Works fine with Vista, October 28, 2007
By . (Silicon Valley, Cal)
I installed the WG311v3 board today into a new computer with Vista OS. This was the easiest networking installation I have ever done! (And I have been dealing with TCP/IP for many years...) Install the driver software, shutdown, install the hardware board, reboot. Then bring up the Network and Sharing Center, type in my WANs password, and it was done! So far, performance has been excellent. FWIW, my wireless router is also a Netgear - model WGT624v3.
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Garbage, July 10, 2007
By A. Reid (London, UK)
Bought this for its vista compatibility. It does not work with Vista despite numerous attemptes. Searching for resolutions to this online reveals hundreds of other frustrated purchasers and not a jot of evidence anyone got it to work. Netgear should be ashamed of themselves for this product and the pitiful support they offer.
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Bad compatability, June 4, 2007
By L
Product Randomly Disconnects from network. After 6 months of off and on tech support still no resolution. I've been using computers for almost 20 years and tried everything imaginable. Just bought a new product from linksys, install was faster, easier, better defined, working flawlessly now.
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Problems linking up with lynxus router, May 7, 2007
By David Wormley (Douglas, MA USA)
I baught this thinking that this would be compatible with my lynxus Router. Am I doing something wrong on my part?
If so please direct me as to better serve me.
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old product, March 20, 2007
By B. Albers
I expected to get a WG311v3 instead I got a WG311v2. Also, Netgear is not abble to supply a driver for Windows Vista at this point. v3 would have at least a beta driver.
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Very poor and inconsistent connectivity, January 25, 2007
By Techie Guru (Mountlake Terrace, WA)
This adapter went into one of four wirelessly networked devices on my home network, and is the only Netgear Adapter on the network, and the ONLY one to have issues, every day, day in, and day out. My office laptop sits right next to this desktop and NEVER drops it's connection, so I know it isn't location (signal is excellent, full 5 bars).
Having had good fortunes with Netgear previously, I suspected interferance, too close to metal, etc, but even after adding an external Netgear antenna, my woes of dropped connectivity, and actually overall slow system performance continued.
Interestingly, I just installed a Linksys WMP54GS and the system is running better overall and no dropped connectivity. I'm obtaining an OS reported 54Mbps with the full 5 bars.
The Netgear card I had was a v2, by the way. It seems this card missed some good quality control and I cannot recommend it. Go with the leader in WLAN technology, Linksys (Cisco). You'll have much better luck.
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Average performer, January 16, 2007
By Wayne A. Moses (Houston, Texas)
Nothing special here.
No matter the router (and I have been getting increasingly better and more powerful routers from Netgear) the PCs with this card installed still have average to poor connectivity. My Dell Inspiron E1505 and my Dell Axim X51v both connect better, indicating that the fault is in this adapter card.
I am not really impressed, despite the ease of installation.
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wg311v2, November 20, 2006
By aj (Mansfield, Texas United States)
Terrible product. I have tried using the Windows XP wireless application with just the netgear drivers and tried using the Netgear wireless application with the netgear drivers. Using either one the card disconnects at random using WPA, then you have to repair the connection and sometimes reboot to get the connection back. I reinstalled windows both times I changed drivers just to make sure nothing was conflicting with it, but nothing helped. Latest drivers are 2_0_0_7 and were published in Nov 2004, so netgear has moved on to other cards and is not supporting this one any longer.
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Net gear WG311, November 10, 2006
By Adam Fredrickson (Martinsburg, WV United States)
I sent the product at the appropriate time and they did not give me full credit. Very unhappy with them
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conflict with XP, November 5, 2006
By Bryan E. Marshall (Buffalo, NY USA)
I have had to alter the way people log on and off my computer. The software alters the way the computer will now let you log on and off. I can no longer switch users, each user has to log off. I would not buy this brand again.
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Poor reception, October 19, 2006
By Dragon Slayer
I have this on a desktop with Win XP. This adapter goes through cycles of good to poor reception repeatedly. It will occasionally drop the connection. Whereas, my 2 laptops placed at the same location receives excellent signal constantly. Go figure.
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Whoops - spoke too soon - not really five stars, September 26, 2006
By James D. Fristrom
I can't go back and change the number of stars, unfortunately.
I've had a WG311 for a couple years with no problems (hence the five star review) but I got a new one for a new machine. After installing it, my machine started crashing pretty frequently, the dreaded blue screen of death, MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION. I removed it and the problem went away.
Coincidentally, my old computer died, so now I'm using the old card in the new machine, and it works just fine.
I don't know why a newer card would be worse. Cheaper parts? New bugs in the drivers? Bad luck? But there it is.
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Time Consuming with Dell Demension XP Pro SP2, September 11, 2006
By MyTwoCents
Comapring to my other machine which has a different card used to be at the same location, This card gave me weak signal and dropping connections as many folks have mentioned earlier. With XP Pro SP2, this card always caused "NMI: Parity Check / Memory Parity Error" blue screen at system shutdown - Dell Demension 3100.
I was with a Dell Cust Rep on the phone for 2+ hours this afternoon to go thru all kinds steps to finally identify that this card caused the issue. Here when I did a seach with keywords NMI Netgear shutdown and finally found this forum. I am "glad" to see that this card caused same issue with another Dell customer! Wow, lots of people have problem with this card!
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stay away from netgear, August 26, 2006
By harken (CA)
bad xp SP2 compatibility. not sure if it is my AMD chip or SP2 because even the XP update from netgear woulnt help. BSOD's daily needed a restore to get them to stop. buy a linksys, havent had a single problem with them. linksys wmp54g is worth the extra money.
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NetGear - NOT!, July 23, 2006
By L. Kelley (Alabama)
I'd stay away from this one. Issues with Windows XP SP2. Netgear does not seam to be able to get all the bugs out.
I have one and have to reboot every few days just so it'll re-connect to my Netgear wireless router.
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ease of install, July 6, 2006
By Joseph A. Cardone
excellent product, easy install with software that works..who could ask for more?
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Netgear WG311 54 Mbps Wireless PCI Adapter, June 20, 2006
By Paul A. Pasichnyk (Ramsey, NJ)
The absolute worst product. Stay away!! There have been zero days that i have not had a problem witht this adapter. I get the Windows BSOD EVERYDAY. Went out and bought the Linksys equivalent and have not had any problems thus far.
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Excellent, June 15, 2006
By Jacob Z (Richmond, IN USA)
I just replaced my D-Link DWL-G510 card with this one, and wow - BIG improvement. With the D-Link card, I got very slow speeds and lost my connection every 5-10 minutes.
I installed this one today and had it up and running in less than 15 minutes (the D-Link one took almost an hour), have had blazing fast speeds, and have not lost the connection once.
Highly recommended. Also, you can't go wrong with Linksys. Just stay away from D-Link.
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easy to use, February 24, 2006
By cjc (Iselin,NJ)
This is a quality product that is both easy to install and use.
Signal strength is excellent. I would definitely recommend this
wireless PCI adapter.
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