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atheros ar9285 wireless network adapter Wouldn't It be working fine though if it is able to at the very least grab the wireless networks in range?

Not quite what I was asking, thanks though :P. I will be a bit clearer. I can connect to the internet via ethernet cord no problem. So the internet is working. The problem is that when I open Wicd network manager to scan for wireless netowork it pulls up all of the wireless networks (Including my own from my router) but I can't connect to any. It just says obtaining Ip when I try to connect and that is it and it hangs up. No matter what network, secure or unsecure, I can not connect.

Thanks, I will Do that. By chance would anyone know why I can see wirless networks but not connect to any? When I click to connect is just hangs up at "Obtaining Ip" then cancels itself. I am Using Wicd to see the wireless networks. If I should start a new thread for this just let me know.

Nevermind. Default Root / Toor. Answered my own question.

Okay so I did run into what seems to be a odd problem that I cannot find any info online for. I am installing from a pendrive on a ausus eee. Everything is fine except for after I get to the partition option. I choose use the whole drive option and that works no problem. The problem is that it just goes straight to installation after. The os installs fine but never gives me the option to make a username/pass??? I noticed on the videos for installing backtrack 4 on a netbook that the screen for this option will be the Who are you screen that pops up right after partitioning, well, no such luck for me. Any help would be welcomed. I am installing from pendrive, and using startx command to bring up the gui and then opening the install.sh file to install.

Thanks alot of the quick response. I will for sure be going with backtrack. I have only played around somewhat so in the near future if setting up my wifi proves to be to great of a issue to tackle on my own and with the help of a little google / backtrack site searching then you might here from me again. Thanks once more :P.

I am rather new to this whole game. I really have only played around with open suse and ubuntu. Point at hand, I recently grabbed myself a netbook and was curious as to what would be a better choice of install - Ubuntu or Backtrack 4 -. I am interested in getting into security pen. I don't know that much as it stands and have gone onto a few different forums and browsed google for some answers on this question. I would really like to use backtrack but from what people are saying that the os has alot of tools that a newbie would not use and or no what to do with and that it is a bit more klunky as a main os as in hardware compatibility. So should I just go with Ubuntu? Or have a been mislead. I can always just do ubuntu and use backtrack on live. Idk, like I said I am still a beginner so if I have to do some serious tweaking to get hardware to be compatible under backtrack than it might not be my best choice right now. The netbook is just a basic Asus Eee. Sorry if this seems like a small and unworthy question. :o