How to Start Networking in Backtrack

[bbford]

I start networking the lazy way:

Kmenu>Services>Network>Start Network

Then

Kmenu>Services>Network>Wicd

[hottish]

Hello I got problem, I manged to get the Network manager BT4 R1 up sees my APs but when i try to connect to my APs i get the message Bad Password, I tried to connect to my other AP same message Bad Password, these are my APs , can someone point me in The right direction?? , When i boot back into Win 7 I can connect to both.

[CyclicFlux]

Great thread!!! Very informative, thanks!

[dallatorretdu]

i'm not able to use this method.. it doesn't work, and i haven't understand all the command to print.

for now i done a lot of try in various methods of Iwconfic wlan0 essid....
and some methods used in this post

now i can do propely "/usr/bin/start-network" and open the wicd network manager
but he give me no wireless network found... after some refresh too!
if i plough in my cable i got the wired connection working!

how i can fix it! my card is in monitior mode and i can't change it! (aspire one 532h integrated)

tank you

[FibberOptical]

Thank you purehate for the information. This is a great website and there is a lot of information here to absorb. Lot's to learn. I anticipate spending a lot of time looking around.

Now...

Is there anyone that can direct me to a simple to understand, follow the bouncing ball, step by step description to establish wifi Internet access via BackTrack? I have identified the module name for my wifi card and I have a driver set that worked for Ubuntu. I have the drivers unpacked from a tarball and resident in a directory at root. I'm making headway, I think, but it's slow going. I learn a little more each day but I really need to establish connectivity so that I can update the OS. Anyone that can help out I would appreciate the assistance.

Thanks,

[Renek]

If you need a bouncing the ball method for something as simple as connecting to the internet via wifi (especially with all of the information available in this thread) then perhaps Backtrack isn't a good place to start. I would recommend a basic Ubuntu distro.

If you absolutely must update Backtrack (gotta have the lastest Metaploit updates for db_autpwn, ) then plug in an Ethernet cable and do it that way.

[depdneo]

thanks a lot for this post

[213374U]

I used this....

#ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.xx netmask 255.255.255.0
#route add default gw 192.168.1.254

Of course enter your own preferred IP and Default Gateway

[cyf3r-r0un6]

This was very helpful thank you! I really appreciate the insight.

[j0eh4x]

When ever I boot backtrack I have to type startx, then i have to click start >internet> wicd-gtk, and then connect to my access point.
My question is.... is there a way I can automate connecting to the internet. I was thinking about making a bash script that would have

startx
COMMAND TO CONNECT TO WIFI POINT

What would that command be. Im using WPA