zd1211rw developer has informed me that softmac can't set the essid/key without the link being up. All of the other distributions (except Debian) have been modified to bring the link up first.
-- Unable to connect to Internet - "link is not ready" https://launchpad.net/bugs/63664 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
