Netgear FA-410 Network Card for Notebook PCs

by Netgear

Product Details

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• Product Dimensions: 3.4 x 2.2 x 0.2 inches ; 1.9 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 5.3 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00000JBBI
• Item model number: FA-410TX
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 20, 1999

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Netgear FA410TXC is an auto-sensing, 10/100BaseTX fast Ethernet PCMCIA adapter with quick "one-step" installation. Netgear's 16-bit PC card makes a powershift to fast Ethernet possible for your laptop or PCMCIA- compatible computer. Auto-sensing technology and Ethernet/fast Ethernet compatibility lets you powershift to fast Ethernet at the price of regular Ethernet.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great little card, nice blue cord..., May 2, 2000

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ODB (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Netgear FA-410 Network Card for Notebook PCs (Personal Computers)

first of all, this is a 10/100mbs card, which means it will be faster than a 10mbs card if your your network is 100mbs+. Though network cards are fairly boring and undifferentiated products, I like this one- here are 4 reasons why:

1.The 'dongle' has THREE indicators lights, thats three times as many as most other dongles. Also, it feels like a sturdy fit, that won't snap off that easily.

2.The Blue rj-45 cable is a smooth, out of the ordinary color, that reminds you that you have a stylish netgear card stuck inside.

3. The drivers loaded no-probs on my good old dell lattitude 133mhz, which is on windows 2000 now. (my 3 year old Xircom card just broke).

4. It matches my Netgear [7 port 10/100mbs] hub, which I have grown to like because it looks good and works well, so I am becoming a loyal Netgear fan.

I gave them 4 out of 5 stars because after all, it is still just a network card.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Netgear certainly isn't Tough Gear, May 31, 2001

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Jason Budden (Spring Hill, Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Netgear FA-410 Network Card for Notebook PCs (Personal Computers)

Throught the course of 8 months I have gone through FOUR of these because the dongle that connects the CAT-5 cable to the actual card always breaks where it connects to the card. If your laptop is sitting in one place all the time, it will probably be fine, but if you plan on having your laptop move around while you are connected, then forget it. The only reason I stayed with this model was because Staples would replace it for free each time it broke, since it was usually 2 months apart. Other than that, the card itself worked superbly. Fast clean connection when the dongle was intact.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better Than Linksys...., January 25, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Netgear FA-410 Network Card for Notebook PCs (Personal Computers)

I love it....In three minutes, this NIC installed on the first try, unlike any of the Linksys products I have used before.