trm49274

First of all I am running freespire on a dell DX150
command LSHW produces the following information for the network class
*-network:0 UNCLAIMED
description: Ethernet controller
product: WMP11v4 802.11b PCI card
vendor: Linksys, A Division of Cisco Systems
physical id: a
bus info: pci@01:0a.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=64 maxlatency=32 mingnt=32
resources: iomemory:fdfff800-fdffffff irq:11
*-network:1
description: Ethernet interface
product: 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado]
vendor: 3Com Corporation
physical id: c
bus info: pci@01:0c.0
logical name: eth0
version: 78
serial: 00:b0:d0:95:80:4a
size: 100MB/s
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=3c59x duplex=full ip=192.168.254.2 latency=64 link=yes maxlatency=10 mingnt=10 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
resources: ioport:ec80-ecff iomemory:fdfff400-fdfff47f irq:11

This seems to tell me that the system acknowledges the card but does not show a device as my onboard nic does.

the ndiswrapper shows that the device is installed (highlights VVVV ^^^^^ added by me)

pcuser@dell-home:~$ ndiswrapper -l
2802w : invalid driver!
a3ab : driver installed
air : driver installed
ar5211 : driver installed
ar5211-g : driver installed
athfmwdl : driver installed
bcmwl5-4301 : driver installed
bcmwl5-4303 : driver installed
bcmwl5-4309 : driver installed
bcmwl5-4318 : invalid driver!
bcmwl5-43xx : driver installed
bcmwl5-94306 : driver installed
bel6001 : driver installed
dellnic : driver installed
i2220ntx : driver installed
intel-proset : invalid driver!
VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV
lsipnds : driver installed
device (17FE:2120) present
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
lstinds : driver installed
ma111nd5 : driver installed
mrv8k51 : driver installed
mrv8ka51 : driver installed
n3ab : driver installed
net5211 : driver installed
net5211hp : driver installed
net5211x : driver installed
net5523 : driver installed
neta3x : driver installed
neta504 : invalid driver!
netani : driver installed
netdlwl : driver installed
netmw125 : driver installed
netprism1 : driver installed
netr33x : driver installed
netrtusb : driver installed
netrw796 : driver installed
netsf : invalid driver!
netswl11 : invalid driver!
netvusbr : driver installed
netw39x5 : driver installed
netwlan : driver installed
netwlanhp : driver installed
ntpr11ab : driver installed
prisma02 : driver installed
prismnic : driver installed
prismnic3890 : driver installed
rt2400 : driver installed
rt61 : driver installed
rt73 : driver installed
rtl8180 : driver installed
ss_min : invalid driver!
tiacxubt : driver installed
tiacxusb : driver installed
tnet1130 : driver installed
usb55n5x : driver installed
w29n51 : driver installed
w70n51 : driver installed
wg311v2 : driver installed
wlanusb : driver installed
wlcomall : driver installed
wlluc48 : driver installed
wusb54g : driver installed
wusb54gv2 : driver installed
zd1201ux : driver installed
zd1211u : driver installed

#########
pcuser@dell-home:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.

##############

pcuser@dell-home:~$ sudo lshw -businfo
Bus info Device Class Description
===============================================
system OptiPlex GX150
bus OptiPlex GX150
memory BIOS
cpu@0 processor Pentium III (Coppermine)
memory L1 cache
memory L2 cache
memory System Memory
memory DIMM SDRAM Synchronous 100 MHz (10.0 ns)
memory DIMM SDRAM Synchronous 100 MHz (10.0 ns)
pci@00:00.0 bridge 82815 815 Chipset Host Bridge and Memory Con
pci@00:02.0 display 82815 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller]
pci@00:1e.0 bridge 82801 PCI Bridge
VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV
pci@01:0a.0 network WMP11v4 802.11b PCI card
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
pci@01:0c.0 eth0 network 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado]
pci@00:1f.0 bridge 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC)
pci@00:1f.1 storage 82801BA IDE U100
ide@0 ide0 bus IDE Channel 0
ide@0.0 /dev/hda disk WDC WD400EB-11CPF0
ide@0.0,1 /dev/hda1 disk Linux filesystem partition
ide@0.0,2 /dev/hda2 disk Linux swap / Solaris partition
ide@1 ide1 bus IDE Channel 1
ide@1.0 /dev/hdc disk COMPAQ DVD-ROM GDR8160B
/dev/hdc disk
ide@1.1 /dev/hdd disk Lite-On LTN486 48x Max
/dev/hdd disk
pci@00:1f.2 bus 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #1)
usb@1 usb1 bus UHCI Host Controller
pci@00:1f.3 bus 82801BA/BAM SMBus
pci@00:1f.4 bus 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #2)
usb@2 usb2 bus UHCI Host Controller
pci@00:1f.5 multimedia 82801BA/BAM AC'97 Audio

Where do I go from here?????

Any assistance will be most appreciated.
sincerely
Todd