WICD does not detect any networks, WPA-GUI can see networks but when I connect through there it will not obtain an IP, if I use WPA-GUI that far then use vlwifi I get an IP and am connected to the internet. However, if I try to use the connection at all, gslapt and Firefox are all I have tried, after roughly 2 min my connection is dropped and I cannot re-connect without rebooting.
I am using a Gigafast 802.11B PCMCIA card WF721-AEX on a tangent model 979 laptop with a pentium 2 266, and 185MB ram. While using my 5.9 live cd there are no problemswith the wireless