If you use Backtrack (by the way, the current version is 4, 3 is no longer supported) in a VM, it can't see your wireless, because it is in a virtual environment, not your native. If you want it to work with your native hardware, you have to start it native from a live-CD or make a native install.

Thxx for ur explanationn .. but am working on BackTrack 3 .. I can access the internet and use browsers normaly from the backtrack it self , when its running .. how u can explain that to me .. VM cant se my wirless and tald me that there is no wireless interface while am already can open any website within ...
what is the best solution to that !!
does the problem with my laptopb compatibility with backtrack !!! or with the VM itself !!
how can I make a native install !! I jusy have an ISO image form the backtrack .. !!
Hope u can Help me

This is not a problem of compatibility. A virtual machine, as the name itself states, emulates a complete PC, including a wired network interface. The machine uses it emulated interface with the networking of the host machine (it doesn't care if it is wireless or wired). You can use the internet within the VM because it connects with your host machine's connection, but it doesn't see the hardware itself.
If you want to make a native install, burn that ISO to a CD (as image, not data CD), boot from it and then install it, according to the messages that the installer gives to you. Keep in mind that you need free space for at least one new partition on your harddisk. Backup your important data first.

Alternatively, if you have burned the CD, just boot from it and use it as live system. That doesn't touch your harddisk, but is slower, and changings to the environment will be lost after next reboot.

By the way, posting a whole post in bold font is considered shouting and rather unfriendly.

I do believe that you can use wireless interface with vmware workstation. running airomn-ng is no good as it's airmon-ng. you are missing the rest of the command though, if you want to use airmon it should be "airmon-ng start wlan0" if my wireless interface is wlano. If you just want to use the wireless connection for browsing you don't need airmon. either way, run "ifconfig -a" and your wireless interface will show up if it is supported in BT3. If i recall correctly it should be "ath0", so "airmon-ng start ath0". If you just want to use wicd to connect to a wireless router or whatever, run "ifconfig ath0 up" then it will be available in wicd

I am starting to use the BT4 and am facing the same problem .. do I have to use it native from live-CD !! or it can work form my
HP pavilion G60-DX with some driver !!
There is no wirless expension when am typing " airmon-ng start " also I cant using the internet and there is no wirless interface found ..
what is the real problem !! am new in linux and wonna some help ... thxx

type "ifconfig -a" into a console and paste the results here

When am typing "ifconfig a" ( In BT4 ) the result as follows:

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0c:29:6e:58:62
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packet:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packet:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:19 Base adress:0x2000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPPACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packet:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packet:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)


what is the problemm !!! i cant run it form my laptop copatibilities !

Ok your wireless interface is not being seen. Presumably there is no driver for it on the disc. You could search for the driver yourself or buy a usb wifi dongle or something. Take a look here http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forum...backtrack.html