Thanks Gravity, that was a major help. Last night I got virtual box and went into resolv.conf to add a dns server. I was able to use my wifi card and connect to the internet, but for some reason, I was having difficulty getting the settings to save. I would reboot the device and go back in to find that the default 192.168.1.1 was the only one listed. My speeds are now sitting around 10mbps which is at least 5mbps more than what I had before.. I'm not sure on how to go about adding a dns to my wifi card's settings though.