FC3 & Wireless (ipw2200B/G) ... NO-GO!

[svarreby]

This is the situation. I have followed the ipw2200 guide at:
http://www.fedoranews.org/contributors/jim_lawrence/wireless/

... I have also done this tutorial:
http://www.fedoranews.org/contributors/jim_lawrence/securewireless/

I have the following setup on my AP:
ESSID: Send info about ESSID
MODE: Managed
OPEN or SHARED KEY: Open
ENCRYPTION: 128 WEP
FORMAT: ASCII/PASSPHRASE (not HEX)
MAC-FILTERING: YES (I have provided all my NIC's MAC-addresses)

This is my situation now:

ifcfg-eth1: I have edited this file numerous times and it does'nt store my "KEY" value. This is how it looks:
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# Intel Corp. PRO/Wireless 2200BG
DEVICE=eth1
ONBOOT=no
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
USERCTL=yes
PEERDNS=yes
TYPE=Wireless
IPV6INIT=no
NETMASK=
DHCP_HOSTNAME=
IPADDR=
DOMAIN=
HWADDR="My NIC"
GATEWAY=
ESSID="My Connection Name"
KEY="My Key"
CHANNEL=6
MODE=Managed
RATE=Auto
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This is the output of "iwconfig":
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lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

eth1 unassociated ESSID:"My Connection Name" Nickname:"localhost.localdomain"
Mode:Managed Frequency=2.412 GHz Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:"Hidden for your eyes" Security mode:open
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:22 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:1 Missed beacon:0

sit0 no wireless extensions.
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This is my "drivers":

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[root@localhost network-scripts]# dmesg | grep ipw2200
ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.0.0
ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2004 Intel Corporation
ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
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This is the result of "ping":
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PING www.l.google.com (216.239.59.147) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 216.239.59.147: icmp_seq=0 ttl=235 time=76.4 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.59.147: icmp_seq=1 ttl=235 time=77.1 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.59.147: icmp_seq=2 ttl=235 time=88.0 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.59.147: icmp_seq=3 ttl=235 time=76.9 ms

--- www.l.google.com ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3002ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 76.464/79.645/88.060/4.864 ms, pipe 2
[root@localhost network-scripts]#
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... and still ........... this is what I get:
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Error for wireless request "Set Bit Rate" (8B20) :
SET failed on device eth1 ; Operation not supported.

Determining IP information for eth1... failed; no link present. Check cable?
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I can't activate my card (I know it's ON ... I have an LED on my laptop that says so)

Why can't I store the information in my "ifcfg-eth1" file?
Why is it possible to "ping" other computers and still not be able to use the device?
This information:

Rx invalid crypt:22

... indicates that there's something wrong with my KEY (correct me if I'm wrong). Should I put something infront of my key?

... well, I'm out of ideas here ... if you could be of some help ... PLEASE reach out a hand to a "STILL-WIRED-GUY" :-) :-) :-)

EDIT: Corrected links

[JayMan8081]

The links you posted to the two tutorials that you followed do not work. I would double-check every step and maybe try looking at ipw2200.sourceforge.net to see if they can offer any help as well.

[Icarus]

http://ipw2200.sf.net has a very active mailing list, you can also browse the archives to see if anyone has hints on how to set the key so you don't have to type it in all the time (I'd personally write a script that contains the key, but some people like to do it the 'proper way'...which I've never cared to find out :p)

If you can see other machines on the network, then maybe it's just that the /etc/resolv.conf did not get the proper nameservers?