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I have kali linux up and running but I'm unable to get my wireless usb dongle to work. I have a Alfa network USB wireless card and a dell latitude e6400 laptop. Running windows 7
When I type ifconfig my eth0 and lo come up but no WLAN.....anyone have any ideas how I can get this running? Thanks
brav0hax
2013-06-25, 08:09
I have kali linux up and running but I'm unable to get my wireless usb dongle to work. I have a Alfa network USB wireless card and a dell latitude e6400 laptop. Running windows 7
When I type ifconfig my eth0 and lo come up but no WLAN.....anyone have any ideas how I can get this running? Thanks
Can you try iwconfig? You should see a wlan0. If you can paste the output from either an iwconfig or an ifconfig -a it may be easier to assist.
Best Regards,
Eric
# at first look at all interfaces
ifconfig -a
# then put up the chosen one
ifconfig wlan1 up