WiFi For laptop

[Chris Schumann]

On 06/11/2012 07:32 PM, capesius at cox.net wrote:
> Hello, I am new to Linux and just installed Fedora 17 on my new Fujitsu laptop.  Prior to installing Linux, when I was on Windows 7, I would just click on the network icon in the lower right corner of Windows and put in the SSID and password and I would be able to connect to the Internet wirelessly (my apartment complex provides free Internet).  I connect the same way, to the Internet, with my IPad. How do I do the same in Linux via wiFi? I don't have a wireless card as far as I know (tried lspci | grep Wireless..showed nothing). It only shows "wired" as an available option to connect to The Internet for me via Fedora 17?
FWIW, the corresponding card in my ThinkPad is as follows:
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300
(So it's not called Wireless in this case.)

Compare to my wired device:
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82567LM Gigabit Network 
Connection (rev 03)

Chris