Networking :: Configuring The D-Link DGE-528T

I have just clean installed Ubuntu 11.04 on 3.06 GHz Dual core P4 with 2GB RAM

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jim@venus:~$ uname -r
2.6.38-8-generic

At the same time I purchased a Gigabit NIC from D-Link, mostly because D-Link is a reputable brand and it said on the box compatible with 2.6.x linux kernal. The original NIC is still in the system and can be seen and is functioning as eth0. The system can see the new driver and the card, here is an extract from dmesg:

[ 1.401350] r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.3LK-NAPI loaded
[ 1.401390] r8169 0000:02:02.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[ 1.401437] r8169 0000:02:02.0: (unregistered net_device): no PCI Express capability
[ 1.403219] r8169 0000:02:02.0: eth1: RTL8169sb/8110sb at 0xf8016c00, 5c:d9:98:45:8b:cc, XID 10000000 IRQ 18

and lspci:

02:02.0 Ethernet controller: D-Link System Inc DGE-528T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (rev 10)
02:04.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6105/VT6106S [Rhine-III] (rev 86)

and ifconfig:

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1e:58:9a:1b:0e
inet addr:192.168.11.65 Bcast:192.168.11.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::21e:58ff:fe9a:1b0e/64 Scope:Link

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so as you can see dead as a door nail, no lights on the card and not picked up by the switch. How do I make this operate?