After a tough fight, I got it installed and now everything works.

I had to use the install CD to get most of the packages but one I had to
download on another computer.

I got Network manager to work on a wired line, but the indicator would not show
on the panel, tried about 10 fixes from Google and still could not get that
applet to show, even though it worked.

Without it showing, I could not get the wireless on.

I finally reinstalled it through the terminal with sudo apt-get and the
indicator showed up and I got the wireless working.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.