NETGEAR MA311 - Network adapter - PCI - 802.11b
Lousy Software &amp; Support, Great Hardware
Software &amp; support 1 star, card 5 stars. I have two of these, and they work quite well with M$ generic drivers for Windows 2000 &amp; XP, and Linux Orinoco drivers.<br />Netgear's own software is lousy on Windows- aside from the installer corrupting my registry once and putting a bunch of icons on my desktop, it doesn't add anything beyond Microsoft's. Their  drivers don't even exist for Linux, but since they use a generic chipset, most distributions can support it. Their telephone support doesn't exist, and it is nearly impossible to find any helpful information on the MA311 on their website.<br />Those negatives aside, the card works quite well, which is the most important issue for me. If you're technically competent and don't need any handholding, this isn't a bad card.