wpa_supplicant won't start automatically so dhcp won't give me an IP

tortenteufel · 09-06-2009, 02:17 PM

Hey folks!
Just (friday ^^) installed Slackware 13.0. Running great - except for my wireless Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter. I'm connecting to a LinkSys-Router with "tomato"-firmware on it. The router has a DHCP running but i didn't get an IP. Reason was: "wpa_supplicant" didn't start automatically.
But when i ran:

Code:

wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

before starting "rc.inet1" everything went fine.

But shouldn't "wpa_supplicant" be called automatically by "rc.inet1"?
Why does it not start automatically on my machine??

I did the configuration as described in "Aliens Slackbook":

wpa_supplicant.conf:

Code:

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=0
eapol_version=1
ap_scan=1
fast_reauth=1
country=DE

network={
  scan_ssid=0
  ssid="tomato"
  proto=RSN
  key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
  pairwise=CCMP TKIP
  psk=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

rc.inet1.conf:

Code:

IFNAME[4]="wlan0"
IPADDR[4]=""
NETMASK[4]=""
USE_DHCP[4]="yes"
DHCP_HOSTNAME[4]="myrouter"
WLAN_ESSID[4]="routersessid"
WLAN_MODE[4]="Managed"
WLAN_WPA[4]="wpa_supplicant"
WLAN_WPADRIVER[4]="wext"

These are my files. Am i missing anything?
Your help will be greatly appreciated.

With kind regards,
-cakedevil

mattydee · 09-06-2009, 02:21 PM

I prefer to use wicd... makes things much easier.

I believe its in extra.

jkirchner · 09-06-2009, 02:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mattydee

I prefer to use wicd... makes things much easier.

I believe its in extra.

I second the wicd recommendation. It is in extras on the dvd. It made life very, very easy.

easuter · 09-06-2009, 02:46 PM

I think my laptop also has an Athero card, and I need to run wpa_supplicant with the -B to "daemonize" it. After that I get an IP address with dhcpcd just fine.