Netgear RangeMax Next PCI Adapter Gigabit Edition ( WN311T-100NAS )

Average customer rating: 3.0

Works wonderfully...
Fails to Perform

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Netgear RangeMax Next PCI Adapter Gigabit Edition ( WN311T-100NAS )

Manufacturer: Netgear
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B000FW62GY
2006-07-31

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Product Description

RangeMax NEXT extends the possibilities of your wireless home network by providing a Steady-Stream of up to 300Mbps, and is compliant with draft 802.11n . This next generation wireless standard utilizes advanced MIMO (Multi-In, Multi-Out) technology, which delivers incredible speed and range, and for the first time provides wireless interoperability at the highest speeds with other products with TopDog.

Customer Reviews:

Works wonderfully..........2006-11-10

I'm using this in my basement with an older PC so that it will have internet wi-fi access and it works great!

Fails to Perform.......2006-09-04

I am currently using a WNR834M RANGEMAX Next Wireless Router with a WN511T RANGEMAX Next Wireless Notebook Adapter and a WN311T RANGEMAX Next Wireless PCI Adapter. All of the equipment has the latest firmware and software utilities available from Netgear's website. I currently have no other wireless devices connected to my network. I also can only see a couple of networks near my home. They only have at most a 30% signal. So I do not believe I am getting any interference from those networks. I have also turned off anything in my home that gives off a signal.

I am unable to stream music from one wireless device to the other without the song skipping. Also if I attempt to surf the internet while doing this the connection speed varies greatly and if I do a constant ping I fail to get a response about 50% of the time from the router itself. The same symptoms occur if I transfer any data from one wireless device to the other. The box states I should be able to do all of these simultaneously and much more. As far as online gaming is concerned some games will not even connect due to the packet lose that is occurring. If I plug both computers directly into the router without using the wireless everything works fine.

I have 8 years experience in the IT field and have tried several different troubleshooting steps to resolve the issue. I have tried adjusting security settings, channels, radio frequency, MTU size, wireless optimization settings, and more. Nothing has solved the issue. As a last resort I decided to call Netgears 24/7 support line to see if someone could offer up another idea. After repeating several of the steps already mentioned the technician in India admitted she could not help me any further and a higher level technician would be calling me in the next 24 to 48 hours to assist me in resolving the issue. I have not had a call back yet.

When I hook up my old WRT54g Linksys 802.11b/g router to my WMP11 Wireless-B PCI adapter and my WPC54G Wireless-G Notebook adapter I have a more stable local area network.

I will be returning all 3 of these Netgear products.

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