problem getting wireless connection with linksys WUSB54GCv3

[Kojans]

Hi!

I cannot get a working wireless connection from my laptop (HP compaq nc6000) with the wireless USB adaptor from Linksys: WUSB54GC v.3. I think the adaptor is recognised: I got this output from /var/log/messages after plugging in the adaptor:


Dec 4 20:39:36 ko-laptop kernel: [ 6375.868085] usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
Dec 4 20:39:36 ko-laptop kernel: [ 6376.018110] usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Dec 4 20:39:36 ko-laptop kernel: [ 6376.057957] Registered led device: rt2800usb-phy1::radio
Dec 4 20:39:36 ko-laptop kernel: [ 6376.057985] Registered led device: rt2800usb-phy1::assoc
Dec 4 20:39:36 ko-laptop kernel: [ 6376.058013] Registered led device: rt2800usb-phy1::quality
Dec 4 20:39:36 ko-laptop kernel: [ 6376.119286] udev: renamed network interface wlan0 to wlan1
Dec 4 20:39:36 ko-laptop kernel: [ 6376.123172] rt2800usb 1-1:1.0: firmware: requesting rt2870.bin
Dec 4 20:39:36 ko-laptop kernel: [ 6376.370193] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan1: link is not ready
from iwconfig:


ko@ko-laptop:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

irda0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan1 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=14 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr: off Fragment thr: off
Power Management: on
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 MissedNetworkManager Applet beacon:0

I have Ubuntu 9-10 installed, and (tried to) use the NetworkManager Applet to configure network access. My router is a SpeedTouch THOMSON ST780; I can get a wireless connection from Windows XP.
My questions:
Do I need to download a driver?
From Where/which driver?
Do I have to install ndiswrapper?

Any help would be appreciated; I found a lot of posts about wireless connections, but none of them could make me any wiser...

Thanks!

[IcarusR]

Try this thread....
http://newyork.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1155941&highlight=WUSB54GCv3

[RedSingularity]

You may need ndiswrapper if there are no proprietary drivers made for linux. While the device is plugged in look at System>Admin>Hardware Drivers. It may be in there to activate.

[Kojans]

Thanks, IcarusR!

I read the post you mentioned. It's quite a long story... I printed out the very detailed instructions in post #182 (http://newyork.ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8418039&postcount=182); I going to try it next week.