As of mid-December 2006, Linksys still does not have a Windows Vista driver posted for the Wireless-G PCI Adapter (WMP54G). The driver also does not ship with the RTM bits for Windows Vista. However, Microsoft has released a driver for the device through their Windows Update service.

This does not make it easy to get connected if this is the only network adapter in your computer, but if you can plug in temporarily using another adapter, rest assured that you can actually download a driver for Linksys’ most popular desktop wireless card. Just go to the Windows Update site, let it scan your computer, and download away.

After much frustration, including trying to get drivers to install directly from the manufacturer of the chipset Linksys uses, the Microsoft drivers were nice to see pop up in the list.