Wireless_Ralink_rt61

Pessoal estou tentando instalar minha placa de rede wireles, o drive esta pronto, mas ao tentar levantar a placa tenho um erro, este é o logo do message:

May 13 18:48:26 alice ifup: wlan0 device: RaLink RT2561/RT61 rev B 802.11g
May 13 18:48:26 alice ifup-wireless: wlan0 warning: using NO encryption
May 13 18:48:26 alice ifup-wireless: command 'iwconfig wlan0 nick alice' returned
May 13 18:48:26 alice ifup-wireless: Error for wireless request "Set Nickname" (8B1C) :
May 13 18:48:26 alice ifup-wireless: SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not supported.
May 13 18:48:26 alice kernel: wlan0: cannot create symlink to default key
May 13 18:48:26 alice ifup: Cannot enable interface wlan0.
May 13 18:48:26 alice ifup-route: interface wlan0 is not up


aquem pode me dar uma dica?

no site vivaolinux tem um how to mto bom de como instalar o driver e o firmware no sistema. Não lembro o link, mas usei e deu certo