I now have the 2 female USB to 1 male mini-usb plugged into the Alfa AWUS036NHA, and it is listed as wlan1 interface, but when I issue "ifconfig wlan1 up" that command hangs indefinitely .. the SSH session remains open.
Any thoughts? How is everyone else getting this interface up and running?
Cheers
Oh, and this is plugged in 12 V. to the Pineapple.
OK, I think I found the issue - I was running my setup through the powered USB from the hackshop. I didn't supply any power to the powered end of the usb since power was flowing through on the data cable anyway. That might be the issue.
Interestingly, I can power the pineapple completely via the USB port via the data input end of the aforementioned powered usb.