How to Start Networking in BackTrack 4

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:

• Backtrack 4 Beta in Windows with VMWare Workstation