http://www.ussysadmin.com/modules.php?name=Forums
You could try your query at the above link.
What kind of laptop are you running?
Do you set your ip statically or with dhcp?
Can you ping your router?
Can you ping google.com?
Can you ping 216.239.57.99? (google.com)
Are you saying that your card worked until you installed to
the hard drive?
Show the complete output of ifconfig,iwconfig and route.
Show the output of "cat /etc/resolv.conf"
I have a card like yours,btw.Can you get it to work with
a regular knoppix livecd?
If you like Operator,you'll love

http://www.remote-exploit.org/?page=auditor

You might also want to checkout

http://kanotix.com/info/index.php

I think kanotix works better for a hard drive install.