wireless configuration questions

[Tim Folger <tfolger@myrealbox.com>]

Hi,

I'm a linux newbie, and have just installed debian woody with the 2.4.18 
kernel on a fujitsu laptop. I've installed wireless tools and pcmcia 
support.  I have an orinoco gold card that I'm trying to configure, and 
think I"m almost there. I've entered my network essid, encryption key, 
wireless rate, and wireless mode parameters in 
/etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts, and have entered the following  to the  
/etc/network/interfaces file: iface eth1 inet dhcp. Do I need to add 
anything else to the interfaces file? Or will the wireless.opts file 
handle everything? (Or do those two files conflict with one another, and 
I should only be editing one of them?) The problem I'm having is that 
when I activate the configuration using korinoco, the card lights up, 
and iwconfig eth1 gives the correct network values, but I can't connect 
to the internet. (And KDE runs very slowly, and takes a long time to 
load when I use korinoco.) Are there some other parameters or commands I 
need to enable internet access for my wireless network?

Thanks in advance.

Tim