[mothered]

Greetings HC,

So basically, I can't connect to my wireless network with BackTrack 5 R2. A message of "unable to get IP address" comes up.

I can connect via LAN (ethernet) no problem. I've Inputed the IP address, default gateway, subnet mask, but still no go.

I'm new to Backtrack. All help Is greatly appreciated.

[no47]

put the unused ip manually

dosn't work the try

dpkg-reconfigure wicd
update-rc.d wicd defaults......the puts again the ip

it's work for me

[no47]

put the unused ip manually

dosn't work the try

dpkg-reconfigure wicd
update-rc.d wicd defaults......the puts again the ip

it's work for me

[LightX]

Try hard wiring into a network, and install your wireless driver. I had the same problem when I first installed BT

[LightX]

Try hard wiring into a network, and install your wireless driver. I had the same problem when I first installed BT

[EldHawke]

I had many problems when i first installed back track.

you should check that your card is working correctly using:
lshw -c net
iwconfig

take note of your driver module, you might have to reload that with
rmmod (drop module)
modprobe (load module)

basically my fix was in this sequence:

ifdown -a --force
ifup -a --force
rfkill unblock all
rmmod ath5k
modprobe ath5k
(ath5k is the module, mine was ath5k, for atheros cards, so your is whatever module is listed in the lshw)

service networking stop
service networking start

:wink:

[EldHawke]

I had many problems when i first installed back track.

you should check that your card is working correctly using:
lshw -c net
iwconfig

take note of your driver module, you might have to reload that with
rmmod (drop module)
modprobe (load module)

basically my fix was in this sequence:

ifdown -a --force
ifup -a --force
rfkill unblock all
rmmod ath5k
modprobe ath5k
(ath5k is the module, mine was ath5k, for atheros cards, so your is whatever module is listed in the lshw)

service networking stop
service networking start

:wink:

[f3rn4nd0q]

Can you post the lspci command ?
Wich kind of autentication use the network ?

Greetings HC,

So basically, I can't connect to my wireless network with BackTrack 5 R2. A message of "unable to get IP address" comes up.

I can connect via LAN (ethernet) no problem. I've Inputed the IP address, default gateway, subnet mask, but still no go.

I'm new to Backtrack. All help Is greatly appreciated.

[f3rn4nd0q]

Can you post the lspci command ?
Wich kind of autentication use the network ?

Greetings HC,

So basically, I can't connect to my wireless network with BackTrack 5 R2. A message of "unable to get IP address" comes up.

I can connect via LAN (ethernet) no problem. I've Inputed the IP address, default gateway, subnet mask, but still no go.

I'm new to Backtrack. All help Is greatly appreciated.

[Domain]

I'm having problems also i have installed BT5 to dual boot with windows 7 and can't seem to make it pick up my network card. If anyone if a pro at this and can resolve my problem I will drop you £10