Connection problems and Confusion

[viperius]

Greetings one and all.

I have a Mark iV and it was working a while ago and I have just got it back out and now it is not behaving.

A few things may have changed in the ensuing time (new versions of Linux, windows etc) a new broadband provider and I am a bit older and some of the brain cells may have died.

So I have followed the instructions in the book and have the following set up

Linux - ububtu 14.04 LTS running 32bit (this is a small note book machine)

mk IV is running 2.8.1 firm ware

I have a verbatim 16GB USB drive (with 2 partitions)

I have run wp4.sh

wifi adaptor (wlan0) on notebook is connected to home network and I can connect to internet via browser

Ethernet (eth0) is setup as 172.16.42.42 to communicate with mk IV

MK iV is 172.16.42.1 and I can connect to it via the browser using 172.16.42.1:1471 )I have a cat5 cable plugged into the POE/LAN port)

All was seeming good at this point.

Now the fun stuff starts.

When I click reveal public ip I get "Error Connecting"

When I click check for update I get "Error Connecting. Please make sure you have a working connection!"

When I try and get a list of infusions I get the same error.

Things I have tried

I did a factory reset of the MK iV

I tried connecting the MKIV to my network via the Lan Port

I tried tethering it a windows laptop running windows 10 following the instruction in the book and guidance from the internet (got the same results)

Like I said I had this working before but I am obviously not doing something.

Any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[Xenos]

Hi, got the same problem...

I did the same configuration steps like u.

I have the seriously problem that i can ping outside servers (e.q. 8.8.8.8), but i can't forward the http traffic or get a positive message from "reveal public ip" or "check for update".

I connected the WAN port with the internet and the PoW/LAN port and the Wifi with my mac.

Additionally I configured the internet sharing options on mac to let the USB-Ethernetadapter (PoE/LAN port) use the wifi internet connection. But it doesn't helps.

Maybe there is an issue with the routing table?

I would be appreciated aswell if someone got help.

[Sebkinne]

Hi, got the same problem...

I did the same configuration steps like u.

I have the seriously problem that i can ping outside servers (e.q. 8.8.8.8), but i can't forward the http traffic or get a positive message from "reveal public ip" or "check for update".

I connected the WAN port with the internet and the PoW/LAN port and the Wifi with my mac.

Additionally I configured the internet sharing options on mac to let the USB-Ethernetadapter (PoE/LAN port) use the wifi internet connection. But it doesn't helps.

Maybe there is an issue with the routing table?

I would be appreciated aswell if someone got help.

Please search the forum for OSX ics help. It's not very straightforward, as Apple keeps changing things.

Best regards,

Sebkinne

[viperius]

Further info...

I can ping www.wifipineapple.com and cloud.wifipineapple.com from within the advanced tab

[viperius]

Ok some more info.

I have setup the Mk IV as a Wi-Fi hotspot and connected to it using my mobile phone. I can then browse on my phone so there is obviously a connection from the MKIV through the notebook an out to the internet.

So the question is.....why is it still telling me no connection when I try and get to the pineapple Bar, upgrade or reveal public ip.

Have I missed something? or are the MkIV servers no longer functioning.

[tomscrat]

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So the question is.....why is it still telling me no connection when I try and get to the pineapple Bar, upgrade or reveal public ip.

Have I missed something? or are the MkIV servers no longer functioning.

.....

I have the seriously problem that i can ping outside servers (e.q. 8.8.8.8), but i can't forward the http traffic or get a positive message from "reveal public ip" or "check for update".

I connected the WAN port with the internet and the PoW/LAN port and the Wifi with my mac.

Additionally I configured the internet sharing options on mac to let the USB-Ethernetadapter (PoE/LAN port) use the wifi internet connection. But it doesn't helps.

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When I click reveal public ip I get "Error Connecting"

When I click check for update I get "Error Connecting. Please make sure you have a working connection!"

When I try and get a list of infusions I get the same error.

Things I have tried

I did a factory reset of the MK iV

I tried connecting the MKIV to my network via the Lan Port

I tried tethering it a windows laptop running windows 10 following the instruction in the book and guidance from the internet (got the same results)

Like I said I had this working before but I am obviously not doing something.

Any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

the function "reveal public IP Address" can be found in:

root@pineapple:/pineapple/components/system/network

cat functions.php

there you can see, that by clicking on the web GUI on the Link "Internet IP: Show" you trigger a java script calling this function in functions.php:

if(isset($_GET['internet_ip'])){
  if(online()){
   echo file_get_contents("https://wifipineapple.com/ip.php");
  }else{
   echo '<font color="red">Error Connecting</font>;
  }
}

I think, the point is that https connections don't work, see my post here: https://forums.hak5.org/index.php?/topic/37929-suggestion-how-to-fix-https-connections-on-ap-121u-based-mk4-pineapple/

performing a

curl https://wifipineapple.com/ip.php

from a standard linux desktop gives you your public IP Address ... so this script is working fine ... but requires a https connection ...

(1) the php function "file_get_contents" seems to need some kind of wrapper to support https (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1975461/how-to-get-file-get-contents-work-with-https) and

(2) wget, which is used in opkg update, comes from busybox which also does not support https connections

So, I believe your pineapple is working fine, but the backend was migrated to https connections only ... which are not supported in MK4 models so far