1. A multimode rake receiver, comprising: a network interface; a plurality of adaptive multimode rake fingers operably coupled to the network interface, each adaptive multimode rake finger of the plurality of adaptive multimode rake fingers responsive to a first mode signal to configure for a path reception functional mode and further responsive to a second mode signal to configure for a searcher functional mode; and a multimode processor operably coupled to the plurality of adaptive multimode rake fingers, the multimode processor responsive to the first mode signal to configure for the path reception functional mode and further responsive to the second mode signal to configure for the searcher functional mode.