Internet in Backtrack 4

[ZacHank]

So, I'm trying to get my internet to start working/start networking. I read the tut called How to Start Networking in Backtrack by pureh@te but it was both confusing and unproductive. I know I'm supposed to type in /etc/init.d/networking start
to start and then do some other stuff, but when I did this all I got were a bunch of errors saying no such device existed, I can only assume they mean my wireless card. My wireless card, for some reason, wont turn on when I'm running Backtrack 4 off of my usb, it works fine while running windows. I also couldn't get the internet to work when I plugged in an ethernet chord

So I have a few questions. How do I get my wireless card to turn on? How do I get my ethernet to work? And once I've got all that done, how can I get my internet to work?

[jimmy]

Have you tried ifconfig [name of your card - ath0 etc] up. ath0 is seen as wlan0 in BT4-FINAL l believe.
ifconfig ath0 up

Usually works for me.

[ZacHank]

Thanks, for the tip. I got my ethernet to work, so I'm good there. Ill try your advice, thanks.

[yasiryasir]

Do as what i do.

/etc/init.d/wicd start
Starting Network connection manager: wicd.


/usr/bin/start-network

Starting Network connection manager: wicd.

/usr/bin/wicd-client on

Loading...
Attempting to connect tray to daemon...
Success.
Done.

And check for the task bar, where new icon appears.
That shows all Wireless Access points Available

[jnt13]

check your dmesg aswell. You should see it start all you devices, and what name the system is giving them.

[roockie]

Internet on BT4 works when the Service is startet. You can do it over "k menu" ("start" menu known from Win) or type this command in shell:

sh -c "start-network"

and after this you can start wicd-client and go online.

This was definitely the way it worked on my system.

good luck