Help with bcm43xx

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Hi!

I am using NetworkManager 0.6.3 via Gentoo's Gentopia portage tree on a
ppc iBook G4 with a "Broadcom 4306" on kernel 2.6.17-rc4. I still can't
connect to any wireless network using NetworkManager, despite the fact
that it works when I do it manually.

I must confess that NM has, once, managed to connect to an open wireless
network I had previously connected to manually - or so it thought. It
told me I was connected wirelessly, however, I couldn't browse any Web
site, whereas, when connecting to the same AP manually, I could browse
any Web site I chose.

Are there any specific steps I must follow to make NM work with my
wireless card ?

Can NetworkManager be configured to use external scripts to accomplish
its tasks ? I would like to precede the action of attempting to connect
to a wireless network with a 

modprobe -r bcm43xx ; modprobe bcm43xx

pair. This seems to work when I attempt to manually establish a wireless
connection.

Also, sometimes bcm43xx shuts down the interface right after dhclient
completes successfully. Weird behaviour, I know, but that, as they say,
is that.

Is there a way to run NetworkManager/nm-applet in a console and with
verbose output ? I would like to be able to see all the things it's
doing and when it's doing them.

Thanks a lot for your help !