Wmp54g driver installed, but not seen in the Device Manager

I'm fighting with reinstalling my drivers of network for more than three days already. (For the history, see http://en.community.dell.com/forums/p/19269864/19470244.aspx#19470244)

It seems that I finally got the drivers Intel work - however, the WMP54G I had installed before the (I hope) works now driver Intel is not listed in Device Manager. There is no icon in the taskbar wireless connections, either. Another attempt to reinstall the drivers, however, abandoned the process with the comment that drivers would be installed. So, I think the pilot is, but does not at all.

So, how can I get rid of this driver and try to reinstall another?

My spec:

Dell Dimension 9200

Windows Vista Ultimate x 64 (don't tell me there is no x 64 drivers, please!)

Seems OK, as I said it.

Really, it seems that standard LinkSys drivers on the download Web site support not at all x 64 systems. According to the readme files, the driver has not been updated since 2004! This is unacceptable, I think that - as a decent redirect in this forum does not work.

Anyway, even if some really nice junior contributor on the forums seem to have written some x 64 drivers - himself, I actually did not know how to install without an .exe file. : Pei

Instead, I did some more googling and learned that the WMP54G v4.1 and v4.0 chips were produced by RaLink and that these guys really provide decent drivers! It is at this point that I remembered my software "Unknown devices" mentioning RaLink, too, RT2500 for v4.0 and RT2561 to v4.1. And well, turns out I have a v4.1 and that their driver is working like a charm. They also provide WLAN monitoring software that allows some additional adjustments. My suggestion: Cisco should outsource their service driver development, too.

Tags: Linksys Adapters

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