Sam Lewis wrote:

I have an SMC Access Point on the way should be here any day.
 

That will be a much better test as to whether the card is initializing properly.

From what manufacturer is the other card? Model?
  

NetGear MA311 using the miniPCI driver which installed and worked great
without a hitch.
 

To what were you connecting via the MA311? Is there a third wireless client somewhere?

Do you have an IP address at all? Static?
  

Yes both cards have static IP's assinged.  I booted up my laptop into Win2K
and the card works fine communicating with the Desktop with it running eCS or
Win98.

Oh, okay, I get it. So, in Ad-hoc mode, it works under Win2K, but under eCS it doesn't? What IP address is it using in Ad-hoc mode? The static one you've assigned? Try an ipconfig at a cmd prompt under W2K.

One other thing on my laptop is that it doesn't even recognize that the card
is there until I reseat it during or after bootup.  The power light doesn't
even come on until I reseat when booting eCS.
 

My Cisco seems to behave this way after waking up from suspend or hibernate. What's your power saving mode in the eCS setup? I typically use CAM, which is always on.