sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces

auto lo
 
iface lo inet loopback
iface eth0 inet dhcp
 
allow-hotplug wlan0
auto wlan0
 
 
iface wlan0 inet static
	address 10.0.0.##
	network 10.0.0.0
	netmask 255.255.255.0
	gateway 10.0.0.1
       	wpa-ssid "network"
       	wpa-psk "password"

Some Ralink chips will power down after some time. This can be annoying - it terminates your SSH connections and such.

sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/8192cu.conf

# Disable power management
options 8192cu rtw_power_mgnt=0 rtw_enusbss=0

crontab -e

*/1 * * * * ping -c 1 192.168.0.254

sudo reboot