Suddenly it all works.
I put in a wired ethernet card and configured the Linksys hub. Then I stuck in my Netgear card and it mysteriously started talking. Then I realized that in order to get internet access I needed to setup ppoe, heh. So I did that. Now I have wireless DSL, and am pretty stoked.
"We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?"
- Edward Young