NETGEAR MA401RA pcmcia WLAN problems

I just installed Mandrake 9.2 on a new Averatec laptop and everything has
worked fine except my NETGEAR MA401RA pcmcia WLAN card. It was
automatically detected and bound to orinoco_cs. It connects to my wireless
router/DHCP server when inserted and is assigned an IP address.
Drakconnect shows the connection as being up, and the connected light on
the card remains on. However, when I tell it to connect to the internet,
the light starts blinking and Drakconnect show the connection as being down
and it loses it's IP address. After a few seconds, the connection comes
back up, but it is still disconnected from the internet. I know all my
external hardware works, because I can connect with a wired connection, and
my wife's Apple notebook connects fine wirelessly. Below is all of my
configuration info.

cardctl ident
Socket 0:
product info: "NETGEAR MA401RA Wireless PC", "Card", "ISL37300P",
"Eval-RevA"
manfid: 0x000b, 0x7300
function: 6 (network)

iwconfig
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:09:5B:4C:0D:1C
inet addr:192.168.2.24 Bcast:255.255.255.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:20 errors:7 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:1258 (1.2 Kb) TX bytes:2844 (2.7 Kb)
Interrupt:3 Base address:0x100

ifconfig
eth1 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"sam" Nickname:"localhost"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437GHz Access Point: 00:01:24:F1C:34
Bit Rate=11Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm Sensitivity:1/3
Retry min limit:8 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Encryption keyff
Power Managementff
Link Quality:78/92 Signal level:-13 dBm Noise level:-144 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

lsmod
Module Size Used by Not tainted
autofs4 11412 2 (autoclean)
lp 8160 0 (autoclean) (unused)
parport 34472 0 (autoclean) [lp]
ipt_TOS 1592 12 (autoclean)
ipt_REJECT 3960 4 (autoclean)
ipt_LOG 4184 6 (autoclean)
ipt_state 1080 12 (autoclean)
ip_nat_irc 3024 0 (unused)
ip_nat_tftp 2832 0 (unused)
ip_nat_ftp 3696 0 (unused)
ip_conntrack_irc 4400 1
ip_conntrack_tftp 2672 1
ip_conntrack_ftp 5168 1
ipt_multiport 1176 0 (autoclean)
ipt_conntrack 1560 0 (autoclean)
iptable_filter 2316 1 (autoclean)
iptable_mangle 2712 1 (autoclean)
iptable_nat 20814 3 (autoclean) [ip_nat_irc ip_nat_tftp
ip_nat_ftp]
ip_conntrack 26468 6 (autoclean) [ipt_state ip_nat_irc
ip_nat_tftp ip_nat_ftp ip_conntrack_irc ip_conntrack_tftp ip_conntrack_ftp
ipt_conntrack iptable_nat]
ip_tables 15072 11 [ipt_TOS ipt_REJECT ipt_LOG ipt_state
ipt_multiport ipt_conntrack iptable_filter iptable_mangle iptable_nat]
via82cxxx_audio 22112 0
ac97_codec 15828 0 [via82cxxx_audio]
uart401 8356 0 [via82cxxx_audio]
sound 71528 0 [via82cxxx_audio uart401]
soundcore 6340 0 [via82cxxx_audio sound]
nfsd 75280 0 (autoclean)
orinoco_cs 5268 1
orinoco 36824 0 [orinoco_cs]
hermes 7784 0 [orinoco_cs orinoco]
ds 8500 1 [orinoco_cs]
yenta_socket 13088 1
pcmcia_core 57696 0 [orinoco_cs ds yenta_socket]
af_packet 14856 2 (autoclean)
sr_mod 19384 0 (autoclean)
via-rhine 15856 1 (autoclean)
mii 3864 0 (autoclean) [via-rhine]
supermount 84032 2 (autoclean)
ide-cd 33956 0
cdrom 32608 0 [sr_mod ide-cd]
ide-scsi 11376 0
scsi_mod 106176 2 [sr_mod ide-scsi]
ehci-hcd 19212 0 (unused)
usb-uhci 25136 0 (unused)
usbcore 74988 1 [ehci-hcd usb-uhci]
rtc 9004 0 (autoclean)
ext3 60048 3
jbd 39264 3 [ext3]

/etc/pcmcia/config
card "Netgear MA401RA Wireless Adapter"
version "NETGEAR MA401RA Wireless PC", "Card"
bind "orinoco_cs"

/etc/sysconfig/pcmcia
PCMCIA=yes
PCIC=yenta_socket

/etc/netprofile/profiles/default/files/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/
DEVICE=eth1
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
IPADDR=192.168.2.24
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
NETWORK=192.168.2.0
BROADCAST=192.168.2.255
ONBOOT=yes
HWADDR=00:09:5b:4c:0d:1c
MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=no
WIRELESS_MODE=Managed
WIRELESS_ESSID=sam
WIRELESS_FREQ=2.437GHz
WIRELESS_SENS=1/3
WIRELESS_RATE=11Mb/s
WIRELESS_ENC_KEY=off
NEEDHOSTNAME=yes
#this is where Mandrake Drakeconnect stores it's settings. I don't have
/etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts set up(though I have tried it) because it seems
to duplicate this.