Broadcom 570x Gigabit NIC not working (Latitude D800)

[deobfuscate]

I installed BackTrack 2 Final on my Dell Latitude D800 which has a Broadcom 570x (NetXtreme Gigabit) NIC and when I do an ifconfig the only thing that shows up is l0. My wireless isn't working either but I have not really messed with it at all yet.

Anyone happen to know how to get my connections working?

[shamanvirtuel]

ifconfig -a ?
brcm normal name is eth0 ......
ifconfig eth0 up

[purehate]

as far as Ive found broadcom does not support injection

[ghaze]

I believe this nic should use the tg3 module, which is included on BT.
ifconfig only shows interfaces that are up. To see all interfaces "ifconfig -a" If it doesn't show "eth0" try "modprobe tg3" followed by "ifconfig -a". If you have an "eth0" run "dhcpcd eth0" to get an ip, if your network uses dhcp. If you assign an ip statically "man ifconfig"

You may have better luck with your wireless card. Do you know what kind it is?
From a command prompt
"lspci -v"
Look for your wireless adapter in the results.
BT might have already recognized your wireless adapter.
"iwconfig"

Good Luck

[deobfuscate]

Wireless works, it uses the bcm chipset which is included in the kernel. I havn't actually had a chance to mess with BT again since you guys have replied. I will try and get on it tomorrow and try what you suggested. When I did an ifconfig before it didnt show the NIC.

[deobfuscate]

When I did dhcpd eth0 bash says its not a command.

[balding_parrot]

did you first do

ifconfig -a

and if so was eth0 there ?

if it was did you then do

ifconfig eth0 up

if you did then dhcpcd eth0 will work if your network is dhcp enabled


just noticed you said dhcpd not dhcpcd thats the problem its dhcpcd

[theprez98]

When I did dhcpd eth0 bash says its not a command.

dhcpcd

There's your problem.