Back at this, with R198. I have no wlan0 device listed in ifconfig or iwconfig. dmesg still stands as to what it says after the card is inserted. I've also noticed that there was no /etc/pcmcia/wlan-ng.conf file or a hostap_cs.conf file.
I created a hostap_cs.conf file, but I do not know if I need to add anything besides the information for my card. I seem to remember something else being there besides the information for my card, but I cannot recall what exactly it was. I'm going to try to create a wlan-ng.conf file with the hostap_cs.conf file, but I see no reason for having both files within /etc/pcmcia.
What I do know is that hostap modules are not being loaded on startup or when I insert the card. I am assuming this is why I do not have a wlan0 interface, but I am not entirely sure. Any insight on this fiasco would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
**EDIT** Found hostap_cs.conf in the hostap_driver package. I extracted the package, grabbed the conf file and that was that. Still no luck with hostap being loaded at startup or on card insert. After modprobing the driver in, the device is still non existent. I have no idea what is going on, but I do know that I am becoming quite frustrated with this due to only wanting to flash the card and swap back to Angstrom. =/