Network issue in Backtrack 5 r3

sr9101991 · 06-24-2013, 07:27 AM

I installed Backtrack 5 r3 in my hard drive and now I dual boot with Windows. In wicd, "No wireless networks found" displayed. And wired network is also not working as connect with LAN.

ifconfig shows only lo.

I'm not able to find the solution and as I can't access internet on Backtrack. And every driver is failed to install like network manager.

Please Please help me out.

TobiSGD · 06-24-2013, 11:13 AM

If you have problems with the network on Backtrack you obviously does not belong to the users this distro is aimed towards: network and security experts. I would recommend to switch to a distro that is aimed to be more user-friendly, at least as long as you need to learn how to configure the network on Linux.

sr9101991 · 06-24-2013, 12:51 PM

Actually this is due to my laptop(Toshiba Satellite C850-p5010). every time i install a new OS in it the drivers of wifi and Atheros are not installed and have to install them manually.
I am new to this and want to learn this distro.
So Please help my out as i have googled about this but nothing worked.

TobiSGD · 06-24-2013, 01:06 PM

OK, the first thing we need to know is the actual hardware in that machine. Please post the output of

Code:

lspci

Please use code-tags to post that output (see my signature for explanation).

sr9101991 · 06-24-2013, 01:31 PM

This is the output

root@bt:~# lspci

Code:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:14.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Panther Point USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 04)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Panther Point MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Panther Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Panther Point High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev c4)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev c4)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Panther Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Panther Point LPC Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation Panther Point 4 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Panther Point SMBus Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation Panther Point 2 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 04)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Device 1090 (rev 10)
02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 8723