with no internet connection after the restore....how am I supposed to get to the manufacturers site to install the drivers I n

Solution
You could also download the drivers using the system you used to make this post. Save them to a USB drive and move that to your restored system.

-Wolf sends
Classic noob mistake..
ALWAYS make sure you have the network drives downloaded BEFORE you do restores etc..
For exactly the reason you have found..
Go borrow a friends machine to get the core network drivers you need.. then you can get the rest yourself.

Lesson learned?
Cheers