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From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To: Sasha and Tanya Kapshuk <sashaandtanya@gmail.com>
Subject: re: trouble setting up wireless
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On Sat, 8 Jun 2013, Sasha and Tanya Kapshuk 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'.