internet connection

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thank you all for your many suggestions.  i read all the
suggested links to no avail.

to start all over again -- still running ubuntu 9.10 -- i
just wanted to get the basic command-line stuff to work
again.  i deleted entries from the network-manager gui to
keep it from connecting me, and put the following in
/etc/network/interfaces:

# interfaces.mir

  auto lo
  iface lo inet loopback

  auto wlan0
  iface wlan0 inet static
  wireless-essid moylan-net
  address   192.168.0.7
  gateway   192.168.0.1
  network   192.168.0.0
  netmask   255.255.255.0
  broadcast 192.168.0.255

where moylan-net requires only a listed mac address.
running /etc/init.d/networking restart executed without
error messages.  ifconfig shows wlan0 up at the right
address, but -- the connection isn't there -- pinging
192.168.0.1 shows no-route-to-host.  looking in
/var/log/mseeages i see:

[  378.956709] wlan0: authenticated
[  378.956722] wlan0: associate with AP 00:09:5b:23:8a:26
[  378.958911] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:09:5b:23:8a:26
                      (capab=0x1 status=0 aid=1)
[  378.958923] wlan0: associated
[  378.959964] wlan0: disassociating by local choice
                      (reason=3)

the router's mac address shows correctly, but why is wlan0
getting "disassociated" and what the devil is "reason=3"?

tia,
ole dan 

j. daniel moylan
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brookline, ma 02446-6202
617-232-2360 (tel)
810-454-1823 (fax)
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