(BackTrack:
Networking)
{ How to get an IP
Address via DHCP }
- Login to your
Backtrack01 VM, as username root
- For those of you that are not a part of my
class, the Backtrack01 VM, is BackTrack 4 Linux.

- startx
- Issue the startx command if you are
currently are only seeing a console and not a graphical user interface.

2. Confirm
Backtrack01 has an IP Address |
- Fire up a console or terminal window
- System --> Konsole

- ifconfig
- Example: No IP Address for eth0
- If a valid IP address for eth0 is not
displayed please move onto step 3.

- Example: Valid IP Address for eth0
- vi /etc/network/interfaces
- Your file should look similar to the below
screen shot
- cd /etc/init.d/
- ./networking start
- Confirm you have a valid IP address for eth0
- In my case, eth0's IP address is
192.168.1.117.

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