Try:If it shows ath0, then typeifconfig -aIf it was eth1 instead of ath0, you should replace ath0 in the 2nd command with eth1.ifconfig atho up
no ath0 in iwconfig
I installed the Edimax EW-7318USg USB wireless dongle (into a Dell lattitude running BT3), compiled and installed the rt73 driver, but no ath0 is showing up in iwconfig (only eth0 & lo with no wireless extensions).
Did I miss a step?
Code:# lsmod | grep rt73 rt73 219264 0
Try:If it shows ath0, then typeifconfig -aIf it was eth1 instead of ath0, you should replace ath0 in the 2nd command with eth1.ifconfig atho up
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough -- Albert Einstein
ifconfig -a only lists eth0 and lo.
How does ath0 get created? Is ath0 supposed to be created when I type "modprobe rt73"?
EDIT: also should mention, here is the output of lsusb:
# lsusb
Bus 1 Device 3: ID 7392:7318
sometime simple unplugging & replugging the device solve the problem (while the machine id on). Try it..
And, just in case, give us the output of&iwconfig eth0ifconfig eth0
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough -- Albert Einstein
I'm logged in remotely from work, so I can't unplug the usb dongle until I get home tonight.
But here is the output as requested (eth0 is hardwired to my router):
# iwconfig eth0
eth0 no wireless extensions.
# ifconfig eth0
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:06:5B:36:89:AC
inet addr:192.168.0.28 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:64095 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:1 frame:0
TX packets:30215 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:73493611 (70.0 MiB) TX bytes:2525610 (2.4 MiB)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0xec00
Back home now--- unplugging and plugging the usb dongle didn't make a difference, still nothing but eth0 and lo shows up with ifconfig/iwconfig.
What would I need to do in addition to installing the driver with modprobe?
if ifconfig ath0 up doesn't work, which it probably won't cause the kernel usually autoloads a wireless nic if it detects it, then you probably have the wrong drivers installed.
I think bt4 comes standard with the rt73 driver why not give that a go?
Using backtrack for the first time is like being 10 years old again with the keys to a Ferrari.
2 reasons I can't try backtrack 4 right now:
1) it's dvd only and the laptop has a CD drive that won't read dvds.
2) backtrack 3 also apparently includes the rt73 driver (in /lib/modules/2.6.21.5/extra/). I tried that and also the rt73 driver that I compiled.
What else can I try?
You could also install BT4 on a USB stick and use that with the laptop. It should have a free USB port doesn't it?
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