ive got my edimax working like this:

sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces
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auto lo

iface lo inet loopback
iface eth0 inet dhcp

allow-hotplug wlan0
#iface wlan0 inet manual
#wpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
#iface default inet dhcp

iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wpa-ssid
wpa-psk

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Save the file and reboot.

thanks il give it try when i get home. once i get it working i want to look at setting a static ip for ssh access.

You may want to check your power supply and try putting the wifi module on a powered hub. I had an issue where I wasn't using a good power supply and it kept dropping connection.

get yourself edimax :)

Hello AdamRobots,

here is my /etc/network/interfaces:
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auto lo

iface lo inet loopback
iface eth0 inet dhcp

allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet manual
wpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
iface default inet dhcp
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

And the wpa_supplicant.conf
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ctrl_interface=DIR/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=ntdev
update_config=1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

To be honest, I don't know if these are the original ones, because I fiddled around with a FRITZ!WLAN an old DLink and a Netgear USB stick - but my Edimax is working with those files and the WLAN_GUI (Most recent PiMame 0.8b2 updated, 1A PowerSupply, no USB Hub, just WLAN and wireless receiver for KB/Mouse connected).

Good luck!

Mathias