wireless-tools not working.

[TonyQ <hepburnenthorpe@gmail.com>]

Pretty new to this, running sid.

Using the following wifi configuration within my /etc/network/interfaces 
file fails.

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

manual eth1
iface eth1 inet static
    address 192.168.10.10
    netmask 255.0.0.0
    network 192.168.10.0
    broadcast 192.168.10.255
    gateway 192.168.10.1
    dns-nameservers 203.0.178.191
    dns-search thorpesystems.local

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet static
    address 192.168.10.2
    netmask 255.0.0.0
    network 192.168.10.255
    gateway 192.168.10.1
    wireless-mode managed
    wireless-essid TSP
    wireless-key AC45FE23ED3EDF51A78CDE45F1
    dns-nameservers 192.168.10.100
    dns-search thorpesystems.local

The only related message I seem to be able to find in /var/log/dmesg is 
this....

ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready

on the very last line.

As a work around I have placed....

iwconfig wlan0 essid TSP ap 00:1C:F0:3A:F2:DC mode Managed freq 3 
channel 6 retry 24 key AC45-FE23-ED3E-DF51-A78C-DE45-F1

(on one line) in my /etc/rc.local file which does get me a working (all 
be it intermittent) connection, however I would like to resolve this 
wireless-tools problem.

My card is...

Network controller: RaLink RT2561/RT61 rev B 802.11g

I have installed firmware-ralink, wireless-tools and the rt61pci drivers 
are loading. Anyone got any ideas where to start?

Thanks,
Tony.