the card is a SOHOware 32-bit 10/100 cardbus PC card
the machine is a inspiron 3200 from Dell.

attaches :
tlp0 at cardbus1 dev 0 function 0: DECchip 21143 Ethernet, pass 4.1
tlp0: Ethernet address 00:80:c6:06:0b:70
ukphy0 at tlp0 phy 1: Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface
ukphy0: OUI 0x0010dd, model 0x0002, rev. 1
ukphy: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto

When I try to use it I get:
tlp0: interrupting at 11
  and lots of:
tlp0: transmit process failed to idle: state RUNNING - FETCH
tlp0: revieve process failed to idle: state RUNNING - FETCH

and some of:
tlp0: filter setup and transmit timeout



this is with the laptop install disk...  relevent parts of dmesg

pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1
pci0: i/o space, memory space enabled
cbb0 at pci0 dev 4 function 0: vendor 0x104c product 0xac15 (rev. 0x01)
cbb1 at pci0 dev 4 function 1: vendor 0x104c product 0xac15 (rev. 0x01)
.
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cbb0: interrypting on 11
cbb0: cacheline 0x0 lattimer 0x20
cbb0: bhlc 0x82100 lscp 0x20010100
cardslot0 at cbb0 slot 0 flags 0
cardbus0 at cardslot0: bus 1 device 0 cacheline 0x0, lattimer 0x20
pcmcia0 at cardslot0
cbb1: interrypting on 11
cbb1: cacheline 0x0 lattimer 0x20
cbb1: bhlc 0x82100 lscp 0x20020200
cardslot1 at cbb1 slot 0 flags 0
cardbus1 at cardslot1: bus 2 device 0 cacheline 0x0, lattimer 0x20
pcmcia1 at cardslot1

HELP!