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I have been playing around with Wifi Pineapple Mark IV for couple of days. I have put in a 8GB Lexar USB disk in it to use a storage. When I use the Pineapple, sometimes after an hour or so of use, the usb partition disappears. When I try to unmount the partition, it says "umount: can't umount /usb: Device or resource busy". When, I try to mount it back, it says "mount: mounting /dev/sda1 on /usb failed: No such file or directory". I am confused as to what will cause the partition to disappear mysteriously? Is this a known issue with the firmware or kernel. Can a hardware issue be at play here, which a different unit may solve?

I have a n00b question related to my brand new Wifi Pineapple Mark IV. All I want to do is the following: monitor the wireless channels continuously in monitor mode, and store a log of all broadcast packets (e.g., beacon signals, probe requests). This data, I want to either store on a USB internally to transfer to an online server every 10 seconds. My questions - How do I collect packets in monitor mode. On my Linux laptop, I use "tshark -I -i wlan0" - How do I configure the device so that, as it starts, it auto collects all the data and writes to USB on boot. I assume, I will need to write a startup script and place it on USB key, which is run using init.d or cron? - What is the easiest way to not have usb storage and write the data online. I can use either my Android phone for providing 3G connectivity to Pineapple, or use ethernet on the device. Thanks in advance.