New to Fedora, struggling with wireless

[Nick Morrott]

On 23/11/06, Cecilia Lunardini <cecilialunardini at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I have just installed Fedora 6 on my new laptop,  a
> Sony VAIO SZ360P/C Notebook with Intel Centrino.
> While a wired internet connection works, I can not
> find a way to set up a wireless connection.

<snip>

> So, my question is: is there a step by step, guide on
> how to set up the wireless?  It has to be very
> detailed, because I am an absolute beginner and even
> the most obvious aspects of Linux are not obvious to
> me.

Cecilia,

Try this guide (for Fedora Core 6) and see if you can follow it
through (I think the only missing element from a Fedora installation
to get Centrino wireless working is the Intel firmware that needs to
be downloaded):

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

Nick

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