Juf Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Hi, I'm probably going to buy a HP Mini (HP Mini 110-1117CA). I was wondering if anyone has one and how well Backtrack works with it. Were there any compatibility issues, network card problems ect. Thanks in advance, Juf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Couldn't find any info on the chipset of the wireless card on that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juf Posted January 20, 2010 Author Share Posted January 20, 2010 Couldn't find any info on the chipset of the wireless card on that one. Same, Ive been looking but with no sucess. That's why i'm asking if anyone has actualy had one and has first hand experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Might try asking over on the BackTrack forums as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Go into your device manager and see what the name of the card is, then look it up. You can also find out through wmic, but it will probably tell you the same thing under description, which is the service for the network card. For example, my Linksys Wireless card shows up as rt73. Thats the driver, and also what you can use to determine if the card is supported under backtrack. If you want a printout of all your network hardware, the names, and their descriptions, open a cmd window and cd to desktop. Then copy and paste the following command: wmic NICCONFIG list full /format:htable > NETWORK-ADAPTERS-DETAILED-INFO.html Then open the html file it created on your desktop and look for your wifi card and scroll over to description. Usually the description will be the drivers name which can help identify the chipset of the card just by googling the description. edit: Forgot to mention, this is a way to get the information for windows users. See http://www.backtrack-linux.org/bt/wireless-drivers/ once you know the card and check it its in this list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juf Posted January 20, 2010 Author Share Posted January 20, 2010 Go into your device manager and see what the name of the card is, then look it up. You can also find out through wmic, but it will probably tell you the same thing under description, which is the service for the network card. For example, my Linksys Wireless card shows up as rt73. Thats the driver, and also what you can use to determine if the card is supported under backtrack. If you want a printout of all your network hardware, the names, and their descriptions, open a cmd window and cd to desktop. Then copy and paste the following command: wmic NICCONFIG list full /format:htable > NETWORK-ADAPTERS-DETAILED-INFO.html Then open the html file it created on your desktop and look for your wifi card and scroll over to description. Usually the description will be the drivers name which can help identify the chipset of the card just by googling the description. edit: Forgot to mention, this is a way to get the information for windows users. See http://www.backtrack-linux.org/bt/wireless-drivers/ once you know the card and check it its in this list. Thanks alot, since I haven't bought it yet I'll have to runthe command at the store =D I'll post here what wireless card it has Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Doh! I thought you already owned it. My bad... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 That's a great command digip. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.