Since BackTrack 4 (Pre-Release and Beta) doesn’t start networking by default you have to manually start it. Here’s how to start it manually:
/etc/init.d/networking start
If you have installed BackTrack 4 to disk you can enable networking to start at boot using:
update-rc.d networking defaults
And finally, you can start wireless networking in BackTrack 4 using:
/etc/init.d/NetworkManager start
* Make sure the ‘N’ and ‘M’ in NetworkManager are capitalized.
Don’t forget the basic Linux command to view your IP address and network Status in BackTrack:
ifconfig
And for wireless networking:
iwconfig
More BackTrack:
Or, follow these steps:
"K Menu" > Services > NETWORK > Start NETWORK ;)and you'll be able to use your internet.
this didnt work for me, /etc/init.d/NetworkManager start
first i had to run the /etc/init.d/networking start
then for wireless i ran /etc/init.d/wicd start
that worked for me, the NetworkManager did not for some reason…
thanks for this! it helped me get my interfaces up!