Scan for wireless networks finds none

I'm totally new to FreeBSD. I've been using Linux for over 6 years, and exclusively for 2, so I'm not afraid of being on the command line, it's just a bit different.

I'm trying to connect to my house's WPA2 wireless network. The kernel finds my wireless usb dongle, but when it scans for networks it returns nothing. I scanned in the install and also after reboot by typing

Code:
$ ifconfig wlan0 up scan

Both attempts don't find anything. Any ideas as to why?
 
Is the access point using a so-called "hidden" SSID?

I've always used ifconfig wlan0 up list scan. Even after checking the ifconfig(8) man page, I'm still not clear on the difference.
 
The access point is hidden. I tried again using your suggestion instead. wlan0 doesn't exist, it's run0 instead. So I used
ifconfig run0 up list scan
and it said it loaded the proper firmware but it said it wasn't able to get scan results.
 
I'm sorry I meant to say it isn't hidden. It shows up when other devices in range scan. It was a long night when I typed that.
 
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