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Works fine!
I’ve apt-get installed ipw2200-source, but you can also download the driver on the web (http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/). I’m planning to insert the source in my kernel tree, but for now I manualy make & make install from the /usr/src/module/ipw2200/drivers dir (this is the path for the Debian package).
For WEP I’ve set CRYPTO_CRC32C=y and CONFIG_CRYPTO_ARC4=y in kernel-config
I’ve installed the wlan-tools and added these lines in my /etc/network/interfaces:

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet static
  # these ar good for me, you will probably need other params
  # see man wireless
  wireless-essid PutYourEssidHere
  wireless-key s:abcdefghijkln # not giving you my real key ;) 
  
  address 192.168.1.200
  netmask 255.255.255.0
  network 192.168.1.0
  broadcast 192.168.1.255
  gateway 192.168.1.2

Update: The IPW2000 driver is currently in the 2.6.15 tree (and maybe before this version), so there is no need to download the source. I did have some problems compiling my own 2.6.15 kernel on my Ubuntu destro, because the firmware in /lib/hotplug/firmware was the 2.3 version, and the driver from the 2.6.15 tree needs the 2.4 firmware.