wlan-ng with Linksys WUSB54G

Hello,

I am trying to get a Linksys WUSB54G USB-to-WLAN dongle to work with my OMAP Starter Kit 
(OSK)and have some problems getting the wlan0 interface up.

I have compiled the wlan-ng drivers and installed them on the target board.

When I first tried to start wlan services by running 

     # /etc/rc.d/init.d/wlan start

I received a message saying that the wlan0 drivers were not found.

I then added an alias under /etc/modules.conf as

     alias wlan0 prism2_usb

and tried to start wlan services again.  

It went past the wlan0 driver problem and is able to load the prism2_usb 
driver in place of wlan0 driver.

However, as the next step when it tries to bring up the wlan0 interface,
it complains saying: 

     Error: Device wlan0 does not seem to be present.
     Make sure you've inserted the appropriate
     modules or that your modules.conf file contains
     the appropriate aliase(s).

When I try to check for the wlan0 interface at the command prompt by 
doing
     # ifconfig wlan0

I get an error like:

     ifconfig: wlan0: error fetching interface information: Device not found

I tried to bring up the wlan0 interface explicitly by saying 

     ifconfig wlan0 up <ip_address>

and it complains:

     SIOCGIFFLAGS: No such device
     SIOCSIFADDR: No such device

Could anyone tell me what I am missing out?  

The kernel version I am working with is linux-2.6.12-omap-1 and the linux-wlan-ng
version is linux-wlan-ng-0.2.3

thanks in advance,

regards,
kanagesh



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