I went in a different direction. Just thought I should mention this to you guys. 
  
Spent a total of 16 US Dollars on these two items from DX. And installed the device drivers as well. 
Got Ethernet and WLAN working. 
  
  
 
 
  
DealExtreme Items 
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/usb-2-0-10-100mbps-rj45-lan-ethernet-network-adapter-dongle-34691 
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/ultra-mini-nano-usb-2-0-802-11n-150mbps-wifi-wlan-wireless-network-adapter-48166 
  
Device drivers 
  
http://www.asix.com.tw/download.php?sub=driverdetail&PItemID=105 
http://www.realtek.com/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=21&PFid=48&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false&Downloads=true#2777