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Backtrack 4 Wireless Not Working


I'm trying to connect to my wireless network on Backtrack 4. I have a Dell Studio 1558.

ifconfig and ifup show the wlan0 interface is up.

I ran

/etc/init.d/networking start
/etc/init.d/wicd

in a terminal, but when I open the network manager (menu > internet > wcid network manager), it says that no wireless networks are found.

Is this a driver issue? Does anyone know how to get wireless working?


Solution

  • There have been wireless issues in BT4, either upgrade to BT5 or have a look here in the Backtrack forums as there's loads of information there such as this link on wireless issues in BT5 - http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forums/showthread.php?t=43597.

    What do you see in /cat var/log/wicd/wicd.log?

    What does airmon-ng report?