Here is the situation: the customer machine is a Dell Inspiron 6400 running Fedora Core 9 installed from the i686 Live CD (not x86_64 as the T2400 Core Duo did not have 64-bit support). The customer wireless adapter is a ENCORE ENUWI-N USB 2.0 802.11n Wireless Adapter.
My question is, how do I make this USB-wireless work with this laptop with this operating system?
Linux seems to be pretty well behaved when it comes to the integrated wireless components these days but is much less friendly when it comes to the USB side. /sbin/lsusb recognizes the adapter as a Ralink Technology, Corp. 2870-based product but it's not clear how to proceed from that information.