Hello, I am trying to set a wireless connection up.
I am quite new to slackware and linux altogether so I might be doing something stupid.
I have uncommented the ath9k module for my card.
I have configured rc.inet1.conf :
IFNAME[4]="wlan0"
USE_DHCP[4]="yes"
DHCP_KEEPRESOLV[4]="yes"
DHCP_KEEPNTP[4]="yes"
DHCP_KEEPGW[4]="yes"
WLAN_ESSID[4]="Livebox-f634"
WLAN_MODE[4]=Managed
WLAN_RATE[4]="54M auto"
WLAN_CHANNEL[4]="auto"
WLAN_WPA[4]="wpa_supplicant"
WLAN_WPADRIVER[4]="wext"

and wpa_supplicant.conf :
network={
scan_ssid=0
ssid="Livebox-f634"
proto=WPA RSN
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=CCMP TKIP
group=CCMP TKIP WEP104 WEP40
psk=080e43d5bde************************************28526f59f
priority=10
}

wlan0_restart yields

Error for wireless request "Set Nickname" (8B1C) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not supported.
Polling for DHCP server on interface wlan0:
dhcpcd[3255]: version 5.2.11 starting
dhcpcd[3255]: wlan0: broadcasting for a lease
dhcpcd[3255]: wlan0: offered ***.***.1.14 from ***.***.1.1
dhcpcd[3255]: wlan0: acknowledged ***.***.1.14 from ***.***.1.1
dhcpcd[3255]: wlan0: checking for ***.***.1.14
dhcpcd[3255]: wlan0: leased ***.***.1.14 for 86400 seconds
dhcpcd[3255]: forked to background, child pid 3261

That first error can be avoided if I do not set WLAN_MODE and WLAN_ESSID, but it doesn't seem to change anything.

If I rc.inet1 wlan0_stop
and then
wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf :
Trying to associate with 00:1d:6a:67:28:3f (SSID='Livebox-f634' freq=2437 MHz)
Associated with 00:1d:6a:67:28:3f
WPA: Key negotiation completed with 00:1d:6a:67:28:3f [PTK=CCMP GTK=TKIP]
CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 00:1d:6a:67:28:3f completed (auth) [id=0 id_str=]
WPA: Key negotiation completed with 00:1d:6a:67:28:3f [PTK=CCMP GTK=TKIP]
WPA: Key negotiation completed with 00:1d:6a:67:28:3f [PTK=CCMP GTK=TKIP]
WPA: Key negotiation completed with 00:1d:6a:67:28:3f [PTK=CCMP GTK=TKIP]
WPA: Key negotiation completed with 00:1d:6a:67:28:3f [PTK=CCMP GTK=TKIP]
CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:1d:6a:67:28:3f reason=0
Trying to associate with 00:1d:6a:67:28:3f (SSID='Livebox-f634' freq=2437 MHz)
Associated with 00:1d:6a:67:28:3f
WPA: Key negotiation completed with 00:1d:6a:67:28:3f [PTK=CCMP GTK=TKIP]
CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 00:1d:6a:67:28:3f completed (reauth) [id=0 id_str=]
CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=00:1d:6a:67:28:3f reason=0

I then start wlan0 and wpa_supplicant says

l2_packet_receive - recvfrom: Network is down
ioctl[SIOCSIWSCAN]: Network is down
Failed to initiate AP scan.
ioctl[SIOCSIWSCAN]: Network is down
Failed to initiate AP scan.
...
ioctl[SIOCSIWSCAN]: Network is down
Failed to initiate AP scan.
ioctl[SIOCSIWSCAN]: Network is down
Failed to initiate AP scan.
ioctl[SIOCSIWSCAN]: Device or resource busy
Failed to initiate AP scan.
Trying to associate with 00:1d:6a:67:28:3f (SSID='Livebox-f634' freq=2437 MHz)
Associated with 00:1d:6a:67:28:3f
WPA: Key negotiation completed with 00:1d:6a:67:28:3f [PTK=CCMP GTK=TKIP]
CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 00:1d:6a:67:28:3f completed (reauth) [id=0 id_str=]

wpa_cli status is

bssid=00:1d:6a:67:28:3f
ssid=Livebox-f634
id=0
mode=station
pairwise_cipher=CCMP
group_cipher=TKIP
key_mgmt=WPA2-PSK
wpa_state=COMPLETED
ip_address=***.***.1.14

iwconfig :
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"Livebox-f634"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:1D:6A:67:28:3F
Bit Rate=65 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Encryption keyff
Power Managementn
Link Quality=55/70 Signal level=-55 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:13 Missed beacon:0
ifconfig :
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:25:56:07:aa:91
inet addr:192.168.1.14 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::225:56ff:fe07:aa91/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:53 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:15 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:11380 (11.1 KiB) TX bytes:1966 (1.9 KiB)

AS you can see, everything seem fine when I start wlan0, but I can't connect to the internet through firefox.
What am I doing wrong ?

This:
should be removed unless you also have configured your /etc/resolv.conf yourself and don't want the DHCP client to overwrite it.
Usually you need the DHCP client to overwrite the /etc/resolv.conf file. Your symptom, a successful association but no success in browsing (i.e. name resolving does not work) is a typycal result of it.

This line can be removed too, unless you have configured a static gateway. Let the DHCP client configure the default gateway or else you won't be able to connect to anything outside of your local network.

Eric

Hya,

I somewhat think that Encryption key is not supposed to be off under iwconfig.

Your wpa related output looks good.

Can you post whatever exactly you did?

cheers

It was indeed DHPC_KEEPRESOLV, thank you very much for such a quick answer

Welcome to the Slackware forum here at LinuxQuestions.org, where you will find a very experienced and helpful community!

Eric