Okay so I just wrote 3 pages and lost it. So this will be short. When I boot into Kali 3.12 (My primary updated OS from GRUB) my iNET connectivity is gone. It was fine, never had an issue.

When I boot into 3.7 from GRUB I can connect fine and there is no issue.

I believe the last package I installed/updated was the new release of VMware.

My box does have a wNIC but I never installed drivers or set it up to be used. Nor have I ever tried to use it.

Network man is showing I am conncted to my wireless router via wNIC. It also says my eth0 has never been used.

I tried disabling wireless, no go.
Ping says the network is unreachable.

I'm guessing that my NIC is bridged somehow or way, but am not sure.

Your help is GREATLY appreciated.

I will acquire and post any log or information needed. When I get someone to lend a hand I will boot into 3.12 and use a tablet to connect to the message board to move forward with the help.

Thanks again,
b0ston.

there is NO operating system called that
Now there is the current version of Kali for 64 bit amd/intel cpu's
kali-linux-1.0.6-amd64

??
so you installed VMware IN kali
so kali is RUNNING the vm?

so what OS are you trying to run in the VM on kali host

is this the HOST kali or this unknown os in the vm on the kali host ?

and WHY even use kali to host a VM ????

kail is a very special purpose OS
one designed BY network security EXPERTS to be used BY COMPUTER SECURITY EXPERTS

lol,

Okay so to start...

GRUB labels the OS by kernel version if I remember correctly. So when I refer to 3.12 I was simply informing you of boot local from GRUB.

I have '2' "versions" of Kali installed (64bit). (The original install, and the updated)

#1 3.7 (older, again assuming this is the kerel #)
#2 3.12 (newer, again assuming this is the kerel #)

Let's remove the VM out of the equation all together. I was simply providing information for the last installed/updated package.

Network Manager shows an eth0 but never used and a connected wireless connection on the NEWER version of Kali.
>>No connectivity

Network Manager shows a connected eth0 connection and NO wireless device at all on the OLDER version of Kali.
>>Connectivity is fine.

when I check the interfaces config file from the OLDER version (I'm on now) it shows this:

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

Now I'm assuming it would and will be different when I boot the NEWER version. (Same user account)


More info (OLDER):
uname -a
Linux h0st 3.7-trunk-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.7.2-0+kali8 x86_64 GNU/Linux
cat /proc/version
Linux version 3.7-trunk-amd64 (debian-kernel@lists.debian.org) (gcc version 4.7.2 (Debian 4.7.2-5) ) #1 SMP Debian 3.7.2-0+kali8

More information:

b0ston@h0st:~$ lspci
00:00.0 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 Host Bridge (rev a1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 LPC Bridge (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 SMBus (rev a2)
00:01.2 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 USB 1.1 Controller (rev a3)
00:02.1 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 USB 2.0 Controller (rev a3)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 PCI bridge (rev a1)
00:05.0 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
00:06.0 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 IDE (rev a2)
00:07.0 Bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 Ethernet (rev a2)
00:08.0 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller (rev a2)
00:08.1 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller (rev a2)
00:09.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor HyperTransport Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Miscellaneous Control
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Link Control
01:06.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. RT2500 Wireless 802.11bg (rev 01)
01:07.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 04)
01:07.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy Game Port (rev 04)
01:07.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port (rev 04)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV730XT [Radeon HD 4670]
02:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV710/730 HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 4000 series]

More information (OLDER working inet):

b0ston@h0st:~$ dpkg -l | grep network
ii asleap 2.2-1kali5 amd64 A tool for exploiting Cisco LEAP networks
ii atmel-firmware 1.3-4 all Firmware for Atmel at76c50x wireless networking chips.
ii bed 0.5-1kali4 amd64 A network protocol fuzzer
ii darkstat 3.0.715-1 amd64 network traffic analyzer
ii driftnet 0.1.6+cvs20040426-3 amd64 picks out and displays images from network traffic
ii dsniff 2.4b1+debian-22 amd64 Various tools to sniff network traffic for cleartext insecurities
ii firmware-realtek 0.40~bpo70+1 all Binary firmware for Realtek wired and wireless network adapters
ii fping 3.2-1 amd64 sends ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts
ii geoclue-localnet 0.12.0-4 amd64 Position server for GeoClue (local network)
ii gir1.2-networkmanager-1.0 0.9.4.0-10 amd64 GObject introspection data for NetworkManager
ii glib-networking:amd64 2.32.3-1 amd64 network-related giomodules for GLib
ii glib-networking-common 2.32.3-1 all network-related giomodules for GLib - data files
ii glib-networking-services 2.32.3-1 amd64 network-related giomodules for GLib - D-Bus services
ii hydra 7.6-0kali1 amd64 very fast network logon cracker
ii hydra-gtk 7.6-0kali1 amd64 very fast network logon cracker - GTK+ based GUI
ii ifupdown 0.7.8 amd64 high level tools to configure network interfaces
ii iproute 20120521-3+b3 amd64 networking and traffic control tools
ii iputils-ping 3:20101006-1+b1 amd64 Tools to test the reachability of network hosts
ii irpas 0.10-4.1kali1 amd64 Internetwork Routing Protocol Attack Suite
ii keimpx 0.3-1kali0 all Check for valid credentials across a network over SMB
ii libcrafter 0.2-1kali0 amd64 Library to generate and sniff network packets
ii libdumbnet1 1.12-3.1 amd64 A dumb, portable networking library -- shared library
ii libnet-netmask-perl 1.9016-1 all parse, manipulate and lookup IP network blocks
ii libnet1 1.1.4-2.1 amd64 library for the construction and handling of network packets
ii libnetpacket-perl 1.3.0-1 all modules to manipulate network packets at the protocol level
ii libnm-glib-vpn1 0.9.4.0-10 amd64 network management framework (GLib VPN shared library)
ii libnm-glib4 0.9.4.0-10 amd64 network management framework (GLib shared library)
ii libnm-util2 0.9.4.0-10 amd64 network management framework (shared library)
ii libopenvas6 6.0.0-0kali2 amd64 remote network security auditor - shared libraries
ii libqt4-network:amd64 4:4.8.2+dfsg-11 amd64 Qt 4 network module
ii libsocket-perl 2.002-1 amd64 networking constants and support functions
ii libuniconf4.6 4.6.1-5 amd64 C++ network libraries for rapid application development
ii libwireshark-data 1.10.2-1~bpo70+1 all network packet dissection library -- data files
ii libwireshark3:amd64 1.10.2-1~bpo70+1 amd64 network packet dissection library -- shared library
ii libwiretap3:amd64 1.10.2-1~bpo70+1 amd64 network packet capture library -- shared library
ii libwsutil3:amd64 1.10.2-1~bpo70+1 amd64 network packet dissection utilities library -- shared library
ii libwvstreams4.6-base 4.6.1-5 amd64 C++ network libraries for rapid application development
ii libwvstreams4.6-extras 4.6.1-5 amd64 C++ network libraries for rapid application development
ii macchanger 1.5.0-9 amd64 utility for manipulating the MAC address of network interfaces
ii mdk3 6.0-1kali5 amd64 Wireless attack tool for IEEE 802.11 networks
ii medusa 2.0-3.1 amd64 fast, parallel, modular, login brute-forcer for network services
ii nbtscan 1.5.1-6 amd64 A program for scanning networks for NetBIOS name information
ii ncrack 0.4-alpha-1kali1 amd64 High-speed network authentication cracking tool
ii net-tools 1.60-24.2 amd64 The NET-3 networking toolkit
ii netbase 5.0 all Basic TCP/IP networking system
ii netdiscover 0.3beta6+20080409-5 amd64 active/passive network address scanner using arp requests
ii netmask 2.3.12 amd64 helps determine network masks
ii netsed 1.00b-2.1 amd64 network packet-altering stream editor
ii network-manager 0.9.4.0-10 amd64 network management framework (daemon and userspace tools)
ii network-manager-gnome 0.9.4.1-5 amd64 network management framework (GNOME frontend)
ii netwox 5.36.0-1.2 amd64 networking utilities
ii ngrep 1.45.ds2-12 amd64 grep for network traffic
ii openvas-scanner 3.4.0-0kali1 amd64 remote network security auditor - scanner
ii openvpn 2.2.1-8+deb7u2 amd64 virtual private network daemon
ii python-gevent 0.13.6-1+nmu3 amd64 gevent is a coroutine-based Python networking library
ii python-impacket 0.9.9.9-1kali0 all Python module to easily build and dissect network protocols
ii python-impacket-doc 0.9.9.9-1kali0 all Python module to easily build and dissect network protocols
ii python-ipy 1:0.75-1 all Python module for handling IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and networks
ii python-netaddr 0.7.7-1 all manipulation of various common network address notations (Python 2)
ii python-netlib 0.10-2kali2 amd64 collection of network utility classes
ii python-pyside.qtnetwork 1.1.1-3 amd64 Qt 4 network module - Python bindings
ii python-scapy 2.2.0-1 all Packet generator/sniffer and network scanner/discovery
ii sctpscan 0.1-1kali1 amd64 SCTP network scanner for discovery and security
ii ssldump 0.9b3-4.1 amd64 An SSLv3/TLS network protocol analyzer
ii stunnel4 3:4.53-1.1 amd64 Universal SSL tunnel for network daemons
ii tcpdump 4.3.0-1 amd64 command-line network traffic analyzer
ii tightvncserver 1.3.9-6.4 amd64 virtual network computing server software
ii tor 0.2.4.21-1~d70.wheezy+1 amd64 anonymizing overlay network for TCP
ii traceroute 1:2.0.18-3 amd64 Traces the route taken by packets over an IPv4/IPv6 network
ii tshark 1.10.2-1~bpo70+1 amd64 network traffic analyzer - console version
ii wireshark 1.10.2-1~bpo70+1 amd64 network traffic analyzer - GTK+ version
ii wireshark-common 1.10.2-1~bpo70+1 amd64 network traffic analyzer - common files
ii xtightvncviewer 1.3.9-6.4 amd64 virtual network computing client software for X

More information (OLDER iNET works)

b0ston@h0st:~$ lspci
00:00.0 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 Host Bridge (rev a1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 LPC Bridge (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 SMBus (rev a2)
00:01.2 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 USB 1.1 Controller (rev a3)
00:02.1 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 USB 2.0 Controller (rev a3)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 PCI bridge (rev a1)
00:05.0 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
00:06.0 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 IDE (rev a2)
00:07.0 Bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 Ethernet (rev a2)
00:08.0 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller (rev a2)
00:08.1 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller (rev a2)
00:09.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor HyperTransport Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Miscellaneous Control
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Link Control
01:06.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. RT2500 Wireless 802.11bg (rev 01)
01:07.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 04)
01:07.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy Game Port (rev 04)
01:07.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port (rev 04)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV730XT [Radeon HD 4670]
02:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV710/730 HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 4000 series]

---------- Post added 04-19-14 at 11:28 PM ----------

I can post the same information from the NEWER iNET not working version if needed.

Okay not really sure what happened but after running:

cat /etc/network/interfaces
lspci
dpkg -l | grep network

from the OLDER version I booted to the NEWER version and my iNET is now working. Wish I knew why.

Thank you for trying to help,
b0ston.