Appeal to anyone using Windows XP with a Netgear FA312 NIC

Is anyone out there using Windows XP with a Netgear FA312 NIC ?

I am having problems with mine, on a cold boot the NIC fails to respond to the network, I have to disable and re-enable it to get it to work. I can log off and on with no problem, it only happens when I restart Windows.

If anyone can confirm a working situation then I know it is my setup, thanks.

Windows XP Pro with SP1
AMD Athlon 1.3Ghz
VIA KT266A (Abit KR7A)
512MB RAM
GeForce4 Ti4200
Netgear FA312 NIC

BTW I have set TCP/IP to a fixed address, but the same thing happens using DHCP.

 

This is a problematic card with XP. Netgear claims to have solved the problems. Uninstall the driver and try the newest driver:
http://www.expressresponse.com/cgi-...ct&prodfamily=adapter&product=FA312&template=

There are those who say that the chipset is buggy. Realteks are good and don't cost much.

 

Thanks for pointing it out, it either must be very new or I've totally failed to spot it, the Netgear site said the latest version was in Windows XP anyway.

As for that download, the ZIP file is invalid !

 

Try again. I just downloaded it and it came through OK.

 

I read on microsoft.com the netgear is reconized as Linksys and you need to change registry. I am not sure but search over there for help

 

I downloaded it again and it was okay this time, and then installed it, no difference, same problem, I've rolled back as this driver is unsigned.

moco123: you have to be careful which "netgear" you are referring to, the FA310, FA311 and FA312 are all different chipsets afaik, however, Windows seems to recognised it specifically as a FA312.

Looking through the support section, I see there are quite a few topics on IRQ conflicts, what I may try is swapping the card to a slot that has no conflicts.

Windows reports no _conflict_ right now, although other cards are sharing the IRQ. I doubt this is the problem as once I disable/re-enable the adapter it works fine.

 

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