no networks found in kismet

[forte]

Hey i'm new to backtrack and just getting my head round things
im running backtrack in vesa mode and things seem fine.
im unsure about the compatability of my wireless card so will give you the iwconfig info

lo no wireless extensions
eth0 no wireless extensions
rausb0 RT73 WLAN ESSID""
mode managed frequency=2.412ghz bit rate 54mbps
RTS thrff Fragment thrff encryption keyff
Link quality=0/100 signal level=-121dbm noise level=-143
rx invalid nwid:0 rx invalid crypt:0 rx invalid frag:0
tx excessive retries:0 invalid misc:0 missed beacon:0

so as i understand it the rt73 chipset wireless adaptor is completely supported and all that but i cant quite tell that it is working.
when i go to kismet and hit 's' to search then 'f' for found first i get no information on any wireless networks even after five minutes. And i know that there are a good few wireless networks nearby including two of my own.

so is it just that im overlooking something really basic?
is there something wrong with my card?
is there something i'm not doing right?

everything works fine under windows and ive switched between managed and monitor mode and still no difference

thanks for any help

[OmegaIris1]

is eth0 up before you try running it?

[imported_=Tron=]

Now where is secure_it with his trusty old commands for rt73 when you need him Well I guess you could take a look at the following thread, or simply type in rt73 in the search box to find all the information you need:
http://forums.remote-exploit.org/showthread.php?t=14720

[secure_it]

Hey i'm new to backtrack and just getting my head round things
im running backtrack in vesa mode and things seem fine.
im unsure about the compatability of my wireless card so will give you the iwconfig info


so as i understand it the rt73 chipset wireless adaptor is completely supported and all that but i cant quite tell that it is working.
when i go to kismet and hit 's' to search then 'f' for found first i get no information on any wireless networks even after five minutes. And i know that there are a good few wireless networks nearby including two of my own.

so is it just that im overlooking something really basic?
is there something wrong with my card?
is there something i'm not doing right?

everything works fine under windows and ive switched between managed and monitor mode and still no difference

thanks for any help

Ahh another RT73 query.thanks to you people increasing my post-count.
why dont you people search the existing thread before making new post.it has been said alrady 1001 times about USB NIC.
attach USB NIC after properly booting BT3.
else use this if you are lazy enough to disconnect and reconnect dongle
ifconfig rausb0 down
modprobe -r rt73
modprobe rt73
airodump-ng rausb0
In kismet edit source
source=rt73,rausb0,rausb0

should work now and if you want enhancement then read my tutorial on how to use Enhanced rt73 chipset.

http://homepages.tu-darmstadt.de/~p_larbig/wlan/rt73-k2wrlz-3.0.1.tar.bz2

install and then use this amazing command
ifconfig rausb0 down
modprobe -r rt73
modprobe rt73 txPowerTuning=36 ifname=wlan0 (Yep you can set your interface name)

Now where is secure_it with his trusty old commands for rt73 when you need him Well I guess you could take a look at the following thread, or simply type in rt73 in the search box to find all the information you need:
http://forums.remote-exploit.org/showthread.php?t=14720

thanks to Tron for calling me.nasty RT73 Dongles always bugs me