Thanks for pointing that out :) dmesg reveals a sequence of identical errors when I try to connect with the USR2210: wlan0: prism2_send_mgmt - device is not UP - cannot send frame wlan0: 00:c0:49:bc:7d:bd auth (alg=0 trans#=1 stat=0 len=6fc=00b0) ==> 0 (authenticated) Any clue as to what this means? Thanks :)