That's how I made my centrino wlan card running:
Booted with knoppix26
Next I ran ndiswrapper(btw what a silly name is that?? How does anybody know that's the app you need to get the ms drivers running under linux??) and filled in .inf file of the wlan card (named w70n51.inf and placed in program files/intel/wireless/drivers on my computer)
Then I ran the wlanconfig(or what it's called- it's in the knoppix menu right next to the ndiswrapper, and it's mentioned in the ndiswrapper first box). I suppose you don't need to fill much in there, default setup should be ok- provided you don't want to connect to some encrypted access point.
Should be running then.
Btw does anybody know how to shut the wifi card down? Saves power a lot. Thx