FC5 and Intel PRO/Wireless 2915
 

I have searched and searched, but can not find a post/wiki/article that can break this down (step by step) for a true NEWBIE like myself. The two that I find most informative still confuse the hell out of me.

http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/478
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/482

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have a Dell 600m that I dual boot with XP. Thank you very much.

-Chris

http://www.ces.clemson.edu/linux/fc2-ipw2200.shtml

It doesn't get much more explicit than that.

thanks for the website, but I it is still a little over my head. I think that page takes for granted that you have a base of knowledge already; I have none. I am the epitome of newbie.

We've all been there, but there aren't many shortcuts. OK, there's one: Wrap your laptop carefully in $100 bills and send it to me. Enclose a pre-paid return mailer and I'll send your working laptop back in a couple of weeks. ;)

Alternatively, familiarize yourself with some of the basic Linux commands. Once you get past the confusion of what some of them mean, it makes it easier to understand why you'd want to do them. This is a favorite of mine:
http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~squa...nux_manual.pdf

The Fedora documentation is also very well-done. Give it a read, a little at a time. Look for things like installing software, RPMs and packages, kernel source and networking.

Here's the high-level summary of what you need to do and the order in which you'll need to do it:
Install the ipw2200 driver - that's the code your machine will need in order to see and talk to the wireless card.
Install firmware for the card - you need to know how to download it and where to copy it.
Load the driver, or module.
Configure the wireless settings - SSID, mode, security
Configure the network settings - obtain an IP address automatically, etc.