Thanks very much comaX. It worked!

I ran

wicd start
wicd-curses
the pressed the right arrow for Config, and in the Configuring preferences, I ignored the first two options (Use Static IPs,...

I'm trying to connect BackTrack 4 RC2 to my wireless network with the following command:


iwconfig wlan0 essid my_network_name key My_WPA_Shared_Key

however, I keep getting this error...

Here are the results of issuing ifconfig -a followed by iwconfig


root@bt:~# ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1c:c0:dc:be:ce
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 ...

Hi,

I am new to Linux, but have managed to successfully instal Back Track 4 RC2 on one primary partition on my desktop's harddrive, with Windows XP Pro on the other primary partition. Man, I am...