I'm very confused as to why the advanced wireless stuff isn't included in the extras package by now. Madwifi = http://sourceforge.net/projects/madwifi/ Intel Centrino Pro/Wireless 2200 = http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/ With all the work it seems you're doing on NetworkManager, it seems to be an absolute necessity to figure out how to incorporate these drivers. I'm sick of using my Orinico B wireless.
This belongs in the Core kernel, and the only way that will happen is it is merged into the upstream kernel. ipw2200 could possibly be merged legally, but then the only problem would be having packages of the firmware. Extras cannot ship the firmware legally.
Understandable that the firmware can't be shipped. Can't there be some kind of "click through" license that the user agrees to during the installation? Anyone using a laptop and Linux knows there are some serious deficiencies and something *must* be done if Redhat and Novell are to seriously claim to push Linux on the desktop. Extremely frustrating.