RTL-8185 Wireless Card Problems

[Schiz0 <schiz0phrenic21@gmail.com>]

I'm running Debian Lenny on a Gateway laptop. lspci says:

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08:09.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8185
IEEE 802.11a/b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 20)
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I'm using the drivers from http://rtl-wifi.sourceforge.net and "iwlist
wlan0 scan" DOES detect my network. I am not using any wireless
security (for now).

In /etc/network/interfaces, I have the following:

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iface wlan0 inet static
    address 192.168.1.13
    netmask 255.255.255.0
    network 192.168.1.0
    broadcast 192.168.1.255
    gateway 192.168.1.1
    wireless-essid FearsomeRouter
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When I run "ifconfig wlan0 up" I get the following errors in /var/log/syslog:

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DepTop kernel: rtl8180: Bringing up iface
DepTop kernel: rtl8180: Card successfully reset
DepTop kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
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And my network doesn't work. Is there some way to fix this?
Thanks for your time.