Okay, it's a No Go !!

If I enter "ifconfig" it shows me eth0 (the wired network) and lo (the loopback)

The output of "iwconfig" shows lo, eth0, and pan0 and says "no wireless extension" next to each.

If I clich on the Network manager icon it shows "Auto Ethernet" (which is check in use) and "System eth0". It doesn;t show anything about wireless networks.

The Network Manager tool lists "wlan0" but the "activate/deactivate" buttons are greyed out.

I'll look into it further and see if I can insert any modules that might work manually.

Beyond that I don;t know what to do other than try and go back to ndiswrapper. At least some wireless functionality is better than none at all.

If I try and install the modules manually , via insmod, it tells me they are not to be found. Where would they be located ? This is rapidly getting confusing. And at present I don;t have the time to read, "The Linux Kernel" from cover to cover. :(