Yes, I am using slack to post now
solution
I went to the /etc/rc.d/rc.modules file and uncommented the module for the linksys card(tulip) and now I am of and running.....I get a weird dhcp message on start up I will try to copy that into my next post to ensure I made the correct modification.
Thank you all for the help and I will look at disabling my token ring.
Sincerely,
Daniel Allan