Probably easy anwser but in stuck....thanks

[livehappy]

hi...im doing something wrong...if i boot direct from iso disk everything works fine and if i go direct to WICD NETWORK MANAGER i can see all the wireless connections and can go on internet,,also
if i boot from usb stick everything fine , i can go direct to WICD NETWORK MANAGER and see all wireless connections and go on internet,,,,but if i use vmware workstation and boot backtrack now when i go to WICD NETWORK MANAGER it says wired connection and no wireless connections available ,,,,,something is changing when i use the vmware workstation to boot ...do you know what it is...thanks for any help....im using bt4 r2 ...alfa usb antenna...thanks

yes the alfa is connected as guest ......thanks

the WICD MANAGER says wired network and shows ip address and no wireless networks

[KMDave]

Make sure to connect the Alfa USB device in the VM settings to the VM guest.

[livehappy]

HI...thanks for reply....yes i have it connected....but WICD NETWORK MANAGER says wired network...gives an ip address and says no wireless networks

Edit:

yes ive tried everything,,,even reloaded vmware,,,but still the manager says wired network....no wireless available,the alpa usb shows in vm tools and is connected.. ,yet when i boot from usb or a disc wireless networks all show up......any ideas....thanks

[jpkirk]

have you set the preferences in wicd to work with your wifi interface?

[pentest09]

bring down the eth0 adapter
and make sure your wlan0 is up and in the prefs for wifi in wicd

I usually do this:
#ifconfig eth0 down
#ifconfig wlan0 up
#start-network
open wicd and if the wired net is connected just
#ifconfig eth0 down again
make sure its only wlan0 and lo up in ifconfig too

Regards Dee

[VirusAnon]

I have had the same issues. I stopped using VMware eventhough its a pretty cool program. I eventually decided to stop playing around with VMware and boot straight into BT4. I do not have issues when I boot into it, I only have issues when using VMware. Also, I think you need 2 wifi's with VMware, one connected to your host machine, and one in the virtual machine. Then you may have to change your VMware settings, for example, you have NAT setting, Bridged setting etc.