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

... I have also done this tutorial:
http://www.fedoranews.org/contributo...ecurewireless/

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 thrff Fragment thrff
Encryption key:"Hidden for your eyes" Security modepen
Power Managementff
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" :-) :-) :-)