[ale] Ubuntu woes

[jimpop at yahoo.com (Jim Popovitch)]

What's the state of Ubuntu wireless networking (WAP, not WEP, and things 
like TKIP+AES, etc.)?

I just installed Ubuntu on a new laptop (T60p) and it installed 
wonderfully well... up until I wanted to use networking.   I've also 
noticed that wired network can only be configured manually, dhclient 
fails to pull an IP.

The Ubuntu forums are full of similar issues/complaints, but no 
solutions.  Am I a fool to think that networking should work out of the 
box with an up to date Linux distro? ;-)

-Jim P.