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On 06/09/13 18:44, Warren Block wrote:
>> The ath_hal(4) man page says that the support for my wireless card is 
>> handled via ath_hal. It seems to be compiled into the kernel, but I'm 
>> not seeing it being loaded like the wpa_ and ath_pci modules are.
>
> 'kldstat' should show it. 
It doesn't.

kldstat -v | grep ath_
101 pci/ath_pci

I tried disabling ifconfig_ath0="DHCP" in /etc/rc.conf, rebooting the 
system, with wlan0 still being reported as having no carrier.

Running out of things to try...