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[Darren Kitchen]

If you picked up a MK4 from Shmoocon please do not use the factory reset function on the Advanced page. I discovered a flaw in the firmware that will make the pineapple very unhappy.

The factory reset button executes the commands rm /etc/config/* and cp /etc/config/backup/* /etc/config/

Problem is, the MK4 from Shmoocon doesn't contain a /etc/config/backup directory filled with original configs.

Here's a quick hotfix for the problem.

From the advanced page paste the following into the bottom text field and click "Execute Commands"

mkdir /etc/config/backup/
cp /etc/config/* /etc/config/backup/

As always, MK3 or 4, if you're having problems with your Pineapple that you can't fix yourself please contact shop@hak5.org and we'll take care of you.

And if you're not up to speed on the mk4 details please see http://forums.hak5.o...showtopic=25448

[korang]

Done...

[MF_berry]

<-- guy that killed his pineapple at shmoocon


fixed the one you recovered via serial, and did this bugfix.

sooooo how long until we see the 3g card sexiness? i think i want to rock out the standalone pelican case lol.

[Darren Kitchen]

We'll have a firmware update for the MK4's that launched at Shmoocon this week. Good to hear you're up and running MF_berry. We're not ready for 3G out-of-the-box yet, but we're on our way. I'll post my findings as I have working configs. Right now I'm focusing on the Novatel MC760 as it's widely supported in Linux. That's the Virgin Mobile dongle I had at the booth. About a hundred bucks at a Best Buy and the unlimited 3G refill cards at $50. Both can be bought with cash

[eeffaabb]

I purchased a WifiPineapple Mk4 at shmoocon, and I have challenges the whole time, at this point I did a factory reset and now neither interface on the device lights up. I tried to use the wp3.sh on an Ububtu and
received errors, I also tried on a windows machine still no luck. So what do I need to do to unbrick my new wifiPineApple Mk4? Can I use the USB port?

Please help!!

[Mr-Protocol]

You have posted that same message in multiple places. I have responded to your other post and moved it to the proper thread.

Change the first line of wp3.sh from #!/bin/sh to #!/bin/bash

[Darren Kitchen]

eeffaabb, please contact shop@hak5.org. If you used the factory reset button before applying the above hot fix we're going to have to reflash your pineapple (unless you have a serial console cable)

[eeffaabb]

eeffaabb, please contact shop@hak5.org. If you used the factory reset button before applying the above hot fix we're going to have to reflash your pineapple (unless you have a serial console cable)

I have a serial cable with a usb to serial adapter (TRENDnet TU-S9) connected to a WindowsXP machine. I tried to set connection through hyper terminal with the following port settings:
Bit Per Second: 9600
Data Bits: 8
Parity: None
Stop Bits: 1
Flow Control: None LAN Port

I also used the rj45 connector to the PoE port on the pineapple.

And then tried to use the ymodem to send "openwrt-atheros-vmlinux.lzma". Was not able to transfer, and I never got into the bootstrap in the pineapple.

Nothing is working for me.

What am doing wrong, are there a specific instructions on how to do this?
What version of the firmware do I use? Can you send me a link to were it is?

Sorry I need to be spoon fed this, I really want to get this to work and I do not want to send this to the west coast to get flashed, since I am on the east coast. I NEED HELP

[Darren Kitchen]

Here's a quick flashing guide for the MK4 via serial:

Connect a USB TTL Serial console cable to the pin headers next to the USB port. Set your com program (hyperterminal, minicom, screen, gcom) to use these settings:
115200, 8, N, 1, no hardware flow control, no software flow control

minicom -s

Connect ethernet between the PC and the Pineapple's WAN/LAN port. Set a static IP on the PC of 192.168.2.11 / 255.255.255.0

ifconfig eth0 192.168.2.11 netmask 255.255.255.0 up

Configure a TFTP server (Windows: http://tftpd32.jounin.net/ Linux: http://code.google.com/p/tftpgui/)

Download the factory firmware from http://wifipineapple...tory/kernel.bin and http://wifipineapple...tory/rootfs.bin

wget http://wifipineapple.com/mk4/factory/kernel.bin; wget http://wifipineapple.com/mk4/factory/rootfs.bin

Move the two bin files in your tftproot directory

Power on the pineapple. In your com program you will see:

U-Boot 1.1.4 (Sep 29 2011 - 16:39:41)

AP121-8MB (ar9331) U-boot
DRAM:  32 MB
Top of RAM usable for U-Boot at: 82000000
Reserving 248k for U-Boot at: 81fc0000
Reserving 192k for malloc() at: 81f90000
Reserving 44 Bytes for Board Info at: 81f8ffd4
Reserving 36 Bytes for Global Data at: 81f8ffb0
Reserving 128k for boot params() at: 81f6ffb0
Stack Pointer at: 81f6ff98
Now running in RAM - U-Boot at: 81fc0000
id read 0x100000ff
flash size 8388608, sector count = 128
Flash:  8 MB
In:    serial
Out:   serial
Err:   serial
Net:   ag7240_enet_initialize...
Fetching MAC Address from 0x81feb688
Fetching MAC Address from 0x81feb688
: cfg1 0x5 cfg2 0x7114
eth0: 00:c0:ca:5f:6b:5d
eth0 up
: cfg1 0xf cfg2 0x7214
eth1: 00:c0:ca:5f:6b:5e
athrs26_reg_init_lan
ATHRS26: resetting s26
ATHRS26: s26 reset done
eth1 up
eth0, eth1

Please choose the operation: 
   1: Entr boot command line interface. 
   2: Load system code then write to Flash via TFTP. 
   3: Boot system code via Flash (default).

Press 1 to enter the U-Boot CLI

At the ar7240> prompt issue these commands:

setenv bootargs "board=ALFA console=ttyATH0,115200 rootfstype=squashfs,jffs2 noinitrd"
saveenv
tftp 0x80600000 kernel.bin
erase 0x9f650000 +0x190000
cp.b 0x80600000 0x9f650000 d695a
tftp 0x80600000 rootfs.bin
erase 0x9f050000 +0x600000
cp.b 0x80600000 0x9f050000 23d004
bootm 0x9f650000

Once OpenWRT finishes booting press ENTER to active the console. Issue passwd and set a root password. Next start the ssh service /etc/init.d/dropbear start

Move the Ethernet cable from the WAN/LAN port to the PoE LAN port.

From the PC ping 192.168.2.1 to verify a connection. From here you'll need to SCP over the latest MK4 update from http://wifipineapple.com/mk4/firmware

SCP the latest firmware .bin file to the Pineapple's /tmp/ directory (windows: http://winscp.net/eng/index.php linux: you already have scp)

scp firmware.bin root@192.168.2.1:/tmp/

Once the firmware has been copied to the pineapple's /tmp/ directory you're ready to update the factory firmware to the latest version of the Jasager suite. On the pineapple issue:

sysupgrade -n -v /tmp/firmware.bin

The upgrade process takes 2-3 minutes. When complete the Pineapple will reboot and all will be happy again in the land of the pineapple. Continue with normal usage (ie: change your PC's ethernet interface back to DHCP or static it to 172.16.42.42)

[hfam]

Here's a quick flashing guide for the MK4 via serial:

<snip>

From the PC ping 192.168.2.1 to verify a connection. From here you'll need to SCP over the latest MK4 update from http://wifipineapple.com/mk4/firmware

Nice!! LOTS of great info there, thanks Darren!

Unfortunately, the link to the MK4 Firmware comes up empty though. Any thoughts?

Thanks again for all you do, brother!!

Edited by hfam, 10 February 2012 - 02:40 PM.

[blogs]

well .i see.