SMC: found, but it doesn't work

[SJ]

I have a SMC Wireless CardBus Adapter, model no 2835W V3 (version 3)

I installed Kubuntu 6.06 on my laptop, and it looks like Kubuntu finds my wireless device.
When I go to System Settings (KDE-menu) I click on "Network Settings".
Their, I see this:
Interface: eth0 , IP Adress (blank), Protocol: dhcp , State: Disabled , Comment: Wireless Network Device
Here a screenshot of all of this:


I installed SMC with ndiswrapper. The wiki said:

Card: SMC2835W-V3

* Chipset: Intersil Corporation Intersil ISL3890 [[[Prism GT]]/Prism Duette] (rev 01)
* pciid: 1260:3890 (rev 01)
* Driver: http://www.smc-europe.com/english/su.../2835W_V3.html
* Other: Works with Fedora Core 3 - kernel 2.6.10-1.741_FC3 - ndiswrapper 1.0rc2; 54 Mbps, WEP (128 bit). I tried to get it working with the native prism54 linux driver, but it didn't work.

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* Chipset: Intersil Corporation Intersil ISL3890 Prism GT/Prism Duette? (rev 01)

* pciid: 1260:3890 (rev 01)
* Driver: SMC Europe http://www.smc-europe.com/english/su.../2802W_V2.html mode: ad-hoc with linux-station (acx111) - no wep speed: ~14Mbit (no MTU tuning or something else)
* Other: Gentoo 2.6.8-r1, Ndiswrapper 0.10rc1+CVS@040820 Manual compile (not ebuild); worked for me after I reinit the driver with newly compiled version

So normally, their wouldn't be any problems with this card.

Back to the Network Settings:
I have the option to "Configure interfaces". I click on that, and I see this:

TCP/IP Address
Automatic dhcp (I could chose Manual aswell, but I choosed the first option "Automatic dhcp")
And this : "Activate when the computers start"
Wireless Settings:
ESSID: ZenoMagic
WEP Key: <none> (I turned off my security, normally it's a WPA-PSK key)
Key Type: ASCII

Lookes fine, no?

So when I try to "Enable Interface", it costs several minutes. Then the state change from "Disabled" to "enabled". But, just 5 seconds later, it's switched back to "Disabled"

Any ideas how I get this card working?

Sincerly,
SJ

PS: screenshot will follow later.

[SJ]

Re: SMC: found, but it doesn't work

If nobody can help me, can someone please say wich card will work under Kubuntu? Because, if necessary, I'll buy a new PCMCIA card, but the new one should work without using Ndiswrapper (so that new card MUST be plug&play)

Are there any models know for their excellent prestations in Linux? Or any very good chipsets?

Thanks!