tecra 8100 won't recognize netopia wireless card ?

I am at my wits end here .... I am fairly knowledgable about computers ... but due to my MS , my thought process is hit and miss sometimes ..... please help me get this working ...... this is my daughters christmas present ..... scenario is , toshiba tecra 8100 laptop with a netopia 3d reach wireless lan card 802.11b....with a netgear WGT324 wireless router on my desktop system... the laptop won't recognize the card and I've been in the bios nothing there will help. I have tried spot 0 and 1 with no results .

Lots of help here...... thanks for nothing ...... next time I'll bang the computer against a tree it probably be more fruitful.