wlan0/eth0/network/dhcp Fail Fail Fail
Hi guys,
I've now installed BT 4 and 3 on computers that have happily run 7 linux distros with wifi/networking access without any problems but all 3 comps refuse to allow networking to configure correctly on any of them when using BT. I've read the How To's and they don't answer my problem.
The weirdest thing is that I got my Acer AspireOne to start detecting wifi networks from my wlan0 without any problems...almost by accident. Whatever I typed was from an online tutorial somewhere and, hey presto, Wicd was detecting all the wifis around me.
Then I had to logout to check something online (no internet access by that stage) and when I logged back on to BT the settings were gone and I had absolutely no idea how to reconfigure the AP or card to start again.
Below is a ton of info for you.
I'm now on day 3 of trying to get this going again and I keep seeing people all over the internet having the exact same problem. I get messages from "no leases on persistent device" to "device not supported". Whatever I did last time enabled me to open Wicd and see dozens of networks and it was not a painful process.
It certainly wasn't just a question of using "start wicd" or anything that basic. I've downed wlan0, upped it again, set essids, set APs by chaging the key, you name it.
I eventually found, ironically, a very good Backtrack networking pdf online written by two Microsoft men but it's so out of date it didn't really help.
I would really really appreciate your help on this.
Here ya go, and feel free to ask me any questions/make suggestions:
Well out of sheer curiosity I decided to use several BT4 apps on my Ubuntu 10.04 OS and guess what? That's right, like every other person who has tried it, it worked perfectly. Same laptop, same setup, and every element of the networking was running just fine.Code:lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. wmaster0 no wireless extensions. wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg Mode:Monitor Frequency:2.452 GHz Tx-Power=27 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 XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX UP BROADCAST 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) Interrupt:28 Base address:0xc000 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:XXX.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:200 (200.0 B) TX bytes:200 (200.0 B) wlan0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 UP BROADCAST 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) wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-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) root@bt:~# iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. wmaster0 no wireless extensions. wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg Mode:Monitor Frequency:2.452 GHz Tx-Power=27 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:~# lshw *-network description: Ethernet interface product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0 logical name: eth0 version: 02 serial: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX size: 10MB/s capacity: 100MB/s width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10MB/s *-network description: Wireless interface product: AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Atheros Communications Inc. physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0 logical name: wmaster0 version: 01 serial: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list logical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath5k latency=0 module=ath5k multicast=yes promiscuous=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg root@bt:~# lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02) 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02) 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02) 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02) 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02) 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02) 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01) root@bt:~# root@bt:~# iwconfig wlan0 wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg Mode:Monitor Frequency:2.452 GHz Tx-Power=27 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:~# airmon-ng Interface Chipset Driver wlan0 Atheros ath5k - [phy0] mon0 Atheros ath5k - [phy0] root@bt:~# airmon-ng start wlan0 Found 3 processes that could cause trouble. If airodump-ng, aireplay-ng or airtun-ng stops working after a short period of time, you may want to kill (some of) them! PID Name 10780 dhclient3 10995 dhclient3 12750 dhclient Process with PID 10995 (dhclient3) is running on interface wlan0 Interface Chipset Driver wlan0 Atheros ath5k - [phy0] (monitor mode enabled on mon1) mon0 Atheros ath5k - [phy0] CH 11 ][ Elapsed: 12 s ][ 2010-08-31 15:34 BSSID PWR Beacons #Data, #/s CH MB ENC CIPHER AUTH ESSID BSSID STATION PWR Rate Lost Packets Probes ^C root@bt:~# root@bt:~# iwconfig wlan0 essid xxxx Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) : SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not supported.
I STILL want to use Backtrack 4 to it's full functionality though. It's a fantastic system.
But it just won't let me access wireless networking in any way that I can fathom, and I am seeing this time and again with BT and thus I find it sad that this hasn't been fully addressed.
...and it hasn't.
Unless you pay for a course.
Ahem.
Cough.
