i too have a lot to say on this, but it's late, i am tired, and i have only been with linux for 3 days .

Here is a fix to your problem greywolf19:

rmmod bcm43xx
modprobe bcm43xx
ifconfig eth# up

Then you should see AP again via: iwlist -i eth# scan

I have gotten wpa to connect to router.

My hardware is acer ferrari 4005wlmi