Make sure wireless-tools is installed and then edit /etc/network/interfacese

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auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp
wpa-driver wext
wpa-ssid [ssid here]
wpa-ap-scan 1
wpa-proto WPA
wpa-pairwise TKIP
wpa-group TKIP
wpa-key-mgmt WPA-PSK
wpa-psk [result of wpa_passphrase essid phrase]

#or

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auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp
wireless-essid [ssid here]
wireless-key [network key]

And to improve your wireless performance if you’re getting dropped packets use

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iwconfig [interface] rate 5.5M auto

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