Connect to Network

[gbertoli3]

I am trying to connect to WiFi networks but the Wicd manager won't let me. I have entered the correct password but for some reason it will not connect. I even tried the solution @ how do i connect to wifi (bt4 pre final)(1000ha) - Remote Exploit Forums, but it didn't work. Also I am only using the Live Boot(BT4) for my USB drive; don't know if that makes a difference.

Thanks

[Archangel-Amael]

Try posting the output of ifconfig along with some info on your card and the commands you are using to connect.

[nooberthanu]

at least you can get wicd manager to work

[thorin]

Can you be more specific than "for some reason it will not connect"

1) Do you get an error? (If so post the text)
2) Do you get connected but not get assigned an IP?
3) Do you get connected with an IP but are still unable to resolve any hostnames?
etc.

[partsandpieces]

I am having the exact same issue with mine? I will post my info, hopwfuuly some one can help

[gbertoli3]

@thorin:
There is no error or anything. After I click connect I see the status text at the bottom of the wicd manager, with the bar scrolling horizontally(I'm guessing its a progress bar), it says that it is connecting and obtaining the ip address. After that it just says "Not Connected", even though I have the right password.

@Archangel.Amael:
I'm not in BT right now, but I'll post it when I get home later tonight. Commands? I'm not using any commands to connect, just the wicd manager. Should I be using the console? I'm still very new to BT.

Thanks

[gunrunr]

Its possible that you aren't getting a dhcp offer from the AP. If this is your AP that you are connection to, is there any kind of security feature turned on such as MAC address filtering? And have you tried to connect to your AP manually? You can do this using the iwconfig command like this:

iwconfig [interface] mode managed key [WEP key]

then

iwconfig [Interface] essid "[ESSID]"

this is how i usually connect to AP's you can also specify an AP's MAC address in case theres 5 linksys AP's in your area and you are one of them

iwconfig [interface] ap "ap mac goes here"

then finally run

dhclient [interface]

to get an ip



copied from this site...they have more of the basic interface and connection commands as well
Wirelessdefence.org

[partsandpieces]

My card info:

iwconfig wlan0:

wlan0     IEEE 802.11abg  ESSID:"bigdawg2F0"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.452 GHz  Access Point: Not-  Associated
          Tx-Power=15 dBm
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

root@bt:~# ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:a0:d1:74:2d:55
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          Memory:f0600000-f0620000

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:448 (448.0 B)  TX bytes:448 (448.0 B)

mon0      Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 00-19-D2-B9-EB-7D-30-30-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:541960 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:74147308 (74.1 MB)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

mon1      Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 00-19-D2-B9-EB-7D-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:535495 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:71235221 (71.2 MB)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

mon2      Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 00-19-D2-B9-EB-7D-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:464778 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:61525051 (61.5 MB)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

mon3      Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 00-19-D2-B9-EB-7D-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:2570 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:561587 (561.5 KB)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:11:22:33:44:55
          UP BROADCAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:515852 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:68251368 (68.2 MB)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

wmaster0  Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 00-19-D2-B9-EB-7D-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
          UP RUNNING  MTU:0  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B

[gbertoli3]

@gunrunr:
Its not working. Here is what I am doing...

iwconfig wlan0 mode managed key MyWPAKey
iwconfig wlan0 essid "MyNetworkName"
dhclient wlan0
ping www.google.com

And here is what it responds...

Listening on LPF/wlan0/[then my router's mac address]
Sending on LPF/wlan0/[then my router's mac address]
No DHCPOFFERS received
No working leases in persistant database - sleeping
Sending on Socket/fallback