Re:FA311 dont work with 2.2 Linux kernel either:( As I found out when setting up Smoothwall!!
Re:My whole network loses online connection almost every time when one of my Win98 machines boots up. They all happen to have FA312 NICs. I always thought it was my router because the network would come right back online after a router reboot. My WinXP machines have different brand NICs and doesn't have this problem at all. Hmmm… vveerryy interesting.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
The NetGear FA310TX NIC uses a different chipset than the NetGear FA311 and FA312 NICs, hence you won't see this problem with it. If you have a DP83815 chipset based NIC (e.g. NetGear FA311/FA312 NICs), despite you may not have seen this problem I can almost guarantee your system will crash due to it given the right conditions. The only uncertainty I have comes in if you happen to have a driver version that is not publiclly available. Also, this problem may not happen on Windows XP since as I understand it Windows XP comes with a driver for DP83815 chipset based NICs, and I don't know if that driver is based on the same source code or not.
If you want to see, like I said, drop me a note at ccooper21@hotmail.com, and I'll send you my test program with source code. Alternatively, if you have Windows 2000, you can reproduce this problem using the Microsoft Telnet Client included with Windows 2000. All you need to do is Telnet to some server that won't disconnect you immediately for sending invalid data, and paste a large block of text into the Telnet window. For example, the NetGear web server at 216.136.206.110 port 80. 
guy
Mine doesnt barf 
Tbird 1.0@1.4 default voltage
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Netgear FA311
GF2 Ultra
Re:Heh. I had a FA311 in my machine for a short time, but I kept getting network stalls. The network would work for a while and then just quit. The machine wouldn't crash or hang, just the network would stop working. This happened on several machines that worked fine with other cards. All were Windows 2000.
5 other models of NIC had no problems. Just the 311. Needless to say I threw it in the trash and Netgear is no longer on my happy vendor list (they were no help whatsoever). Plenty of other vendors out there.
Re:The NetGear FA310TX NIC uses a different chipset than the NetGear FA311 and FA312 NICs, hence you won't see this problem with it. If you have a DP83815 chipset based NIC (e.g. NetGear FA311/FA312 NICs), despite you may not have seen this problem I can almost guarantee your system will crash due to it given the right conditions. The only uncertainty I have comes in if you happen to have a driver version that is not publiclly available. Also, this problem may not happen on Windows XP since as I understand it Windows XP comes with a driver for DP83815 chipset based NICs, and I don't know if that driver is based on the same source code or not.
If you want to see, like I said, drop me a note at ccooper21@hotmail.com, and I'll send you my test program with source code. Alternatively, if you have Windows 2000, you can reproduce this problem using the Microsoft Telnet Client included with Windows 2000. All you need to do is Telnet to some server that won't disconnect you immediately for sending invalid data, and paste a large block of text into the Telnet window. For example, the NetGear web server at 216.136.206.110 port 80.
guy
Re:I have all three and they all work just fine. The 310 is in my box right now.
Re:Heh, I use Netgear FA311 cards exclusively on my main comp and server. Never had a sign of instability that I can attribute to them.
My server has 4 of them and has an uptime of about 2 months right now
Went down last because I had to add another network card :-]
Re:hmm. maybe they should bring back the FA310TX nics.. i wonder what the differences are between the FA310TX and the FA311/FA312.
run the FA310TX nics since forever.. all on on various operating systems, from win95, and now all running on windows 2000 pro without any problems.
Re:I have few computers with FA312 Installed (WinXP, and Win98se). I don?t experience the problems mentioned.
The XP runs with Microsoft provided drivers.