WiFi on IBM T60 - Linux!

Hey everyone...

I'm NOT a Linux-freek, but I've just found BackTracker2, and I'm very
interested in trying it.
But when I start BackTracker2 up on CD, I don't seem to have any
WLAN-adapters...
iwconfig says: "eth0: no wireless extensions"

I would think, that somewhere in iwconfig, it should say somthing about
wlan0 or ath0 instead???

The WiFi-control-light (just below the screen on the laptop) isn't on
either!

I've checked the BIOS, and all network adaptors is enabled at startup.

Can anyone tell me, what to do?????????????

PS: BackTracker2 does support the IBM T60...


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On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 23:48:50 -0400, GandalfG
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>I'm NOT a Linux-freek, but I've just found BackTracker2, and I'm very
>interested in trying it.
>But when I start BackTracker2 up on CD, I don't seem to have any
>WLAN-adapters...
>iwconfig says: "eth0: no wireless extensions"
>
>I would think, that somewhere in iwconfig, it should say somthing about
>wlan0 or ath0 instead???
>
>The WiFi-control-light (just below the screen on the laptop) isn't on
>either!
>
>I've checked the BIOS, and all network adaptors is enabled at startup.
>
>Can anyone tell me, what to do?????????????
>
>PS: BackTracker2 does support the IBM T60...

[cross-posted to comp.sys.laptops.thinkpad]

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John Navas <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 23:48:50 -0400, GandalfG
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> <(E-Mail Removed)>:

> >I'm NOT a Linux-freek, but I've just found BackTracker2, and I'm very
> >interested in trying it.
> >But when I start BackTracker2 up on CD, I don't seem to have any
> >WLAN-adapters...
> >iwconfig says: "eth0: no wireless extensions"

Booted from CDROM might be quite different from the installed set.
Or is this a "liveCD" bootable run environment? Maybe there are specific
command line switches that you need.

> >I would think, that somewhere in iwconfig, it should say somthing about
> >wlan0 or ath0 instead???

One of my non-thinkpad laptops identified my Prism WiFi as eth0, and my
wired LAN as eth1. That worked okay with FC6 with no external drivers.
Another laptop with an ar5-something DLink card identified ath0, but that
was from an add-on driver, not a set from the RHEL install.

> >PS: BackTracker2 does support the IBM T60...

My T60 has an AR-5211. You might wander over to MadWifi.org to look for
support.

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