[CentOS] CentOS 6: "ip link" ignores wlan0

Mon Sep 12 21:01:50 UTC 2011
Michael D. Berger <m_d_berger_1900 at yahoo.com>

On my CentOS 6 laptop, in which the wireless hardware is
known to be functional (because it works in the WinXP
partition):
   # ip link
shows lo and eth0, but nothing else.

Why might this be?

Thanks,
Mike.