I'm certain that I'm using the rt2500 driver. I have the rt2500pci driver blacklisted do to its issues. I'm using WPA-PSK authentication. In case this is my fault and my setup is wrong here is what my interfaces file looks like.
auto wlan0 iface wlan0 inet dhcp pre-up iwconfig wlan0 ap my:ap:here:yep pre-up iwconfig wlan0 mode managed pre-up iwpriv wlan0 set Channel=11 pre-up iwpriv wlan0 set AuthMode=WPAPSK pre-up iwpriv wlan0 set EncrypType=TKIP pre-up iwconfig wlan0 essid "myessidhere" pre-up iwpriv wlan0 set WPAPSK="mypasshere" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]