We found the winning post! Got to the pink xmessage which it did not do before and found a connection. Beauty!
Thanks Barry and I'll post the log anyway
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STEP1a: ifconfig wlan0 up
STEP1b: iwlist wlan0 scan
Cell 01 - Address: 00:1D:0F:F8:38:26
ESSID:"TP-LINK"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11b
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality:34/100 Signal level:-74 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0
Cell 02 - Address: 00:1D:73:55:95:52
ESSID:"MyPort Hotspot Southport"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11b
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality:39/100 Signal level:-71 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
Encryption key:off
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0
Cell 03 - Address: 00:21:91:E1:3B:F2
ESSID:"WP"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11b
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality:20/100 Signal level:-83 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Cell 04 - Address: 00:24:B2:7B:70:CE
ESSID:"OPTUSA7B70CC"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11b
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.452 GHz (Channel 9)
Quality:31/100 Signal level:-76 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
STEP1c: ifconfig wlan0 down
STEP2: iwconfig wlan0 mode managed
STEP3: iwconfig wlan0 channel 6
STEP4: iwconfig wlan0 essid "TP-LINK"
STEP5: iwconfig wlan0 key restricted 1234567890
STEP5a: ifconfig wlan0 up
ERROR, TIMEOUT. Have not got an Access Point.
Result of 'iwconfig wlan0':
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Frequency:5.26 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power:10 dBm Sensitivity=0/3
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:1234-5678-90 Security mode:restricted
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
STEP5: iwconfig wlan0 key open 1234567890
STEP5a: ifconfig wlan0 up
STEP6a: dhcpcd wlan0
dhcpcd: version 5.1.5 starting
dhcpcd: wlan0: broadcasting for a lease
dhcpcd: wlan0: offered 192.168.1.105 from 192.168.1.1
dhcpcd: wlan0: acknowledged 192.168.1.105 from 192.168.1.1
dhcpcd: wlan0: checking for 192.168.1.105
dhcpcd: wlan0: leased 192.168.1.105 for 86400 seconds
dhcpcd: forking to background