How to: Install Netgear WG311v3 Wireless Driver in Win7
I must express my pain in figuring out the way of setting up netgear wg311 driver in win7; i dig out google and many forums but could not find genuine and working solution except few posts claiming that they got it work but when i tried their ways then i faced failure.
As of now netgear claim that they dont have tested driver of wg311 wireless adapter for win7.
This fix is when you want to setup wireless before cable connection. So as a part of testing i did few tweaks and this time it worked for me.
1. I setup a fresh box with win7 7600. During setup my beetel 450bxi modem+router device was off.
2. After logging for the first time i switch on the router
3. I wen to properties of wg311v3_3_1_setup.exe and under Compability tab i opted for VistaSp2 and Run as Admin’tor
3. Then i completed the installation and this time setup worked fine for me.
4. Setup asked me to to choose netgear or windows for wireless operations so I opted for win7 to perform this.
5. I also removed NETGEAR WG311v3 Smart Wizard link from Start Up folder
This fix is when you want to setup Wirless after setting up cable connection. Below steps worked for me
- Enable Wireless with security settings in your modem/router
- Follow above #2 and #3 steps
- Shut down the machine
- Take out the neatgear card from the socket and then put it back
- Remove the network cable; switch on the machine
- login and windows will either automatically install the driver or will ask you to verify the installation
- enter the security information and your wireless connection should work
I hope above steps may be of some help.
