I'm posting this from my 15" Al PowerBook using NetworkManager. After struggling since Dapper Flight 5 to get the AirPort Extreme card fully working and functional, I finally stumbled on the solution as pointed out in the
wiki for Broadcom-equipped cards and Dapper.
Once you have your firmware extracted and copied into /lib/firmware, make sure of the following:
(A) You have (K)NetworkManager installed.
(B) Wifi-Radar is
completely removed from your system. Apparently I didn't do this and it is supposedly conflicts with the bcm43xx driver.
(C) You disabled wpasupplicant.
(D) In /etc/network/interfaces everything is commented out except for lo.
(E) You modprobed bcm43xx.
Code:
sudo modprobe bcm43xx
Once you have done all of this, immediately reboot.
Upon logging back in, you should be able to see a menu of wireless networks from the nm-applet. Select yours and be sure of the following:
(A) If using WEP, select 64/128 ASCII.
(B) Do not prefix your key with "s:". It is not necessary.
Now connect and enter your keychain password when prompted. If the first "LED" lights green, it's a good sign. If the second then lights up, you're in!
Note you'll need to repeat the wireless network password entry process for each user (and saved to their keychains).
And yes, you'll even be reconnected after you wake the machine from sleep.
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