I'm trying to config archlinux to use my wireless network adapter. It's quite troublesome. From what I've gathered, it's an atheros network adapter, using the ath5k driver/module...

I can't get it to work; any ideas? Here's some of the output from my tinkering:

# lspci | grep -i net
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia corporation MCP67 Ethernet (reva2)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: atheros communications inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter (rev01)

# lsusb
...
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 03f0:17d Hewlett Packard Wireless (Bluetooth + WLAN Interface [Integrated Module]

# ping -c 3 www.google.com
ping: unknown host www.google.com

#ping -c 3 8.8.8.8 
ping: network is unreachable

# lspci -v
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: atheros communications inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter (rev01)
    ...
Kernel driver in use: ath5k
Kernel modules: ath5k

# dmesg |grep ath5k
registered as phy0
registered led device
ath5k: atheros chip found
PCI INT A disabled
registered led device
registered as phy1

# ip addr | sed '/^[0-9]/!d;s/: <.*$//'

1: lo
2: eth1
3: eth0

# ip link set <interface> up/down
RNETLINK answers: Operation not possible due to RF-kill

Also, is there a way to dump text from command-line to a text file so i can just copy pasta? Sorry, first time using a linux distro...

EDIT: So I just tried this:

I actually just did this twice. (I can't tell which setting is on/off for my wireless adapter. The lights are blue all the time now.)

#rfkill list
0: hp-wifi: wireless lan
    softblocked: no
    hardblocked :yes
1: hp-bluetooth: bluetooth
    softblocked: no
    hardblocked :yes
3: phy1: wireless lan
    softblocked: no
    hardblocked :yes
#rfkill list
0: hp-wifi: wireless lan
    softblocked: no
    hardblocked :no
1: hp-bluetooth: bluetooth
    softblocked: no
    hardblocked no
3: phy1: wireless lan
    softblocked: no
    hardblocked :yes
7: hci0: bluetooh
    0: hp-wifi: wireless lan
    softblocked: no
    hardblocked :no

I've dug around some other articles and it seems like ath5k is supposed to be preferable to madwifi, so should i be using madwifi? I'm 99% sure I disabled the hardblock (by turning it ON) but, as shown above, phy1 wireless lan is STILL hardblocked. What gives? Maybe I've made some more fundamental error in a basic config file?

EDIT: I've fixed the hardblock. I've tried pinging www.google.com, but to no avail. I get:

ping: unknown host www.google.com

In the arch wiki:

Edit /etc/hosts and add the same HOSTNAME you entered in /etc/rc.conf: 127.0.0.1 archlinux.domain.org localhost.localdomain localhost archlinux

To my understanding, hostname is just a user-specified and based on preference(?)

My /etc/rc.conf:

HOSTNAME="gestalt"

My /etc/hosts:

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost gestalt

but should it be the following?

120.0.0.1 localhost.domain.org localhost.localdomain localhost gestalt