lo0 is the loopback address (127.0.0.1). Any more info on your hardware would be wonderful....Originally Posted by Niko67
Cant get the internet working with Backtrack 3
I just installed backtrack 3 and can't get the internet to work. I tried iwconfig and nothing shows up except lo0. What is lo0 anyways...pardon my newbness. Any help would be wonderful.
Thanks
Niko
lo0 is the loopback address (127.0.0.1). Any more info on your hardware would be wonderful....
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Tryto show your card, thenifconfig -aifconfig ath0/eth0(whichever is your) up
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try dhcpcd eth0
Dhcpcd isn't installed 'stock'; first hardwire yourself and run dhclient3 eth0
Then man iwconfig and read up on: mode, essid, enc, and key.
You might find this tutorial helpful, it's for connecting to the internet manually at the commandline in Linux:
http://virjacode.com/tutorials/linux_inet_connect.html
If your network has a DHCP server, then you won't have to manually enter all the information such as IP address, default gateway, DNS server; instead, you just do:
dhclient wlan0
(Replace wlan0 with the actual name of your card)
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Yes it is.
BT3 is the OP's chosen distro not 4 beta
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I have an inspiron 1525 and an unknown internal wireless card. When I ifconfig or iwconfig nothing shows up as a wireless card.
I open device manager in windows and get Conexant HDA D330 MDC V.92 as a modem???
...and under newtwork adapters I get Dell Wireless 1395 WLAN Mini-Card
My mistake on dhcpcd; if you don't have any devices showing up with iwconfig, you don't have one that is compatible. Go to the Wiki-hardware page to find one.
Or, he has not modprobe'd the correct drivers yet perhaps?
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