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iwlist ath0 no scan results

I'm having trouble getting my wireless working on the Backtrack 3 live CD. I've tried this...

Code:

bt ~ # wlanconfig ath0 destroy

bt ~ # wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode ap

ath0

bt ~ # iwconfig

lo        no wireless extensions.



eth0      no wireless extensions.



wifi0    no wireless extensions.



ath0      IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:""  Nickname:""

          Mode:Master  Channel:0  Access Point: Not-Associated

          Bit Rate:0 kb/s  Tx-Power:16 dBm  Sensitivity=1/1

          Retry:off  RTS thr:off  Fragment thr:off

          Encryption key:off

          Power Management:off

          Link Quality=0/70  Signal level=-256 dBm  Noise level=-256 dBm

          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0

          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0  Missed beacon:0



bt ~ # ifconfig ath0 up

bt ~ # iwlist ath0 scan

ath0      No scan results

...and similarly, this...

Code:

bt ~ # wlanconfig wifi1 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode ap

wifi1

bt ~ # ifconfig wifi1 up

bt ~ # iwlist wifi1 scan

wifi1      No scan results

...and other similar things, but they didn't work. Can anyone tell me how to get my wireless working? Thanks.

Try this

Code:

iwconfig ath0 essid nameofnetwork key whateverthekeyis

ifconfig ath0 up

dhcpcd ath0

Thanks for the reply but it didn't work. Also I would need scanning if I didn't know the essid. One more note I don't know if it matters or not... I have to boot into text only mode with noapic and acpi=off then I can startx. Any ideas?

What type of card? Have you had it working before? Are you close enough to an access point/router?

It's an Atheros AR5007EG on an Acer Aspire 5520 laptop. The only linux I've tried so far is Backtrack 2 and 3. Didn't get it working in either one. It works in Windows Vista. Definitely close enough to an acess point.

Press the hardwired button

There´s a hardwired button on your laptop which turns wifi on/off, press it, as soon as you turn on your laptop, when the bios screen comes, and that should fix it. I had the same issue with an acer 4520