Hi all, running Backtrack 5 R3 in VMware 9. Everything seems to be ok, the wifi card HAS BEEN recognized, but somehow no wlans can be found. Tried upping the card in terminal and so on. Was playing around with NAT and brdiged mode settings in VMware 9. In Backtrack, I can see the card using iwconfig and ifconfig in terminal. Also the blue light is on. What am I missing here? Wicd Network Manager just shows that wired-default. Thanks!! Much appretiated.
• What are you trying to do? • Use WICD to connect to a network? • What location is your card? wlan0? • You need to change the settings for that in WICD, you can't just expect your wireless card to show up and work out of the box in WICD. I have heard of cards being as high as wlan4.
It's an Alfa AWUS036NH Chipset: Atheros AR9271 Just tried it with another card, clicked on search and th wlans were listed. But that didn't work with the card mentioned above.
The AWUS036NH is an RT3070 device Some terminal command outputs would be handy, could it be you are using the wrong driver? Commands to Use Code: Select All ifconfig wlan0 up Is wpa_supplicant installed also? if you want internet access you may need to modprobe the -r 2800usb and modprobe the STA driver for the card. Personally, I have never had this issue. Worked out of the box for my RT3070 in BackTrack R2.
Did 'ifconfig wlan0 up' already and it did find the card. that's why it's realy weird. Gonna try the other alternative you just suggested, let you know later how it ended up.
Is it a USB card? casue First i had problems with this. Then just activate USB in your VM. My card shows up as wlan4
have u tried this, open terminal and type airmon-ng start (your interface) after that another terminal and do the airodump-ng mon0 please correct me if i wrong
Send us some screenshots and upload as well as embed them in your next post. Did you set your wireless interface preferences in WICD right? No, the . is incorrect but you might need to change the default wlanX to your own. He just wants to connect to networks in WICD, he has to use wlan0 and not mon0.
Need some more time to sort it out, gonna hit Thailand in two days time. London --> Thailand. Will let you know during mid of next week. Adios! But thanks for your fast response, while you waiting: YouTube VideoWatch this video on YouTube. --- Double Post Merged, 2 Sep 2012 --- Have done everything so far, even if I click on search in WICD, the cards blue light goes on and off repeatly, so that it looks like it searches, but no wlans found. craaaaaaazy --- Double Post Merged, 2 Sep 2012 --- Are there any other network managers I could try? --- Double Post Merged, 2 Sep 2012 --- Oh yea by the way. This Alfa card already did work. In the on the HDD installed Backtrack version. And it also works perfectly in windows. Just not in a VM --- Double Post Merged, 2 Sep 2012 --- DON'T ask me why, but it just worked... Maybe the card was in something like a damn black hole...
Go to preferences, then inside wireless interface type your wlan0 - 5 (your interface). Depends. then your ready, just refresh
Mester, had the same problem with my TP Link and you nailed it for me (type wlano in wireless interface). Now I have tons of green bars with lawtsa netwerks. Thank you mester.
