Help: how do I install an wireless network card?

[Blash]

Distro: Fedora Core 3
Wireless Adapter:

• Brand: Netgear
  Model: WG311T

Note:

• Linux was purposely installed without X Server.
  The Linux box has no internet access.

So how do I install the network card? Sorry for the n00bness I am completely new to Linux... I am comfortable with shell though.

Thanks.

[lakerdonald]

what does:

lspci

and:

ifconfig -a

say?

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lspci:

...
00:10.0 Ethernet Controller: Atheros Communication, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev01)
...

ifconfig -a:

lo    Link encap
      ...
      ...

sit0  Link encap
      ...
      ...

[lakerdonald]

So the wireless card is your only connection?

[Blash]

What do you mean?

The linux is a separate box, I am on a Windows machine as I am posting this.

[lakerdonald]

I know, but what I mean is that the wireless card is the only means your linux box has of connecting to the internet, correct?

[Blash]

Yes, it will be the only internet connection for my linux box, but that's if I could setup the wireless card.

But I don't know how to install it.

And I don't know how to set it up so it knows the SSID to connect to and the WEP/WPA Key that it need to use.

[lakerdonald]

So there are no other network cards on the box? You might find this useful: http://www.linuxcompatible.org/thread30998-1.html
And sicne this is your only NIC, then your Card will probably be eth0

[Blash]

Oh, btw, I could download drivers from my Windows box and put it on a CD/USB and put it on Linux and run it...

[lakerdonald]

Unless you are using ndiswrapper or linuxant driverloader that won't accomplish much...