AWUS036H won't connect through Wicd
Alright guys, I've been surfing the forums for my specific issue, but have had no luck. I have an alfa awus036h connected to a bt4-final vm using virtualbox. when i "/etc/init.d/networking start" and then "/etc/init.d/wicd start" I can see wireless networks around me with wicd, but when I try to connect to them wicd tells me it is putting down the interface and then hangs, it may or may not continue to say "connecting", but it will never connect. Now whats even more strange to me is that the card is perfectly functional with the aircrack-ng suit. I cracked my networks WEP password just to test and of course ran aireplays injection test with no problems, I just can't connect to any networks. Any insight?
P.S. I'm using the rtl8187 driver. Thanks in advance :D
----Alright, so now I've tried the r8187 drivers and i have the same issue. I still can't connect to any wireless networks. Ifconfig wlan0 up has only made it so that I can't see any networks at all; but my output for iwconfig wlan0 and ifconfig wlan0 are completely normal:
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root@bt:~# iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 802.11b/g Mode:Managed Channel=2
Access Point: Not-Associated Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Tx-Power=5 dBm
Retry:on Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Link Quality:3/100 Signal level:23 dBm Noise level:-159 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
root@bt:~# ifconfig wlan0
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:c0:ca:33:77:51
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:4 errors:1 dropped:5 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1519 (1.5 KB) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
If anyone has any ideas please let me know
Re: AWUS036H won't connect through Wicd
Check a YouTube video Virtualbox Backtrack. The guys name is THIEE. It's a two part video that might help you.
Re: AWUS036H won't connect through Wicd
Thanks, I actually didn't find anything on the vids particularly helpful, but since my last post I have done a hard drive install which fixed my problem. With the HD install everything worked fine after /etc/init.d/networking start and /etc/init.d/wicd start. Now, however, I've got windows 7 installed and am running VMware 7. I assumed that my issue was virtualbox so now I'm having a similar issue. Backtrack will bring up my wireless interface when I connect it to the guest OS, but I can't see any access points in wicd. Any guesses as to why? Thanks in advance
Re: AWUS036H won't connect through Wicd
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Originally Posted by
thebigbradwolf
Thanks, I actually didn't find anything on the vids particularly helpful, but since my last post I have done a hard drive install which fixed my problem. With the HD install everything worked fine after /etc/init.d/networking start and /etc/init.d/wicd start. Now, however, I've got windows 7 installed and am running VMware 7. I assumed that my issue was virtualbox so now I'm having a similar issue. Backtrack will bring up my wireless interface when I connect it to the guest OS, but I can't see any access points in wicd. Any guesses as to why? Thanks in advance
HD install or virtual, you should make sure WICD is using the right interface under Preferences.
To see which interface your wireless is on, use or even
Re: AWUS036H won't connect through Wicd
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Originally Posted by
thebigbradwolf
Alright guys, I've been surfing the forums for my specific issue, but have had no luck. I have an alfa awus036h connected to a bt4-final vm using virtualbox. when i "/etc/init.d/networking start" and then "/etc/init.d/wicd start" I can see wireless networks around me with wicd, but when I try to connect to them wicd tells me it is putting down the interface and then hangs, it may or may not continue to say "connecting", but it will never connect. Now whats even more strange to me is that the card is perfectly functional with the aircrack-ng suit. I cracked my networks WEP password just to test and of course ran aireplays injection test with no problems, I just can't connect to any networks. Any insight?
P.S. I'm using the rtl8187 driver. Thanks in advance :D
----Alright, so now I've tried the r8187 drivers and i have the same issue. I still can't connect to any wireless networks. Ifconfig wlan0 up has only made it so that I can't see any networks at all; but my output for iwconfig wlan0 and ifconfig wlan0 are completely normal:
If anyone has any ideas please let me know
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I had the same problem it had always gotten to obtaining ip then disconnect then retry... what i did to fix my problem was 3 commands from a helpful youtube vid.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
thn i had to connect my ethernet to my mac mini then connect wirelessly now i connect everytime. but for the cracking networks, you wont be able to use the ethernet
hope this helps
