2 Issues with my Gateway W650A

[Rufio20]

Hello all!

I'm a relative noobie to Linux and I've run across a few issues with my 11.10 installation on a Gateway W650A. Please bear with me.

issue number 1:
I managed to get the wireless card to work after following some instructions I found on an older thread
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=575785

The problem I'm having is every time I restart the machine, the wireless card no longer works until I type the following commands in:

sudo ndiswrapper -m
sudo depmod -a
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper

Is there any way to make this permanent?

Issue number 2:
I'm a bit confused about the difference between open source video drivers and proprietary. Nothing pops up when I open up Additional Drivers, and I tried installing manually following the directions here
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI
without any luck. Should I stick with open source?
This is what I get when entering the LSPCI | grep VGA command:

01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS690M [Radeon X1200 Series]

Any help would be fantastic!

[Rufio20]

Also, it seems any changes I make in the unity plugin on CCSM are not taking effect. Is this related to using the default video driver?