Comment 1 for bug 67607

Addendum:

Apparently, I have rediscovered the procedure documented in the README for the rt61pci driver.

http://rt2400.cvs.sourceforge.net/rt2400/source/rt2x00/README?revision=1.39

"- After the client interface has been brought up, scanning can be performed to check if the desired AP is being detected. Note that it is currently mandatory to scan at least once before starting an association attempt.

 # $ iwlist wlan0 scan

 - To start an association attempt, the AP address should be set:

 # $ iwconfig wlan0 ap mybssid"

Does this behavior (mandatory scan after ifconfig bring-up) mean that this hardware can never work out-of-the-box with Ubuntu?