Yet Another Networking Issue Thread!

[exploitz]

I don't know if my other thread got deleted or it just didnt post...
So Ill post this one more time

Ive got an HP pavilion dv6000; brand new out of the box
It has an Intel Wifi Link 1000 bgn wireless adapter...

I cant get networking to start!

In BT4 starting networking results in this:

Configuring network interfaces...Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1
Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

Listening on LPF/eth0/60:eb:69:23:65:e0
Sending on   LPF/eth0/60:eb:69:23:65:e0
Sending on   Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 18
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 15
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 15
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
if-up.d/mountnfs[eth0]: waiting for interface eth1 before doing NFS mounts
if-up.d/mountnfs[eth0]: waiting for interface eth2 before doing NFS mounts
if-up.d/mountnfs[eth0]: waiting for interface ath0 before doing NFS mounts
if-up.d/mountnfs[eth0]: waiting for interface wlan0 before doing NFS mounts
eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1
Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Bind socket to interface: No such device
Failed to bring up eth1.
eth2: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1
Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
eth2: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
eth2: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Bind socket to interface: No such device
Failed to bring up eth2.
ath0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1
Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
ath0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
ath0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Bind socket to interface: No such device
Failed to bring up ath0.
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1
Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory
Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:26:c7:8c:b2:dc
Sending on   LPF/wlan0/00:26:c7:8c:b2:dc
Sending on   Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
send_packet: Network is down
receive_packet failed on wlan0: Network is down
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12
send_packet: Network is down
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14
send_packet: Network is down
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 20
send_packet: Network is down
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
send_packet: Network is down
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
if-up.d/mountnfs[wlan0]: waiting for interface eth1 before doing NFS mounts
if-up.d/mountnfs[wlan0]: waiting for interface eth2 before doing NFS mounts
if-up.d/mountnfs[wlan0]: waiting for interface ath0 before doing NFS mounts
done.

iwconfig outputs this:

iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wmaster0  no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:""
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated
          Tx-Power=0 dBm
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

ifconfig outputs this:

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 60:eb:69:23:65:e0
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          Interrupt:33 Base address:0xc000

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

and ifconfig wlan0 up gives me this:

SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory

I can only assume thats because it isnt listed under ifconfig in the first place.

Anyone give me a hand?

[lupin]

I can only assume thats because it isnt listed under ifconfig in the first place.

You assume? If you Googled the error message you might be able to do more than assume.

Perhaps you should also do some reading on how to configure a wireless card under Linux.

[exploitz]

Ive had networking properly configured on my old PC.. but I havent used BT in a long while now, yet alone even booted into any linux distro lately.

I followed a tutorial here:
Quick HOWTO : Ch13 : Linux Wireless Networking - Linux Home Networking

and it asked me to restart the wpa_supplicant service, but when I tried I got service not found.. I am no linux guru so I really don't know what to do now.

I feel like I was pretty close with that guide.. Lupin, was that what I needed to do?

[Citruspers]

It's listed under iwconfig, so that's a good sign. It might also be listed under ifconfig, but only if you use the -a switch.
Anyhow, starting the networking sends out some dhcp packets, which is great for wired networks, but won't work for shit on your wireless card (because it is not associated to an access point yet).

Anyhow, backtrack has a wireless gui (Wicd I think it's called), so try that.

[exploitz]

Ive started wicd and when it loads it only says something about not finding any networks.

There are about 15 networks around me.. so I know something is up.

Any other ideas...?

[Citruspers]

Try iwconfig wlan0 up (from memory, It's been a while)

[LlamaLlamaLamp]

I'm new to linux, but I've quickly learnt not to trust wicd.

Reboot and try:

ifconfig wlan0 up
airodump-ng wlan0

airodump-ng is another way of scanning for networks and more importantly it doesn't rely on wicd.

What do you get when you try?: lshw -C network

[LlamaLlamaLamp]

Try iwconfig wlan0 up (from memory, It's been a while)

Your close the correct command is ifconfig wlan0 up