ipw2200 on FC4 problems

[Cyberz z]

hi,
i have placed the proper firmware files in the proper folder.
now i'm able to configure a wireless device with the ipw2200.
but when i try to activate it i get this error:

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?

i do not have any kind of encryption system on my router.

this is my ifcfg-eth1:

/etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth1
# Please read /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt
# for the documentation of these parameters.
IPV6INIT=no
ONBOOT=yes
USERCTL=no
PEERDNS=yes
GATEWAY=
TYPE=Wireless
DEVICE=eth1
HWADDR=00:12:f0:42:e4:79
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
NETMASK=
DHCP_HOSTNAME=Morpheus
IPADDR=
DOMAIN=
ESSID=
CHANNEL=1
MODE=Managed
RATE='0 kb/s'

and this is my iwconfig summary:
[root at Morpheus ~]# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

eth1      unassociated  ESSID:off/any  Nickname:"Morpheus"
          Mode:Managed  Channel=0  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
          Bit Rate=0 kb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm
          RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          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

sit0      no wireless extensions.

any suggestion?

thankyou again!!!

ciao
dario