NETGEAR FA311 Fast Ethernet PCI Adapter Driver Download
The FA311 Fast Ethernet PCI Adapter is a network device manufactured by NETGEAR. Issues like weak Wi-Fi signal, slow DNS lookup, duplicate IP addresses, slow network and excessive CPU usage can be solved by updating this driver. This driver - "NetgearFA311.zip" - has been downloaded 7,866 times and is rated 5 out of 5 stars based on 87 reviews. Visitors have successfully installed this driver on PCs running Windows Vista and Windows XP. The total disk space used for this update is 450.5 KB.
Supported Models
Netgear FA311
NETGEAR FA311 Fast Ethernet PCI Adapter
Manufacturers
Supported Operating Systems
Windows 2003, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT4
File Name
Additional Notes
Zip of the drivers and diagnostics disk (ver 1.60) (ACC-112-001-2) that came with the card. help.exe for instructions and diag.exe for diagnostics from a dos prompt after unzipping (use folder names when unzipping).
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Matt (DG Member) on 14-Mar-2002
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Driver Contents File List
The following files are found inside the driver download file.
| Name | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|
| FA311Nd3.sys | 18.6 KB | 28 Feb 2000 |
| FA311ND4.SYS | 19.8 KB | 28 Feb 2000 |
| LINUX/fa311.c | 40.6 KB | 15 Feb 2001 |
| LINUX/fa311.h | 33.2 KB | 18 Dec 2000 |
| LINUX/redhat6.1/makefile | 137 bytes | 15 Feb 2001 |
| LINUX/redhat6.1/FA311.O | 8.5 KB | 15 Feb 2001 |
| LINUX/readme.txt | 2.5 KB | 15 Feb 2001 |
| LINUX/redhat6.0/makefile | 137 bytes | 15 Feb 2001 |
| LINUX/redhat6.0/FA311.O | 8.5 KB | 15 Feb 2001 |
| LINUX/redhat7.0/makefile | 163 bytes | 18 Dec 2000 |
| LINUX/redhat7.0/fa311.o | 8.5 KB | 15 Feb 2001 |
| LINUX/redhat6.2/makefile | 137 bytes | 15 Feb 2001 |
| LINUX/redhat6.2/FA311.O | 8.6 KB | 15 Feb 2001 |
| WinNT351/FA311Nd3.sys | 18.6 KB | 28 Feb 2000 |
| WinNT351/OEMSETUP.INF | 24.7 KB | 28 Feb 2000 |
| FILEPATH.DAT | 359 bytes | 14 Mar 2000 |
| SCO/FA311MDI | 27.1 KB | 28 Mar 2000 |
| FA311ND5.SYS | 21.7 KB | 28 Feb 2000 |
| help.exe | 49.2 KB | 14 Mar 2000 |
| MAINMENU.DAT | 396 bytes | 6 Mar 2000 |
| NETWARE/SERVER/NW50/fa311.lan | 23.9 KB | 27 Feb 2000 |
| NETWARE/SERVER/NW50/FA311.ldi | 12.2 KB | 30 Mar 2000 |
| NETWARE/SERVER/nw41x/NBI.NLM | 31.5 KB | 17 Sep 1998 |
| NETWARE/SERVER/nw41x/ETHERTSM.NLM | 12.1 KB | 22 Sep 1998 |
| NETWARE/SERVER/nw41x/fa311.lan | 23.9 KB | 27 Feb 2000 |
| NETWARE/SERVER/nw41x/FA311.ldi | 12.2 KB | 30 Mar 2000 |
| NETWARE/SERVER/nw41x/LOADER.EXE | 123.5 KB | 19 Jul 1995 |
| NETWARE/SERVER/nw41x/LSWAP.EXE | 40.9 KB | 19 Jul 1995 |
| NETWARE/SERVER/nw41x/MSM.NLM | 94.7 KB | 12 May 1999 |
| NETWARE/CLIENT32/fa311.lan | 23.9 KB | 27 Feb 2000 |
| NETWARE/CLIENT32/FA311.ldi | 12.2 KB | 28 Feb 2000 |
| diag.exe | 120.7 KB | 15 Mar 2000 |
| FA311.DOS | 35.3 KB | 9 Feb 2001 |
| netfa311.inf | 7.8 KB | 31 Mar 2000 |
| HELP/LINUX/LINUX.TXT | 4.6 KB | 13 Mar 2000 |
| HELP/WINNT/NT351.TXT | 2.2 KB | 7 Apr 2000 |
| HELP/WINNT/NT40.TXT | 5.5 KB | 5 Apr 2000 |
| HELP/README.TXT | 2.7 KB | 6 Mar 2000 |
| HELP/DIAG.TXT | 3.3 KB | 14 Mar 2000 |
| HELP/FAQ.TXT | 9.3 KB | 14 Mar 2000 |
| HELP/SCO/SCOOPEN.TXT | 15.9 KB | 5 Apr 2000 |
| HELP/NETWARE/CLIENT32.TXT | 4.9 KB | 5 Apr 2000 |
| HELP/NETWARE/NW50.TXT | 6.7 KB | 5 Apr 2000 |
| HELP/NETWARE/NW41X.TXT | 8.8 KB | 5 Apr 2000 |
| HELP/WIN95_98/WIN95.TXT | 7.2 KB | 14 Mar 2000 |
| HELP/WIN95_98/WIN98.TXT | 7.6 KB | 14 Mar 2000 |
| HELP/WIN2K/WIN2K.TXT | 2.6 KB | 14 Mar 2000 |
| HELP/NDIS2DOS/NDIS2DOS.TXT | 967 bytes | 10 Mar 2000 |
| HELP/NDIS2DOS/LANTASTI.TXT | 4.4 KB | 14 Mar 2000 |
| HELP/WFW311/WFW311.TXT | 1.8 KB | 7 Apr 2000 |
| OEMSETUP.INF | 25.0 KB | 28 Feb 2000 |
| NDIS2DOS/PROTOCOL.INI | 1.7 KB | 8 Apr 1988 |
| NDIS2DOS/FA311.DOS | 35.3 KB | 9 Feb 2001 |
| WFW311/FA311.DOS | 35.3 KB | 9 Feb 2001 |
| WFW311/OEMSETUP.INF | 443 bytes | 28 Feb 2000 |
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