Gigabit Power Supercharges Your Ethernet Network
NETGEAR's Gigabit PC Card injects dynamic force into your home or small office notebook PC so you can transfer huge files at astonishing speeds. Whether they're video files at home, or the largest CAD or database files at work, this powerful 1000 Mbps adapter moves them up to 10 times faster than Fast Ethernet and 100 times faster than 802.11b wireless! It is designed for easy operation as it instantly connects you to other networked computers, printers, routers, network storage, and the Internet. NETGEAR's unique Smart Wizard Performance Dashboard lets you monitor actual speed, while 10/100/1000 Mbps auto-sensing speeds up performance and eliminates any need for manual switching. Wide compatibility with all major operating systems and other Ethernet products does away with potential user hassles. What's more, installation is simple - in fewer than five mouse clicks, Smart Wizard Install Assistant has you up and running full speed ahead.
Super Fast
Energizes your network with blazing 1000 Mbps performance. Up to 10 times faster than Fast Ethernet, and up to 100 times faster than 802.11b wireless, NETGEAR's Gigabit PC Card transfers huge files in a flash, at home or in the office. Furthermore, it is equipped with 10/100/1000 Mbps auto-sensing capability to speed up performance and eliminate the need for manual switching.
Hassle Free
The Smart Wizard Install Assistant makes setup quick, simple, and painless. Fully backward compatible with 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps Ethernet products, NETGEAR's Gigabit PC Card also supports all major operating systems.
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Netgear's Gigabit PC Card super charges your desktop or notebook PC allowing it to transfer huge files at astonishing speeds. Large video files or the largest CAD or database files, this powerful 1000 Mbps adapter transfers up to 10 times faster than Fast Ethernet and 100 times faster than 802.11b wireless. It's designed for easy connections to other networked computers, printers, routers, network storage and the Internet. The built-in Smart Wizard Performance Dashboard lets you monitor speeds, while the 10/100/1000 Mpbs auto-sensing speeds up performances which eliminates any need for manual switching. This card's installation is simple with fewer than mouse clicks using the Smart Wizard Install Assistant. Technical Specifications Windows XP, 2000ME, 98SE, and NDIS 2.0Interface - 32-bit Cardbus Interface Network Port - 100/1000 Mbps twisted-pair RJ-45 Status LEDs - 1000 Mbps, 100 Mbps, Activity Dimensions - 3.3 x 2.3 in (14 x 6 cm) Weight - 2.2 ounces (60 grams) 1000 Mbps performance 10x faster than Fast Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps auto-sensing Smart Wizard Install Assistant to make setup quick and easy Platform - PC Port Connectors - One 100/1000 Mbps twisted-pair RJ-45 System Requirements - Windows XP, 2000Me, 98SE and NDIS 2.0Package Contents Gigabit PC Card GA511 Installation guide Resource CD 1000 BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet Warranty/support information card with Limited Warranty of 1 Year (12 Months)
Netgear GA511 Gigabit PC Card
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Netgear GA511 Gigabit PC Card
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Product Description
Netgear's Gigabit PC Card super charges your desktop or notebook PC allowing it to transfer huge files at astonishing speeds. Large video files or the largest CAD or database files, this powerful 1000 Mbps adapter transfers up to 10 times faster than Fast Ethernet and 100 times faster than 802.11b wireless. It's designed for easy connections to other networked computers, printers, routers, network storage and the Internet. The built-in Smart Wizard Performance Dashboard lets you monitor speeds, while the 10/100/1000 Mpbs auto-sensing speeds up performances which eliminates any need for manual switching. This card's installation is simple with fewer than mouse clicks using the Smart Wizard Install Assistant. Technical Specifications Windows XP, 2000ME, 98SE, and NDIS 2.0Interface - 32-bit Cardbus Interface Network Port - 100/1000 Mbps twisted-pair RJ-45 Status LEDs - 1000 Mbps, 100 Mbps, Activity Dimensions - 3.3 x 2.3 in (14 x 6 cm) Weight - 2.2 ounces (60 grams) 1000 Mbps performance 10x faster than Fast Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps auto-sensing Smart Wizard Install Assistant to make setup quick and easy Platform - PC Port Connectors - One 100/1000 Mbps twisted-pair RJ-45 System Requirements - Windows XP, 2000Me, 98SE and NDIS 2.0Package Contents Gigabit PC Card GA511 Installation guide Resource CD 1000 BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet Warranty/support information card with Limited Warranty of 1 Year (12 Months)Customer Reviews:
Works as expected.......2007-05-10
Not fully tested - should however work.......2006-05-27
I didn't have any difficulty installing this on an XP machine. Speed was ok, but I think this would be as good as it gets considering notebook PC's. For Example I have gotten about 20% of improvement sending data over 10/100 network card which is onboard Intel. However, receiving data was about 50% percent of improvement but I still can't claim for sure.
Regardless it wasn't worth the money (I'll be honest I bought it elsewhere locally).
Much better price and similar performance was Trendnet TEG-PCBUSR Gigabit PCMCIA network adapter. I am still not happy with the speed but like I mentioned, likely as good as it gets. Realtek network cards have been very good to me so no complains there since they are getting their drivers updated frequently, even for DOS.
About the Ghost; Trendnet TEG-PCBUSR offers DOS driver for the Realtek 8169 PCMCIA based network cards. Files required are RTPCI.EXE and RTBIOS.COM that will open up the PCMCIA port in DOS mode. Then load the .dos driver. This """should""" (not tested and I repeat NOT TESTED) work for this card as well, since its Realtek 8169. However, you can't use standard ghost boot disk as loading RTPCI.EXE and RTBIOS.COM through config.sys will crash the PC. Instead one should use something like netbootdisk by easily appending these two files to floppy and autoexec.bat. However, don't expect a great performance, 280 Megabytes per minute at most. Absolute winner (for me) in PCMCIA Ghost performance is Netgear FA511 (380 Megs per minute) but it's also least compatible. FA511 is the same as COMPUSA 10/100 card (They are both ADMTek based adapter and both tested fine) and they have both exceeded the onboard Broadcomm 440 / 330 Megabytes per minute.
Based on that GA511 will likely work with Ghost on older laptops where FA511 I couldn't get to work (3 out of 7 laptops would work with Netgear Fa511). And if you want something to work with every laptop though slow, get Netgear FA411 (16 bit, 40 - 80 megabytes per minute but it won't stall - tested on 9 laptops at least).
All in all, I am planning to purcahse this card to do some more testing.
Works until you try to boot without it. SUCKS.......2006-01-27
Wow. Netgear really blew it on this one.
Warning - NDIS 2.0 drivers are NOT supplied despite what box says.......2005-12-05
Very Good Product.......2005-08-20
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