This does work. I brought wlan0 up first, and ran kwifimanager, and it connected to a network. Running netcardconfig provided an ip address. I tried this at two different locations. At one location, everything worked perfectly. At the other although the IP address was assigned, I could not get out on the internet. I have seen others having similar issues. Since this is a network not in my control, I do not know what the gateway or DNS servers should be and so cannot configure them manually.

I was unable to select a list from the search results to change the network that I want to connect to since the button was grayed out. I have to type the ssid into a config page, and activate that one.

Is there any way to automate the dhcp or make it the default for kwifimanager so that a step cold be saved?

Also, I have noticed that the belkin router is mentioned quite a bit. I use two routers of my on on a regular basis both of which are in my control. One is a Belkin Wireless G and the other is the default verizon wireless modem that they provide the 327W westell modem. Both work perfectly once I enter in the WEP keys.