Backtrack2 wireless drivers

willrs2 · 07-17-2007, 11:05 AM

Does anyone know of any Bakctrack2 drivers for Dell Wireless 1450 a/b/g USB Adapter or Linksys Wireless-B 2.4 GHz USB Network adaptor?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

2Gnu · 07-18-2007, 08:52 AM

The Dell card is a Broadcom chipset. You'll need either ndiswrapper which does not support monitor or bcm43xx, which does. The site for Backtrack mentions Broadcom support. I'm assuming they're using the bcm43xx for that.

Can't comment on the Linksys without knowing the chipset or model number.

willrs2 · 07-18-2007, 09:16 AM

Thanks.

As for the Linksys, it's a piece of crap. I was just wondering about it if the dell card didn't work. so... thanks for the help.

willrs2 · 07-18-2007, 09:24 AM

It says that it's included in BT2, but I can't get my Dell card to work... it says it's "patched for injection." what does that mean? how would i "inject" it, if thats what i need to do.

2Gnu · 07-18-2007, 09:45 AM

# modprobe bcm43xx should load the driver. Run ifconfig after loading the module to see if the interface is showing up. (Make sure the card is turned on in BIOS - Fn-F2 for most Dells)

Packet injection is a technique for wireless hacking. It has nothing to do with whether or not your card is working.

willrs2 · 07-18-2007, 09:58 AM

o, ok. thanks. I'll post soon with the news.

As for packet injection: I knew what it was, but didn't make the connection.

willrs2 · 07-18-2007, 10:50 AM

Still no luck... I'm sure that it's on...

I'll post the result of ifconfig in a minute, i forgot to take note of it.

willrs2 · 07-18-2007, 11:05 AM

Here's the results from ifconfig:

Code:

      ifconfig
lo       Link encap:Local Loopback
         inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask 255.0.0.0
         inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
         UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
         RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
         TX packtes:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier
         collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
         RX bytes:0 (0,0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0,0 b)

Hope that helps

2Gnu · 07-18-2007, 12:19 PM

It helps me, but not you.

It means there's no wireless driver loaded.

lsmod|grep bcm

Empty?

modprobe bcm43xx

Errors?

Post them.

willrs2 · 07-18-2007, 12:28 PM

I typed

Code:

modprobe bcm43xx

into a shell, and nothing happened... It just went to a new bt ~ # line. it didn't say anyting.

thanks in advance.

michaelk · 07-18-2007, 12:48 PM

Nothing happend means the module loaded successfully.

willrs2 · 07-18-2007, 12:53 PM

ok... I'll try again soon. Hope it works **::fingers crossed::**

PS: michaelk: I like your sig. I can relate... lol

willrs2 · 07-18-2007, 02:59 PM

nope... doesn't work

Here is a screenshot of my screen...

I did the commands from top-left, top-right, bottom

I might be gone for the rest of the day... so... see you tomorrow.

michaelk · 07-18-2007, 06:20 PM

Quote:

lsmod | grep bom

Should be
lsmod | grep bcm

The driver was loaded but the interface has not been configured yet. I am not familar with backtrack and so do not what tools are included. The console command iwconfig is used to configure the wireless interface. In addition you can use the iwlist command to see additional information not displayed by iwconfig.

The command ifconfig -a will display all interfaces.

2Gnu · 07-22-2007, 12:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by michaelk

Should be
lsmod | grep bcm

That's what I said. Where did you see lsmod | grep bom?