BackTrack 4 Beta Networking

After successfully installing and booting into BackTrack 4 Beta, you can load up other packages such as Nessus -- however, BackTrack 4 Beta comes configured with just the local loopback.

Running "dhcpcd eth0" won't work -- dhcpcd isn't installed, and you can't install online packages until networking is configured correctly. Also, KNetworkManager refused to startup in KDE on my test system.

The easiest way for me to get online was to edit /etc/network/interfaces and set a static ip:

vi /etc/network/interfaces

Change the bottom line -- iface eth0 inet dhcp to:

Update DNS name servers:

vi /etc/resolv.conf

Restart networking:

/etc/init.d/networking restart

Verify that eth0's settings are correct:

ifconfig

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