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sschu
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Dec 11, 2020

Driver for Windows 10 Gigabit-Ethernet-Adapter GA311

Hello, I have an old Netgear Gigabit-Ethernet-Adapter (RTL8169/8110 Chipset) but Windows 10 doesn't recognize it. The newest driver on the netgear-support-page for that product is for Windows Vista...
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michaelkenward
Guru - Experienced User
Dec 12, 2020
sschu wrote:

Hello,
I have an old Netgear Gigabit-Ethernet-Adapter

Old is about right. 2003. My newest home rolled PCs don't even support PCI cards, only PCI-e.

 

Netgear won't have produced drivers for something that ancient. It has even abandoned making Ethernet cards for PCs, probably because it is hard to find a PC that doesn't have native support for Ethernet.

 

Newer versions of Windows sometimes have generic drivers that work for older hardware. But you may be reduced to looking for something a bit newer. Amazon seems to stock them for next to nothing. Not much choice though.