Help with content of /etc/network/interfaces file **progress**

[Tom H]

>> OK, That makes sense. I applied the changes suggested, however, I
>>  still am unable to obtain an IP address for my wlan0 port on the
>>  laptop. What would give me a clue as to why a DHCPOFFER (if one is
>>  being made) would not be accepted???

> The first question now is what DHCP packets you can see on your laptop
> and on your server. Try to find it out with wireshark running on both
> machines.

What is the content of
/var/lib/dhcp3/dhcpd.leases
on your dhcp server?