I am trying to install an Asus USB-N13 USB Wireless Networking stick on an Intel-chip laptop loaded with Debian squeeze release. I have built a driver (rt3070sta.ko) and the "insmod rt3070sta.ko" seems to have worked fine. I can see the driver with "ifconfig ra0" and I can set an ip address with "ifconfig ra0 inet...".

HOWEVER:

1: The gnome network manager doesn't see any wireless networks to connect to.

2: If I try "ifconfig ra0 up" I get "SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not permitted"

I am doing this from a root window and my login has root privileges. I'm missing a last step - what is it?

Take a look at rt2870sta - Debian Wiki - http://wiki.debian.org/rt2870sta

Download ASUS USB-N13 Windows, Linux, Mac OS Driver, Utility. | Wireless Driver & Software - http://www.wireless-driver.com/asus-...ivers-utility/

Thanks craigevil. The wiki http://wiki.debian.org/rt2870sta pointed me in the right direction. I had to blacklist the rt2800usb driver (though I'm not sure I needed to) and did some other wierd things that I didn't really understand. The last bit of confusion is that the wireless driver ended up being named "wlan0" and NOT "ra0". I'm working great now.