trouble setting up wireless

[Sasha and Tanya Kapshuk]

On 06/08/2013 09:03 PM, Warren Block wrote:
>
>> Howdy,
>>
>> Been trying to setup wireless on a laptop with an Atheros 5424/2424 
>> card running FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE.
>>
>> Been following the instructions given in the handbook.
>>
>> Running 'ifconfig wlan0 up scan' does not seem to return anything. 
>> What am I doing wrong?
>
> That should be 'ifconfig wlan0 up list scan'. 
Tried that. Still no output.

I see that my card being identified as AR2425 is supported by the 
ath_hal(4) module. How do I enable it?

Here's whta I've got in my /etc/rc.conf:

if_ath_load="YES"
if_ath_pci_load="YES"

ifconfig says 'no carrier' for wlan0.

Thanks.