Re: inventel usb dongle and fedora core 3

>  wlan0     IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"DW-B-200-xxxx"  Nickname:"popeye"
>            Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.472GHz  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
>            Bit Rate=11Mb/s   Tx-Power=15 dBm
>            Retry limit:8   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>            Encryption key:xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xx   Security
> mode:restricted
>            Power Management:off
>            Link Quality:0/0  Signal level:45/255  Noise level:0/0
>            Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>            Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
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> [root@popeye ~]# iwlist wlan0 freq
>  wlan0     14 channels in total; 
>  available frequencies :
>           Channel 01 : 2.412 GHz
>           Channel 02 : 2.417 GHz
>           Channel 03 : 2.422 GHz
>           Channel 04 : 2.427 GHz
>           Channel 05 : 2.432 GHz
>           Channel 06 : 2.437 GHz
>           Channel 07 : 2.442 GHz
>           Channel 08 : 2.447 GHz
>           Channel 09 : 2.452 GHz
>           Channel 10 : 2.457 GHz
>           Channel 11 : 2.462 GHz
>           Channel 12 : 2.467 GHz
>           Channel 13 : 2.472 GHz
>           Current Channel:11
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>  # Please read /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt
>  # for the documentation of these parameters.
>  
> IPV6INIT=no
> ONBOOT=no
> USERCTL=no
> PEERDNS=yes
> GATEWAY=
> TYPE=Wireless
> DEVICE=wlan0
> HWADDR=00:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
> BOOTPROTO=dhcp
> NETMASK=
> DHCP_HOSTNAME=popeye
> IPADDR=
> DOMAIN=
> ESSID=DW-B-200-xxxxx
> AP=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
> KEY=0xXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
> KEY=open
> CHANNEL=11
> MODE=Managed
> RATE=Auto
>  
> ps : the association of the dongle doesn't work any better is I use a fixed
> addressing using the masks and address given by MS-Windows, under which my
> wireless dongle works fine !!!!
>  
> I stuck, now :-) ! Could someone suggest me an issue, other than throwing
> away both the dongle and the access point to buy something working under
> Linux ???
>  
I do not have fedora or Invental so Ican not realy help. But I notice 
from your iwconfig output it is using 2.472gig not the channel 11 you 
asked for. I would try changing the order of parameters - some things 
were order critical.

Good luck
David