I've read the iwconfig man page followed the instructions I even we nt as far as coping the ifcfg-eth1 text file into another edited it by adding the KEY field to it put it back into /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ and reboot, I get the "Set bite Rate not supported error and it tells me to check the cable on boot.
I got something similar when I attempted to use network configuration tools.
What I did to setup my card (and it worked, and I should have done it that way in the first place, and I don't know why I was wasting my time with GUI tools) was finding out what driver I need, placed it in /etc/modprobe.conf (alias eth1 driver-name), copied ifcfg-eth0 (my Ethernet interface) to ifcfg-eth1 (my Wireless interface) and edited it (changed DEVICE to eth1, TYPE to Wireless, I'm using DHCP so I didn't need to change anything else), and placed 128bit WEP key (I have an old card, no WPA support in Windows and Linux drivers) in keys-eth1 file (KEY=long-hex-string). Typed ifup eth1, and it came up, working perfectly. iwconfig configured all the other stuff automatically, correctly, and without any errors or warnings (ESSID, bitrates, everything).
Oh, and I just found the last piece I was missing in posting from Roman Maeder. In short, on my laptop the wireless interface gets configured on boot even if I have "ONBOOT=no" in ifcfg-eth1. Apperently, according to Roman, "HOTPLUG=no" is also needed. I'll have to give it a try when I get home.
-- Aleksandar Milivojevic <amilivojevic@xxxxxx> Pollard Banknote Limited Systems Administrator 1499 Buffalo Place Tel: (204) 474-2323 ext 276 Winnipeg, MB R3T 1L7
