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kohler
06-21-2008, 10:51 PM
Hey guys, I am using Macbook and BT3. I have installed backtrack as a virtual machine with parallels but parallels. No luck with finding the wireless card there, so I burned a live CD. When i boot off the CD and type iwconfig, it says "no wireless extension" on both eth0 and lo something. My computer specs are here:

Hardware Overview:

Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook4,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MB41.00C1.B00
SMC Version: 1.31f0

Wireless card info:

AirPort Card Information:

Wireless Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0x88)
Wireless Card Locale: Worldwide
Wireless Card Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (4.170.46.7)

Thanks in advance guys.

Somaticom
06-21-2008, 11:30 PM
I am having the same problem, I am running in vwware (bridged connection), same broadcom card, and i downloaded and installed a driver for that card but there was no change.

Barry
06-21-2008, 11:39 PM
I don't think you'll get it to work in parallels. Virtual machines usually don't see the built in wireless card as wireless. I suppose I ought to burn a cd and see what my macbook does....

kohler
06-22-2008, 08:14 AM
I would be very grateful.

wyze
06-22-2008, 08:23 AM
You're better off running it live via rEFIt - it works perfectly in VESA mode (I haven't had the time to other modes.

I wasn't able to run it in Parallels nor VM Fusion, so rEFIt is a saviour. Also, I see our specs are 4.1, all I can say is that this method works great for my machine with the following specs:

Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro3,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.6 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP31.0070.B07
SMC Version: 1.18f4

siniux
06-26-2008, 02:32 PM
I've got a Santa Rosa Macbook and can't seem to get wifi to work in BT3 live cd.
On iwconfig, it's says "No wireless extensions"... Any clue?

It's a Broadcom BCM43xx.

Arg..
Sorry, it's a Broadcom bcm4328.