Bus 001 Device 002: ID 07d1:3c09 D-Link System DWA-140 802.11n Adapter [ralink rt2870] - USB WiFi adapter with rt2870 chipset won't connect using Compaq Prosignia Desktop in Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS

Below is the response from answering Yes to last question above:
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:1e:58:96:63:8a
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:22:75:C4:1B:24
                    Channel:1
                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
                    Quality=70/70 Signal level=58 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    ESSID:"Insight_Wifi_4405"
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    Extra:tsf=000001f5f4352183
                    Extra: Last beacon: 1836ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 0011496E73696768745F576966695F34343035
                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
                    IE: Unknown: 030101
                    IE: Unknown: 050400010000
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0100
                    IE: Unknown: 2F0100
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
                    IE: Unknown: DD0E0050F204104A0001101044000102
                    IE: Unknown: DD090010180200F0000000
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
          Cell 02 - Address: 00:1E:58:38:17:9D
                    Channel:1
                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
                    Quality=70/70 Signal level=4 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    ESSID:"Bongo Network"
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                              12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
                    Bit Rates:9 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    Extra:tsf=0000000486278181
                    Extra: Last beacon: 1968ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 000D426F6E676F204E6574776F726B
                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B960C183048
                    IE: Unknown: 030101
                    IE: Unknown: 050400010000
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0100
                    IE: Unknown: 32041224606C
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                       Preauthentication Supported
          Cell 03 - Address: 00:1E:E5:7C:70:4F
                    Channel:6
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Quality=70/70 Signal level=-191 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    ESSID:"Linn Network"
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    Extra:tsf=0000031026c15183
                    Extra: Last beacon: 1224ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 000C4C696E6E204E6574776F726B
                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
                    IE: Unknown: 030106
                    IE: Unknown: 050400010000
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0104
                    IE: Unknown: 2F0104
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
                    IE: Unknown: DD0E0050F204104A0001101044000101
                    IE: Unknown: DD090010180200F4000000
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
          Cell 04 - Address: 00:14:6C:F6:2A:C0
                    Channel:6
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Quality=70/70 Signal level=-190 dBm
                    Encryption key:off
                    ESSID:"Bubba Network1"
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                              12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
                    Bit Rates:9 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    Extra:tsf=000001c8cf511181
                    Extra: Last beacon: 1192ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 000E4275626261204E6574776F726B31
                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B960C183048
                    IE: Unknown: 030106
                    IE: Unknown: 050700010210000009
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0100
                    IE: Unknown: 32041224606C
                    IE: Unknown: DD0900037F0101001DFF7F
                    IE: Unknown: DD0C00037F020101000002A44000
                    IE: Unknown: DD1A00037F030100000000146CF62AC002146CF62AC064002C011D08

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=lucid
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge [8086:7190] (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge [8086:7191] (rev 03)
00:0e.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9/0/1 Ethernet Pro 100 [8086:1229] (rev 05)
00:0f.0 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Ensoniq ES1371 [AudioPCI-97] [1274:1371] (rev 08)
00:14.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA [8086:7110] (rev 02)
00:14.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE [8086:7111] (rev 01)
00:14.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB [8086:7112] (rev 01)
00:14.3 Bridge [0680]: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI [8086:7113] (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation NV6 [Vanta/Vanta LT] [10de:002c] (rev 11)
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 07d1:3c09 D-Link System DWA-140 802.11n Adapter [ralink rt2870]
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
H/W path Device Class Description
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                               system Prosignia Desktop
/0 bus 041Ch
/0/0 memory 128KiB BIOS
/0/4 processor Pentium III (Katmai)
/0/4/9 memory 32KiB L1 cache
/0/4/a memory 512KiB L2 cache
/0/1a memory System Memory
/0/1a/0 memory 256MiB DIMM DRAM Synchronous
/0/1a/1 memory 256MiB DIMM DRAM Synchronous
/0/1a/2 memory DIMM DRAM Synchronous [empty]
/0/1b memory Flash Memory
/0/1b/0 memory 256KiB Chip FLASH
/0/1 memory
/0/2 memory
/0/100 bridge 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge
/0/100/1 bridge 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge
/0/100/1/0 display NV6 [Vanta/Vanta LT]
/0/100/e eth0 network 82557/8/9/0/1 Ethernet Pro 100
/0/100/f multimedia ES1371 [AudioPCI-97]
/0/100/14 bridge 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA
/0/100/14.1 scsi0 storage 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE
/0/100/14.1/0 /dev/sda disk 13GB WDC WD135BA
/0/100/14.1/0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 5292MiB Windows FAT volume
/0/100/14.1/0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 7600MiB Extended partition
/0/100/14.1/0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 7225MiB Linux filesystem partition
/0/100/14.1/0/2/6 /dev/sda6 volume 374MiB Linux swap / Solaris partition
/0/100/14.1/1 /dev/cdrom disk SCSI CD-ROM
/0/100/14.2 bus 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB
/0/100/14.3 bridge 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI
/1 wlan0 network Wireless interface
Linux kevinUbuntuDesktop 2.6.32-24-generic #38-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jul 5 09:22:14 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] SFI: Simple Firmware Interface v0.7 http://simplefirmware.org
[ 0.026231] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[ 0.080037] * Found PM-Timer Bug on the chipset. Due to workarounds for a bug,
[ 0.082740] Switching to clocksource tsc
[ 0.090599] PnPBIOS: Found PnP BIOS installation structure at 0xc00fbfb0
[ 0.100007] pci 0000:00:0e.0: Firmware left e100 interrupts enabled; disabling
[ 0.351221] uhci_hcd 0000:00:14.2: found PCI INT D -> IRQ 11
[ 0.352482] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.366184] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.1.0 loaded
[ 0.366201] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 0.387207] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 0.965440] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 2.667085] e100 0000:00:0e.0: found PCI INT A -> IRQ 11
[ 2.737327] e100: eth0: e100_probe: addr 0x48000000, irq 11, MAC addr 00:50:8b:63:3e:40
[ 21.776273] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 23.783054] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 24.864184] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: BMP BIOS found
[ 25.106827] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: No TV encoders found.
[ 25.898348] Registered led device: rt2800usb-phy0::radio
[ 25.898873] Registered led device: rt2800usb-phy0::assoc
[ 25.899396] Registered led device: rt2800usb-phy0::quality
[ 25.905138] usbcore: registered new interface driver rt2800usb
[ 26.168811] rt2870sta: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned.
[ 26.177552] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48
[ 26.447835] usbcore: registered new interface driver rt2870
[ 27.068960] rt2800usb 1-1:1.0: firmware: requesting rt2870.bin
[ 27.660405] ENS1371 0000:00:0f.0: found PCI INT A -> IRQ 11
[ 28.618337] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 731.562205] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:1e:58:38:17:9d by local choice (reason=3)
[ 731.576388] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 731.579572] wlan0: direct probe responded
[ 731.579592] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 731.582237] wlan0: authenticated
[ 731.582353] wlan0: associate with AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 731.585650] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (capab=0x431 status=43 aid=0)
[ 731.585671] wlan0: AP denied association (code=43)
[ 731.585771] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:1e:58:38:17:9d by local choice (reason=3)
[ 743.665997] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 743.669765] wlan0: direct probe responded
[ 743.669787] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 743.673822] wlan0: authenticated
[ 743.673940] wlan0: associate with AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 743.677755] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (capab=0x431 status=43 aid=0)
[ 743.677776] wlan0: AP denied association (code=43)
[ 743.677850] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:1e:58:38:17:9d by local choice (reason=3)
[ 755.672575] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 755.675991] wlan0: direct probe responded
[ 755.676013] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 755.678646] wlan0: authenticated
[ 755.678773] wlan0: associate with AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 755.681935] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=1)
[ 755.681953] wlan0: associated
[ 755.751832] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
[ 764.862572] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (Reason: 1)
[ 766.219994] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 767.224884] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 767.228533] wlan0: direct probe responded
[ 767.228556] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 767.230995] wlan0: authenticated
[ 767.231109] wlan0: associate with AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 767.234298] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=1)
[ 767.234317] wlan0: associated
[ 776.862769] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (Reason: 1)
[ 779.193118] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 779.196622] wlan0: direct probe responded
[ 779.196644] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 779.199225] wlan0: authenticated
[ 779.199347] wlan0: associate with AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 779.203121] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=1)
[ 779.203140] wlan0: associated
[ 788.864076] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (Reason: 1)
[ 940.753603] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 940.757982] wlan0: direct probe responded
[ 940.758007] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 940.760091] wlan0: authenticated
[ 940.760209] wlan0: associate with AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 940.763394] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=1)
[ 940.763413] wlan0: associated
[ 949.875846] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (Reason: 1)
[ 952.215179] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 952.220010] wlan0: direct probe responded
[ 952.220033] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 952.222295] wlan0: authenticated
[ 952.222407] wlan0: associate with AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 952.226053] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=1)
[ 952.226072] wlan0: associated
[ 961.877114] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (Reason: 1)
[ 964.239716] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 964.244825] wlan0: direct probe responded
[ 964.244849] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 964.247667] wlan0: authenticated
[ 964.247781] wlan0: associate with AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 964.251136] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=1)
[ 964.251155] wlan0: associated
[ 973.878279] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (Reason: 1)
[ 976.232637] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 976.236372] wlan0: direct probe responded
[ 976.236396] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 976.238799] wlan0: authenticated
[ 976.238914] wlan0: associate with AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 976.242046] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (capab=0x431 status=43 aid=0)
[ 976.242067] wlan0: AP denied association (code=43)
[ 976.242139] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:1e:58:38:17:9d by local choice (reason=3)
[ 988.420111] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 988.435271] wlan0: direct probe responded
[ 988.435299] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 988.437938] wlan0: authenticated
[ 988.438055] wlan0: associate with AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 988.442233] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=1)
[ 988.442253] wlan0: associated
[ 997.880827] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (Reason: 1)
[ 1037.735441] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 1037.738950] wlan0: direct probe responded
[ 1037.738975] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 1037.741562] wlan0: authenticated
[ 1037.741684] wlan0: associate with AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 1037.744852] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (capab=0x431 status=43 aid=0)
[ 1037.744873] wlan0: AP denied association (code=43)
[ 1037.744948] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:1e:58:38:17:9d by local choice (reason=3)
[ 1049.856913] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 1049.875084] wlan0: direct probe responded
[ 1049.875111] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 1049.880128] wlan0: authenticated
[ 1049.880244] wlan0: associate with AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 1049.884033] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=1)
[ 1049.884051] wlan0: associated
[ 1059.883420] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (Reason: 1)
[ 1062.242783] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 1062.247362] wlan0: direct probe responded
[ 1062.247387] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 1062.256117] wlan0: authenticated
[ 1062.256253] wlan0: associate with AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 1062.260212] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=1)
[ 1062.260232] wlan0: associated
[ 1071.885672] wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (Reason: 1)
[ 1074.244017] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 1074.442001] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 2)
[ 1074.642000] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 3)
[ 1074.842107] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d timed out
[ 1086.364246] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 1086.561962] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 2)
[ 1086.761938] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 3)
[ 1086.961916] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d timed out
[ 1116.056377] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 1116.253773] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 2)
[ 1116.453755] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 3)
[ 1116.653750] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d timed out
[ 1135.199956] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 1135.397659] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 2)
[ 1135.598824] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 3)
[ 1135.800226] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d timed out
[ 1147.307341] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 1147.505549] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 2)
[ 1147.705787] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 3)
[ 1147.905568] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d timed out
[ 1159.358704] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 1159.557469] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 2)
[ 1159.757485] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 3)
[ 1159.957458] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d timed out
[ 1171.406576] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 1171.605371] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 2)
[ 1171.805373] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 3)
[ 1172.005364] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d timed out
[ 2586.436933] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 2586.636074] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 2)
[ 2586.836073] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 3)
[ 2587.036085] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d timed out
[ 2598.465162] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 2598.663994] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 2)
[ 2598.863994] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 3)
[ 2599.063992] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d timed out
[ 2610.482560] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 2610.679917] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 2)
[ 2610.879920] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 3)
[ 2611.079911] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d timed out
[ 2622.598593] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 2622.795851] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 2)
[ 2622.996082] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 3)
[ 2623.195844] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d timed out
[ 2634.657800] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 2634.855778] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 2)
[ 2635.055804] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 3)
[ 2635.255794] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d timed out
[ 2649.200449] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 2649.399697] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 2)
[ 2649.599697] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 3)
[ 2649.799682] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d timed out
[ 2661.280683] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 2661.479626] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 2)
[ 2661.679606] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 3)
[ 2661.879614] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d timed out
[ 2673.342881] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 2673.539522] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 2)
[ 2673.739517] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 3)
[ 2673.939497] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d timed out
[ 2685.408096] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 1)
[ 2685.607426] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 2)
[ 2685.807435] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d (try 3)
[ 2686.007417] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:58:38:17:9d timed out
[ 4863.965338] e100: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex
[ 4863.965746] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 4874.305046] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"Bongo Network"
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
          Tx-Power=6 dBm
          Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:on

/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:# replaced by b43 and ssb.
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-watchdog.conf:blacklist twl4030_wdt
10: PCI 0e.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_1229
  Unique ID: rBUF.I82OYr9Rpy5
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0e.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:00:0e.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Compaq NC3121 Fast Ethernet NIC (WOL)"
  Vendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation"
  Device: pci 0x1229 "82557/8/9/0/1 Ethernet Pro 100"
  SubVendor: pci 0x0e11 "Compaq Computer Corporation"
  SubDevice: pci 0xb0d7 "NC3121 Fast Ethernet NIC (WOL)"
  Revision: 0x05
  Driver: "e100"
  Driver Modules: "e100"
  Device File: eth0
  Memory Range: 0x48000000-0x48000fff (rw,prefetchable)
  I/O Ports: 0x1040-0x105f (rw)
  Memory Range: 0x41000000-0x410fffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0x20000000-0x200fffff (ro,prefetchable,disabled)
  IRQ: 11 (630444 events)
  HW Address: 00:50:8b:63:3e:40
  Link detected: yes
  Module Alias: "pci:v00008086d00001229sv00000E11sd0000B0D7bc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: e100 is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe e100"
  Driver Info #1:
    Driver Status: eepro100 is not active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe eepro100"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown

35: USB 00.0: 0282 WLAN controller
  [Created at usb.122]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_7d1_3c09_1_0_if0
  Unique ID: ADDn.U9bUsc5rQN8
  Parent ID: k4bc.hKGR9WfSci2
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.2/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0
  SysFS BusID: 1-1:1.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "D-Link 802.11 n WLAN"
  Hotplug: USB
  Vendor: usb 0x07d1 "D-Link System"
  Device: usb 0x3c09 "802.11 n WLAN"
  Revision: "1.01"
  Serial ID: "1.0"
  Driver: "rt2800usb"
  Driver Modules: "rt2800usb"
  Device File: wlan0
  Features: WLAN
  Speed: 12 Mbps
  HW Address: 00:1e:58:96:63:8a
  Link detected: no
  WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
  WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 2.457 2.462 2.467 2.472 2.484
  WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP
  WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
  Module Alias: "usb:v07D1p3C09d0101dc00dsc00dp00icFFiscFFipFF"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: rt2800usb is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe rt2800usb"
  Driver Info #1:
    Driver Status: rt2870sta is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe rt2870sta"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #34 (Hub)
Module Size Used by
joydev 8708 0
binfmt_misc 6587 1
snd_ens1371 18814 2
gameport 9089 1 snd_ens1371
snd_ac97_codec 100646 1 snd_ens1371
ac97_bus 1002 1 snd_ac97_codec
ppdev 5259 0
snd_pcm_oss 35308 0
snd_mixer_oss 13746 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 70662 3 snd_ens1371,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
rt2870sta 461811 0
snd_seq_dummy 1338 0
fbcon 35102 71
tileblit 2031 1 fbcon
font 7557 1 fbcon
arc4 1153 2
bitblit 4707 1 fbcon
snd_seq_oss 26726 0
softcursor 1189 1 bitblit
snd_seq_midi 4557 0
vga16fb 11385 0
vgastate 8961 1 vga16fb
snd_rawmidi 19056 2 snd_ens1371,snd_seq_midi
rt2800usb 31531 0
snd_seq_midi_event 6003 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
rt2x00usb 9703 1 rt2800usb
rt2x00lib 27509 2 rt2800usb,rt2x00usb
snd_seq 47263 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
led_class 2864 1 rt2x00lib
snd_timer 19098 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
nouveau 467048 2
snd_seq_device 5700 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
mac80211 205146 2 rt2x00usb,rt2x00lib
ttm 49943 1 nouveau
drm_kms_helper 29297 1 nouveau
snd 54148 14 snd_ens1371,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
cfg80211 126517 2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
drm 162377 4 nouveau,ttm,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 5028 1 nouveau
psmouse 63245 0
soundcore 6620 1 snd
intel_agp 24119 1
crc_ccitt 1339 1 rt2800usb
lp 7028 0
serio_raw 3978 0
i2c_piix4 8335 0
snd_page_alloc 7076 1 snd_pcm
shpchp 28820 0
agpgart 31724 3 ttm,drm,intel_agp
parport 32635 2 ppdev,lp
e100 28211 0
mii 4381 1 e100
 * Reconfiguring network interfaces... Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0.
                                                                                            [ OK ]
kevin@kevinUbuntuDesktop:~$

That rings a bell, since I had this problem several times:
The WLAN driver works but gnome-network-manager decides to close the network connection as soon as it is established. But i don't remember why I had encountered it......I only remember there was a very obvious solution one I found it out.

...what you can try is to upgrade to Ubuntu 10.10, which is already out and in my experience has prved extremely stable. If this doesn't solve your problem it at least gives you a fallback solution if network-manager lets you down again: ConnMan.

PeterPall, where is that download? I can only see is Ubuntu 10.04, not Ubuntu 10.10

Thanks,
Kevin

I think the following output shows the issue:

  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: rt2800usb is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe rt2800usb"
  Driver Info #1:
    Driver Status: rt2870sta is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe rt2870sta"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown

I think there is a conflict between the rt2800usb and rt2870sta driver that is preventing your wireless card from working correctly.

You need to blacklist the rt2800usb driver using this Terminal command:

echo blacklist rt2800usb | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

After executing the command, please reboot and retest wireless.

And I also recommend changing the wireless transmission frequency on your router to channel 3, in order to avoid wireless interference with the other routers that are nearby.

Also run the following commands (including the previous blacklist command):

echo blacklist rt2x00usb | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

echo blacklist rt2x00lib | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

Then reboot and retest wireless.

This seems to be the following bug:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/549801

Mark, thanks for posting.

I tried all the above (except changing the router to channel 3)..still not working..

Mark, thanks for posting.

I tried all the above (except changing the router to channel 3)..still not working..

Now, it will not connect w/the ethernet cable, whereas before, it did.

OK... a couple of reboots, the wired connection is back to working.. but I still can't get wireless 2 work. Hmm...

Just putting in some other things that I've UNsuccesfully tried:
1) installed USB2 card. (just in case the built in usb was ver1). Nope, not it.
2) another site suggested installing WICD to replace Ubuntu netwk app.. nope, that didn't fix it. I'm back to the netwk app.

Any other ideas that I can afford? I'm looking to move this PC elsewhere in the house, but can't get it away from its cable-tether to the router.

Going to mark this as problem solved, but only because I took Mark's advice and installed Ubuntu, 9.04 on the machine.. Wireless works perfectly. But its not the latest Ubuntu, and I do like the interface so much better. So, to me, its not 100% solved, but close enough.. Now I have a new problem on a different machine that I'm gonna have to search a solution for.

(I'll search and if don't find solution, will create a new question, but here's the error I"m getting, in case UR familiar w/it <and I'm a total Ubuntu & Linux newbie> "Could not update ICEauthority file /.ICEauthority" and
"There is a problem with the configuration server. (/usr/lib/libgconf2-4/gconf-sanity-check-2 exited with status 256)"

Thanks Mark Rijckenberg, that solved my question.

Going to mark this as problem solved, but only because I took Mark's advice and installed Ubuntu, 9.04 on the machine.. Wireless works perfectly. But its not the latest Ubuntu, and I do like the interface so much better. So, to me, its not 100% solved, but close enough.. Now I have a new problem on a different machine that I'm gonna have to search a solution for.

(I'll search and if don't find solution, will create a new question, but here's the error I"m getting, in case UR familiar w/it <and I'm a total Ubuntu & Linux newbie> "Could not update ICEauthority file /.ICEauthority" and
"There is a problem with the configuration server. (/usr/lib/libgconf2-4/gconf-sanity-check-2 exited with status 256)"

Oh, and Thanks, Mark!!