Atheros AR9285 Wireless laptop

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any_moments

Hi! I'm new. yesterday I installed FreeBSD 14.1i on an old laptop lenovo b570e . And no wi-fi in ifconfig, only lo0 and re0 (realtek lan).

Code: 
 ath0@pci0:2:0:0:    class=0x028000 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x168c device=0x002b subvendor=0x17aa subdevice=0x30a1
    vendor     = 'Qualcomm Atheros'
    device     = 'AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)'
    class      = network

Code: 
root@galaxy ~# dmesg | grep "ath0"
ath0: <Atheros 9285> mem 0xd0500000-0xd050ffff at device 0.0 on pci2
ath0: [HT] enabling HT modes
ath0: [HT] 1 stream STBC receive enabled
ath0: [HT] 1 RX streams; 1 TX streams
ath0: AR9285 mac 192.2 RF5133 phy 14.0
ath0: 2GHz radio: 0x0000; 5GHz radio: 0x00c0

I found only old thread , but no new how fix
Tell me please how to start it?

PS: sorry my english is bad :(
 
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Hi. I am using AR9462 and i have similar dmesg output like you have.
Code: 
# dmesg | grep "ath0"
ath0: <Atheros AR946x/AR948x> mem 0xfcd00000-0xfcd7ffff at device 0.0 on pci5
ath0: [HT] enabling HT modes
ath0: [HT] enabling short-GI in 20MHz mode
ath0: [HT] 1 stream STBC receive enabled
ath0: [HT] 1 stream STBC transmit enabled
ath0: [HT] LDPC transmit/receive enabled
ath0: [HT] 2 RX streams; 2 TX streams
ath0: AR9460 mac 640.2 RF5110 phy 3164.8
ath0: 2GHz radio: 0x0000; 5GHz radio: 0x0000

You may need to configure ath0.

Code: 
# grep -E 'ath0|wlan' /etc/rc.conf
wlans_ath0="wlan0"
ifconfig_wlan0="WPA inet 192.168.1.123 netmask 255.255.255.0"
create_args_wlan0="country TR regdomain ETSI"

Code: 
# cat /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
eapol_version=2
ap_scan=1
fast_reauth=1

network={
        ssid="xxxxxx"
        scan_ssid=0
        psk="xxxxxxxx"
        priority=5
}
network={
        priority=0
        key_mgmt=NONE
}

After making these changes according to your setup, run # service netif restart && service routing restart or # reboot your system.
 
I add code in files:

Code: 
/etc/rc.conf
wlans_ath0="wlan0"
ifconfig wlan0 mode 11ng country RU regdomain etsi txpower 30
ifconfig_wlan0="WPA inet 172.22.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0"

vik@galaxy ~> cat /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
eapol_version=2
ap_scan=1
fast_reauth=1

network={
        ssid="Home_wifi"
        scan_ssid=0
        psk="mypass"
        priority=5
}
network={
        priority=0
        key_mgmt=NONE
}

Yes, in ifconfig now

Code: 
wlan0: flags=8c43<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,DRV_OACTIVE,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
    options=0
    ether 20:16:d8:04:36:d5
    inet 172.22.1.2 netmask 0xfffffe00 broadcast 172.22.1.255
    groups: wlan
    ssid "" channel 12 (2467 MHz 11g)
    regdomain ETSI country RU indoor ecm authmode WPA1+WPA2/802.11i
    privacy MIXED deftxkey UNDEF txpower 30 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60
    protmode CTS wme burst roaming MANUAL
    parent interface: ath0
    media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11ng (autoselect)
    status: no carrier
    nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>

But ssid is empty and
root@galaxy /v/log# ifconfig wlan0 up list scan
is empty :(
 
any_moments said:
ifconfig wlan0 mode 11ng country RU regdomain etsi txpower 30
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That line seems wrong.

Here is the support table for AR9285. It seems to support bgn modes but they say 11bg station mode is stable. I think try without specifying mode. Also, txpower is unknown but you have specified it in /etc/rc.conf, maybe try fixing that line and it should look like this.
create_args_wlan0="country RU regdomain ETSI"

Try setting defaultrouter to the router's IP address in /etc/rc.conf. For example
# sysrc defaultrouter="192.168.1.1"
Then, run command below as root:
# service netif restart && service routing restart

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I don't know why u can't see any access points with scan command, maybe that is related to issue above in my post.
 
I would not do it in rc.conf. I would first do it in terminal, line by line, to make sure all my commands work and to check I get what I want. Only then, I would add things that I tested and actually work to rc.conf.

I found it takes a little testing and checking and googling to get my Atheros card working (but I use it as a wifi hotspot).

And congratulations, Atheros cards are the best, as far as I know. No proprietory firmware to install, cheap, good quality. You have a card with two streams, there are Atheros cards with 3 streams that are even faster (if both access point and the client device support it).
 
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