trouble with belkin f5d6050 / dhcp related?

hello,

I am using the atmel wlan usb driver, I also tried the berlios driver but
it would not connect to the acsses point in iwconfig. Anyways I have this
device and driver and I am able to connect to the ap in iwconfig but I am
not being issued an ip adress and when I try using dhcpcd (dhcpcd eth1) it
does not work either. I have also tried giving the device an ip adress
myself (ifconfig eth1 192.168.1.23) which also does not allow me to
connect to my ap and ping it. I am able to use this same driver and nic on
my laptop. Both computers are running slackware 9.1. Anyways does anyone
have any advice?

Thanks

Colin