unable to turn on wifi in backtrack 5 r3 while booting from usb

Question

i have hp pavilion 15 with RT3290 802.11bgn WIFI-ADAPTER in my laptop there is a shotcut key to turn on(white light)/off(orange light) wifi which works perfectly on windows.

i installed backtrack 5 r3 on usb drive to use it as a live usb, but while booting in bt5 i cannot use my wifi as its not turning on. The indicator is constantly showing orange light(as it is switched off). Due to this airmon-ng shows nothing like wlan0().

please tell me how to switch on my wifi in backtrack as soon as possible.

Solution

These commands will allow you to download, compile and install the latest version of the driver. Since these are backports, they work on any Linux kernel.

 sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-generic
 wget https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/backports/2013/10/18/backports-20131018.tar.gz 
 tar xvfz backports-20131018.tar.gz
 cd backports-20131018
 make defconfig-wifi
 make
 sudo make install

Comments

[Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007]

did you ensure that Backtrack has drivers for your WiFi card included/installed?

[almonte]

that solution is for intel wifi adapters, he has a Ralink chipset.

[Shubham pokhriyal]

@almonte do you have any solution??

[almonte]

Ok here, try this.. worked for that guy: RALINKBACKTRACK

[Shubham pokhriyal]

so i have to just copy paste these commands on terminal

[MariusMatutiae]

Yes. Plus, since I forgot you are on BT, you do not need the "sudo".

[Shubham pokhriyal]

what if i download the file on windows from the link given in command?

[Shubham pokhriyal]

its only of 12MB.

[MariusMatutiae]

You may very well download it to Windows, no problem. Then you will have to move it to BT. Try doing it through a shared folder. And yes, it 13M, you are right. Trust me, it's enough. :-)

[Shubham pokhriyal]

ok i've downloaded it on windows, now please tell me the command of bt terminal and where should i save that file in order to access it in bt5?

[MariusMatutiae]

You must learn how to "Share a folder" between host and guest. You may Google it. Then you put the file you downloaded in the Shared folder, and start your VM.

[Shubham pokhriyal]

but i m not using VM

[MariusMatutiae]

Right. Then just copy it to a folder (any folder) on your USB key.

[Shubham pokhriyal]

not working and i am facing one more problem when i shutdown bt5 the laptop does not shutdown completely and screen goes blank nothing happens next so everytime i have to switch it off from power button

[MariusMatutiae]

This has nothing to do with your driver. What do you mean by "not working"?

[MariusMatutiae]

Do you know that in BT you have to configure wifi yourself? In other words: do you know that you have to use wpa_passphrase, wpa_supplicant, and dhclient (if you are linking via DHCP, otherwise you have to learn how to set up a static IP for wifi)?

[Shubham pokhriyal]

i mean that wifi is still off, in other words airmon-ng is not detecting my wifi chipset

[MariusMatutiae]

try ifconfig wlan0 up, or whatever your wifi card is called.

[Shubham pokhriyal]

"Device not found"