Hello all,

Please please please help me with the following issue. I've been searching for HOURS on how to solve this, but no one can provide me with a specific solution. Please explain it to me like I'm completely new to linux. (I'm not).

Im running Kali Linux off of a bootable USB on my laptop. It is a fresh install. It says "No network devices available." There is no network management application. I cannot install the wicd-client because I have no internet access to download it! And I cannot discover or connect to any Wireless Networks!

When I type in iwconfig it says: no wireless extensions.

For some reason Kali is not using my wireless card and or running the drivers to enable network discovery. How can I fix this?

Technically, it could be as simple as listing your network interfaces:

..and then look through the list to see what your wireless card is called; let's say it's wlan0:

and then connect:
This assumes that you have no encryption on the wireless network you are attaching to; that is usually best when troubleshooting.

However, you might need a driver, or possibly firmware for the network card.

What network card does the computer have? To find out, run this command as root:

Somewhere in there, you should see a network device; use that result to find out what driver to use:
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Devices

Then it's just a matter of downloading that driver and/or firmware, installing, and using (as above).

I don't know what you intend to use Kali for, but I'm thinking you probably want to AVOID auto-detection (Network Manager) since when you are pentesting, it's better to maintain control of your network interfaces, rather than passing them off to wicd or nm. It's just a lot more flexible that way.

Hi,
This is the starting point, no wirless device is seen. What exactly is the wireless device? If it is a pci device, the output should tell us:
Evo2.

you do know that the kali devs have set networking to the OFF position
you have to turn it ON
http://docs.kali.org/

and read the troubleshooting section
http://docs.kali.org/troubleshooting...-driver-issues

i take it you did not look on the Kali forum ?
on the kali website .

http://www.kali.org/community/
http://forums.kali.org/

also please READ the section in the documentation
"Should I use Kali"
http://docs.kali.org/introduction/sh...use-kali-linux

and pay attention to the section
"Is Kali Linux Right For You?"

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Hi,
That is a very nice little guide. It seems the Kali documentation is quite good - I'll be sure to refer Kali users to it in the future.

Cheers,

Evo2.

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The docs are good
Arch's are better but kali is not Arch

and my position on kali is basically

If one has to ask basic question and not one on a ruby gem for fuzzing something , then one should not be using it .

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I too must thank you for those links. Will keep them in mind.

See a lot of people using Kali. Suspect most are trying to be leet and are probably people that run Windows as Administrator. Really scary.

Thanks again.

I installed kali linux on my lenovo g570 and the fresh install was perfect
After updating the system with apt get update and upgrade the whole interface changed
And for some reason I cant get access to a network. There is no icon in the upper right
And if I open the networks tab it tels me that it is not compatible with the current version
I have been trolling the web on my phone for hours now and dont seem to get any where
I have tried starting the network service in the startup and resetting but still no success
My version of linux is just kali-rolling

Have you looked at the /etc/network/interfaces file? Since Kali is a modified Debian, it should have that file. Since you are using Kali, I assume you know how to edit that file to set up a network connection.

Yes I tried that but no success . But its fine I installed kali 2.0 now and its all running now . It looks like debian3 had a issue with the network manager version .
But thanx for the quick reply