hanshot1st Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 So trying to run airmon-ng on my newly working live USB (BT5R1). But Interface, Chipset, & Driver show nothing. Confused as to why it's not being seen/read. Keep in mind i'm rather new to BackTrack & it's tools, so be gentle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr-Protocol Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 If your wifi is built in run this and post results: lspci If your wifi is a USB stick run this and post results: lsusb To see if if the interface shows up: iwconfig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanshot1st Posted February 19, 2012 Author Share Posted February 19, 2012 If your wifi is built in run this and post results: lspci If your wifi is a USB stick run this and post results: lsusb To see if if the interface shows up: iwconfig " lsusb: Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0402:7675 Ali Corp. Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 002: ID 13fe:3800 Kingston Technology Company Inc. Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub" "iwconfig: lo: no wireless extensions eht0: no wireless extensions" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr-Protocol Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Looks like it doesn't have a driver for it. You will have to google around to find out how to get that working with your card. If I'm not mistaken that is what it means when it doesn't show up with lsusb. I could be wrong, I'm not a linux pro yet lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanshot1st Posted February 19, 2012 Author Share Posted February 19, 2012 How would I go about updating the drivers thru BT5R1? Driver updating and whatnot is rather simple in Ubuntu. What is the process in BT5? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanshot1st Posted February 20, 2012 Author Share Posted February 20, 2012 (edited) Yes updating drivers is simple, but you need to "find" drivers for your interface. You will need to determin what kind of wireless chipset you are running and then download the appropriate driver for it in Linux, and then install it... It can be an EXTREME pain. I honestly would completely reccomend investing in a external USB Wifi card like a Alfa. Most likely your card will not be completely supported anyways so you wil need to pick up another to get injecting packets... I am assuming your wifi card sucks. It could be perfect for wireless auditing but I don't know what kind you have. Currently running BT5R1 on an Aspire One 722. Oddly enough i've been able to connect just find with it using Ubuntu (the actual installed OS), but Backtrack seems to need me to DL the drivers? So my follow-up would be, how do i DL the drivers for an OS i am running "live", but not actually installed on a system that seems to run fine in a different flavor of Linux? p.s. As a sidenote. Ever since i've had Ubuntu installed i have a semi-transparent "Unsupported hardware" AMD box in the lower right that doesn't go away. Have asked on other forums how to get this to go away to no avail. =( Edited February 20, 2012 by hanshot1st Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infiltrator Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Honestly if I were you, I'd just go and buy an Alfa awus036h. It will save you a lot of headaches and plus it works out of the box, since backtrack already has the drivers for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanshot1st Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 Honestly if I were you, I'd just go and buy an Alfa awus036h. It will save you a lot of headaches and plus it works out of the box, since backtrack already has the drivers for it. Is this overkill? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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