Have you installed ndiswrapper with the driver already? If not do so.
You might want to check the ndiswrapper supported card list cause it says that the linksys driver doesn't work properly and that you need another driver. But the text you quoted implies i works with the normal linksys drivers so you can try these out too.
If you've done that set your essid with:
Code:
iwconfig wlan0 essid xxxx
Then post the results of