stranger still! This time I went 'ifconfig wifi0 down' and it went down but
'wifi0 up' wouldn't turn it back on.
I never learnwd how to verify the checksum. How is it done? I always figured
that if it would load everything was good.
On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 11:00 PM, Lisa Kachold <
lisakachold@obnosis.com>wrote:
> Often with Backtrack3 the iso download gets schnerbed. So the BT3 disk
> boots partially on one try and completely on the next.
>
> It's incredibly annoying, but with any ISO burn, if it doesn't work
> consistently, toss the disk, verify the checksum, and rebui;rn!
>
> These cards have been tested to work in BT3:
> http://backtrack.offensive-security.com/index.php?title=HCL:Wireless
> Find your card and see the recommendations.
>
> # dmesg
> # ifconfig -a
>
> You should see your card loaded, and you should see a device.
>
> #lspci
>
> Generally with BT3, your best bet is going to be using the Wireless tools
> in the menus, until you determine what is what.
>
> Hey also, if you are on a shared wireless network check out the SMB4k - be
> careful not to get into trouble here.
>
> Ethical hackers learn they do not impact the systems they study, (unless
> paid) and they DO NOT GO TO JAIL!
>
> And USE THE SOURCE:
> http://backtrack.offensive-security.com/index.php/Tools
>
>
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> ------------------------------
> Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:36:03 -0400
> Subject: rausb0 up
> From: bmike1@gmail.com
> To: PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>
> it is strange. after I had downloaded backtrack3 and fired it up and the
> distro automaGICALY FOUND THE WIRELESS CARD AND i HAD WEB-ACCESS. the two
> subsequnt times I loaded it I didn't have web-access and that left me
> dum-founded. So I looked around and found that 'rausb0 up' is the comand I
> need to use but linux told me that that wasn't the device name. So please
> tell me, what is it that is assigned to an internal wireless card. How
> should I find out if you can't tell me.
>
> You know.... I just looked at what I thought the device is called and just
> realived (DUHHHHH) it isn'r a USB device
>
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