Another WG111v2 (USB) thread, ndiswrapper shows device not present

[newhere]

lsusb shows my device as present:

[root@wiggum ~]# lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
Bus 005 Device 003: ID 0846:4260 NetGear, Inc. 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 045e:0029 Microsoft Corp. IntelliMouse Optical
[root@wiggum ~]#

ndiswrapper shows the driver as installed (I've tried a few drivers, is this a driver issue?) but I don't see the device present message.

[root@wiggum ~]# ndiswrapper -l
bcmwl5 : driver installed
        device (14E4:4318) present (alternate driver: bcm43xx)
net111v2 : driver installed
[root@wiggum ~]#

ifconfig doesn't show the device.

I'm also using the onboard bcmwl5 nic. Will ndiswrapper support two different drivers/interfaces? It's working but it's flaky, hence my buying a new card. I'd like to keep it if I can.

This is FC6
Linux wiggum 2.6.20-1.2962.fc6 #1 SMP Tue Jun 19 19:27:14 EDT 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Thanks for any help

[newhere]

ndiswrapper -l not showing device present seems to be a symptom of a bad driver. Tried a few other drivers and now the light comes on on the usb device. I guess that's progress.

Now when I use ifup I don't see my essid or key set using iwconfig.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:off/any  Nickname:"wiggum"
          Mode:Ad-Hoc  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Cell: Not-Associated   
          Bit Rate=54 Mb/s   Tx-Power:20 dBm   Sensitivity=0/3  
          RTS thr=2346 B   Fragment thr=2347 B   
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

Despite it being set in my ifcfg-wlan0

[root@wiggum network-scripts]# cat ifcfg-wlan0 
# Netgear WG111v3
DEVICE=wlan0
ONBOOT=no
# BOOTPROTO=dhcp
BOOTPROTO=none
HWADDR=00:1B:2F:D0:0E:CA
ESSID=evergreenterrace
CHANNEL=6
TYPE=Wireless
MODE=Auto
RATE=Auto
USERCTL=yes
IPV6INIT=no
GATEWAY=192.168.0.1
IPADDR=192.168.0.201
NETMASK=255.255.255.0

and the key is present in keys-wlan0

I can set them manually with iwconfig but still no connectivity.