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The Belkin N750 DB dual-band wireless USB model f9l1103 v1 works. it supports all wifi modes and you can change the CC. It is a Ralink chip RT3573 using the rt2800 usb library.

I use mine to connect to witopia VPN using openvpn. I travel for work a lot and live out of a hotel room. All my devices( kindle, IPad, computer, phone) connect to the mark5 and then I only have to do the hotel captive portal logon once (sadly once a day).

I can't get the pineapple setup to use my VPN provider. I'd like to use openvpn but at the very least PPTP. p

I've been traveling for work a lot. One big pain is logging into the hotel WIFI on 3 (IPAD,IPHONE,computer) different devices everyday. The hotel remember each device's MAC for 24 hours. So I've used the Mark 4 as an AP (WPA2) connecting to the open Hotel WIFI via the AWUS036NHA. After connecting to the hotel WIFI I only have to use one device connected to the AP to click the "i agree" button on the hotel captive portal. The best part using the mark4 this way is I can connect my appleTV to the hotel WIFI since the appleTV doesn't have a web browser and cannot log into the captive portal directly. I would like to have the mark4 connect to my witopia VPN account. I've been reading the openWRT openVPN pages but I can't get it to work. Anyone get VPN working on the pineapple?

Edit the wireless file in /etc/config/ Change option mode ap under radio 1 to sta Here is the radio 1 section of my file config wifi-device radio1 option type mac80211 option channel 11 option macaddr 00:12:12:12:12:12 option hwmode 11ng option htmode HT20 list ht_capab SHORT-GI-20 list ht_capab SHORT-GI-40 list ht_capab RX-STBC1 list ht_capab DSSS_CCK-40 # REMOVE THIS LINE TO ENABLE WIFI: config wifi-iface option device radio1 option network lan option mode sta option ssid OpenWrt option encryption none

I had the same problem with a16G. The flash drive is locked and cannot be unlocked. It is a know problem with this model. I threw my 16G out and bought a 4G. I've had no issues with the 4G. I also have the 8G model. The pineapple will only see it when I plug it in using a powered USB hub.

I returned the AP and got a new one. All is working fine now.

WOW looks like I may have gotten a bad AP121. :( I followed the clean flash instructions several times. The AP would not boot same error message. I sent it back to Data Alliance.

Mine came from Data Alliance DOA. It would not boot. Can you point me to where I can download the latest kernel image? I put the factory images on the AP per Sebkinne's wiki. Those images will not work with the 64MB version. I was just headed off to the post office to return the AP when I saw your post. Data Alliance's advice use the newest kernel. They sent me a link to Openwrt.com "how to compile OpenWrt". I asked if they have an factory image for this device, bu tthey don't. It would be great learning how to make openwrt work in this device, but I can do that with a working non64MB model.

Looks like I bought the wrong AP121 model this time. I'll try to return it. Thanks for your help. I should have looked at the specs. I wanted to buy this AP to use with Open-WRT and not the pineapple firmware. I travel a lot and stay in many hotels with open Wifi. I want to use the router to connect to Witopia.net. I have an ex-pinepapple configured with openvpn right now for this reason. I just wanted a replacement. I received an email form Data-Alliance. they asked me to try to update the router with the lastest kernel. If it doesn't work I'll return it. thanks for your response Sebkinne

Just got a new ALFA AP121U in the mail today from Data Alliance. It was DOA. I could not connect to the AP over wifi or ethernet. I connected to the TTL level serial console. I got this message : VFS: Cannot open root device "(null)" or unknown-block(0,0) Please append a correct "root=" boot option; here are the available partitions: Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0) I followed the instructions for a factory flash, but that didn't help. I own 3 AP121U and have flash them many times without any problems. I emailed data-alliance and after called them. They told me they don't have online support and email was the best way to reach them. I just went to their website http://www.data-alli...2.11n-AP/Detail and saw this little note: Sept 20: We are halting shipments of this item for 1-2 weeks while we troubleshoot what appears to be a bug with the 64MB board's compatibility with Open-WRT Anyone know what is going on wit the hardware? Anyone else have this issue? I can send the entire bootup message if anyone is interested.

I bought the USB powered hub from the hak shop. Unfortunately it doesn't work.

My antenna was very loose. I didn't realize it until, the wifi range suddenly got horrible. When I opened the mark4 up the cable was twited into little tiny loops.I straighten the cable out and tighten the nuts. The wifi range went back to normal.

Can't wait to try this!

Thank you for the well written instructions.