USB MA111 Knoppix 3.9 WLAN0 no such device

First off, I did post this in the LinuxQuestions forum as well but
since that is not on Google groups, I hope this is not a multi post

All,
I have been running around the past 3-4 days between the Knoppix forum
and the Ndiswrapper forum without much luck.

I have an MA111 USB "card" connected to my PC on which I am running
Knoppix3.9 from a Live CD.
I have followed the steps seen in this and other forums

a) I didn't download or install ndiswrapper since my Linux download was
quite recent
b) I downloaded the relevant Win XP driver files from the
ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/mediawiki-1.4.6 List
site.
I copied the MA111nd5.sys and netma111.inf files to my harddisk

c) I ran ndiswrapper -i /mnt/hda5/netma111.inf
I got a message "installing netma111" and it seemed to finish
successfully

d) I ran ndiswrapper -l
I got
installed ndis drivers
netma111 driver present (but no reference to "hardware present")

e) I typed in
modprobe ndiswrapper
I got no error messages or anything

f) I typed in lsmod
and got among other things

usbcore 104196 8 ndiswrapper,usbhid and some other stuff

h)when I type in
iwconfig I get
l0 no wireless extensions
My USB adapter's light is glowing brightly

AFAIK there is no NIC card installed in the PC.

i) If I type in
ifconfig wlan0 up
Error while getting interface flags: no such device

I hope all this convinces would-be solution providers that I have
worked hard at this thing!

Thanks

Please- someone should be able to direct me here.

At least tell me I am stupid for not having tried the obvious whatever
that is!
I have been struggling for 5 days now.

I am not going to do the usual throwing up my arms thing that I have
seen people do in some linux forums because it was not as
straightforward as XP because I am sure with the right directions I can
get this to work.

Pleaase?