Comments on: Installing Vista (AKA More Netgear WG311 Misery) http://nerd.steveferson.com/2007/04/08/installing-vista-aka-more-netgear-wg311-misery/ One nerd's struggle against the beast that is technology Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:11:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: wil http://nerd.steveferson.com/2007/04/08/installing-vista-aka-more-netgear-wg311-misery/#comment-18739 wil Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:01:55 +0000 http://nerd.steveferson.com/2007/04/08/installing-vista-aka-more-netgear-wg311-misery/#comment-18739 IT DOENS"T FUCKING WORK. I swear this I hate this stup;id netgear piece of crap and I want to go and kill those netgear fuckers now. where are thehy hiding from. IT DOENS”T FUCKING WORK. I swear this I hate this stup;id netgear piece of crap and I want to go and kill those netgear fuckers now. where are thehy hiding from.

]]> By: Patrick http://nerd.steveferson.com/2007/04/08/installing-vista-aka-more-netgear-wg311-misery/#comment-18120 Patrick Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:44:02 +0000 http://nerd.steveferson.com/2007/04/08/installing-vista-aka-more-netgear-wg311-misery/#comment-18120 Brand new Dell Optiplex 330s - one running Vista Business and the other XP. All Vista and XP patches current and installed. Picked up two nice little Netgear WG311v3. Followed the instructions and installed one on my the XP box first. Perfect, except I don't really like the Netgear wifi interface program. Next I did exactly the same install on the Vista box. Nope. No way. Sorry. Thanks for playing. Drive home safely now. Grrr. WTFO? Searched the net. I uninstalled all the Netgear items. Pulled the card. Restarted and reinstalled the software only as described in the instructions. Shutdown. Restart. I then ran Windows Update and it found a new Netgear driver from Marvel with release date May, 2007 - V1.0.0.52. Installed the update. Shutdown. Install the Netgear card. Restart. Same result: Nope. No way. Sorry. Thanks for playing. Drive home safely now. The Netgear box clearly says "Works with Windows Vista". Must be some other version because the card clearly does not work with my version. 'Nuff said. Brand new Dell Optiplex 330s - one running Vista Business and the other XP. All Vista and XP patches current and installed.

Picked up two nice little Netgear WG311v3. Followed the instructions and installed one on my the XP box first. Perfect, except I don’t really like the Netgear wifi interface program.

Next I did exactly the same install on the Vista box. Nope. No way. Sorry. Thanks for playing. Drive home safely now.

Grrr. WTFO? Searched the net.

I uninstalled all the Netgear items. Pulled the card. Restarted and reinstalled the software only as described in the instructions. Shutdown. Restart. I then ran Windows Update and it found a new Netgear driver from Marvel with release date May, 2007 - V1.0.0.52. Installed the update.

Shutdown. Install the Netgear card. Restart.

Same result: Nope. No way. Sorry. Thanks for playing. Drive home safely now.

The Netgear box clearly says “Works with Windows Vista”. Must be some other version because the card clearly does not work with my version.

‘Nuff said.

]]> By: » Review: Why the Netgear WG311 v3 Sucks @ nerd. http://nerd.steveferson.com/2007/04/08/installing-vista-aka-more-netgear-wg311-misery/#comment-17507 » Review: Why the Netgear WG311 v3 Sucks @ nerd. Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:41:20 +0000 http://nerd.steveferson.com/2007/04/08/installing-vista-aka-more-netgear-wg311-misery/#comment-17507 [...] see this follow-up for the next chapter of my battle with the Netgear [...] [...] see this follow-up for the next chapter of my battle with the Netgear [...]

]]> By: Garfish http://nerd.steveferson.com/2007/04/08/installing-vista-aka-more-netgear-wg311-misery/#comment-8488 Garfish Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:52:20 +0000 http://nerd.steveferson.com/2007/04/08/installing-vista-aka-more-netgear-wg311-misery/#comment-8488 I run XP and Vista on my computer, the Netgear WG311v3 works well on XP but when I switch to Vista you guessed it no network. Like many of you I kept on trying and I found a way of getting the stupid thing to work, this is not a fix, it's only a bandage solution. I installed the netgear software and drivers, re booted then uninstalled the smart wizard, rebooted again but this time I left the CD in the drive, After Vista started I used vista network and sharing wizard in the control panel to connect. This has worked every time, the only hassel is you have to insert the netgear disk in your driver when starting windows every time. Let me know how you all go. I run XP and Vista on my computer, the Netgear WG311v3 works well on XP but when I switch to Vista you guessed it no network. Like many of you I kept on trying and I found a way of getting the stupid thing to work, this is not a fix, it’s only a bandage solution. I installed the netgear software and drivers, re booted then uninstalled the smart wizard, rebooted again but this time I left the CD in the drive, After Vista started I used vista network and sharing wizard in the control panel to connect. This has worked every time, the only hassel is you have to insert the netgear disk in your driver when starting windows every time.

Let me know how you all go.

]]> By: IanMc http://nerd.steveferson.com/2007/04/08/installing-vista-aka-more-netgear-wg311-misery/#comment-8261 IanMc Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:22:11 +0000 http://nerd.steveferson.com/2007/04/08/installing-vista-aka-more-netgear-wg311-misery/#comment-8261 Finally, Netgear seem to have produced drivers that work for their WG311v3 with (a) vista 32-bit and (b) more than 2gb RAM. Installed new drivers, and extra 1gb of memory today and after a mere six months of waiting, everything seems to be fine. Fantastic customer service Netgear - and thanks for the emails and phone calls you never returned, or for telling me the new drivers were available. Finally, Netgear seem to have produced drivers that work for their WG311v3 with (a) vista 32-bit and (b) more than 2gb RAM. Installed new drivers, and extra 1gb of memory today and after a mere six months of waiting, everything seems to be fine. Fantastic customer service Netgear - and thanks for the emails and phone calls you never returned, or for telling me the new drivers were available.

]]> By: Ian http://nerd.steveferson.com/2007/04/08/installing-vista-aka-more-netgear-wg311-misery/#comment-8242 Ian Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:18:51 +0000 http://nerd.steveferson.com/2007/04/08/installing-vista-aka-more-netgear-wg311-misery/#comment-8242 Hi - just to update everyone - the card is still working fine since I installed the 8335 drivers. Hi - just to update everyone - the card is still working fine since I installed the 8335 drivers.

]]> By: Ian http://nerd.steveferson.com/2007/04/08/installing-vista-aka-more-netgear-wg311-misery/#comment-7502 Ian Sun, 02 Mar 2008 17:18:50 +0000 http://nerd.steveferson.com/2007/04/08/installing-vista-aka-more-netgear-wg311-misery/#comment-7502 I installed the 8335 drivers (without uninstalling the existing netgear software) yesterday. So far, the card has worked each time I switched on or re-booted. It might be too early to say for sure, but I'd have normally had to mess around in device manager by now. The card is now listed as a Marvell Libertas ... 8335 but the netgear manager continues to load. Weird combination, but seems to work on Vista Home Premium - if you don't hear from me again you can assume it's continued working! Ian I installed the 8335 drivers (without uninstalling the existing netgear software) yesterday. So far, the card has worked each time I switched on or re-booted. It might be too early to say for sure, but I’d have normally had to mess around in device manager by now. The card is now listed as a Marvell Libertas … 8335 but the netgear manager continues to load. Weird combination, but seems to work on Vista Home Premium - if you don’t hear from me again you can assume it’s continued working!
Ian

]]> By: nerd. http://nerd.steveferson.com/2007/04/08/installing-vista-aka-more-netgear-wg311-misery/#comment-7490 nerd. Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:14:11 +0000 http://nerd.steveferson.com/2007/04/08/installing-vista-aka-more-netgear-wg311-misery/#comment-7490 Ian, that's the same drivers I mentioned in a previous post on the WG311 at http://nerd.steveferson.com/2006/10/31/review-why-the-netgear-wg311-v3-sucks/ I found they worked ok on XP but had no joy with them on Vista; if you have any better luck please let us know. Ian, that’s the same drivers I mentioned in a previous post on the WG311 at http://nerd.steveferson.com/2006/10/31/review-why-the-netgear-wg311-v3-sucks/

I found they worked ok on XP but had no joy with them on Vista; if you have any better luck please let us know.

]]> By: Ian http://nerd.steveferson.com/2007/04/08/installing-vista-aka-more-netgear-wg311-misery/#comment-7486 Ian Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:09:48 +0000 http://nerd.steveferson.com/2007/04/08/installing-vista-aka-more-netgear-wg311-misery/#comment-7486 Going to give the drivers sugested on this site a go - http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/584548.html Going to give the drivers sugested on this site a go -
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/584548.html

]]> By: Ian http://nerd.steveferson.com/2007/04/08/installing-vista-aka-more-netgear-wg311-misery/#comment-7483 Ian Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:02:31 +0000 http://nerd.steveferson.com/2007/04/08/installing-vista-aka-more-netgear-wg311-misery/#comment-7483 Having the same problems as everyone else. Netgear support just suggested I try the card in a different machine - really helpful when you're trying to work at home. Never mind that a quick google turns up loads of people having the same problem, so they must be aware of it. I'm just going to return it to the store and get my money back as it wastes so much time having to go to Device Manager, uninstall drivers, reboot and hope Vista installs it correctly. Having the same problems as everyone else. Netgear support just suggested I try the card in a different machine - really helpful when you’re trying to work at home. Never mind that a quick google turns up loads of people having the same problem, so they must be aware of it. I’m just going to return it to the store and get my money back as it wastes so much time having to go to Device Manager, uninstall drivers, reboot and hope Vista installs it correctly.

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