Ok, so it seems like I was having problems with the first bit that sets up cifs, but I installed the kernel-module-cifs (either in extras-devel or extras-testing), then the mounting worked no problem at all.

So, I guess i now need to find out what happens if the network location isn't avialable (i.e. i'm not in range of my wireless), and maybe do something so that it is only mounted when available