What am I doing wrong

[limikey20]

First I'm running Unbuntu 6.10
Second I have a Linksys Wireless-G USB wireless adapter (WUSB54G).
Plugged it in and went to:
system > administration > networking
and entered everything and didn't work so I went into terminal typed in:
iwconfig and got:
lo no wireless extensions
wmaster0 IEEE 802.11g Frequency: 2.412 GHz
RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2346 B

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"<my name>"
Mode:Managed Frequency: 2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2346 B

so next I installed ndiswrapper ver 1.22 with no problems followed the instructions for installing the .inf file and when I do ndiswrapper -l
i get: rt73 invalid driver!
what am I doing wrong?
I've been searching in the forums all night looking for answers any help would be great!

[limikey20]

lsusb -v:
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 13b1:0020 Linksys
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64
idVendor 0x13b1 Linksys
idProduct 0x0020
bcdDevice 0.01
iManufacturer 1
iProduct 2
iSerial 0
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 32
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0x80
(Bus Powered)
MaxPower 300mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 2
bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class
bInterfaceSubClass 255 Vendor Specific Subclass
bInterfaceProtocol 255 Vendor Specific Protocol
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x01 EP 1 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0
can't get device qualifier: Operation not permitted
can't get debug descriptor: Operation not permitted
cannot read device status, Operation not permitted (1)

[jglen490]

First, did you get both the .inf AND the .sys Windows files for your specific card? You need both on your Linux installation. They both should be in the same directory. It's usually preferable to use the drivers that are on the card's driver/install CD/DVD.

Then do ndiswrapper -i <nameof>.inf. Followed by ndiswrapper -l. Hopefully, the result will be hardware present:driver prresent. Sometimes there willl be an alternate driver that the kernel loaded at boot time. The kernel-loaded driver can be blacklisted to avoid driver conflict.