[Atheros NHA rebooting when turned on]

Hi Foxtrot, thanks for the answer!

I am using powered USB hub and 12v DC/1200ma power brick..I think that should be sufficient.

The usb hub is the same as the one sold in Hak5 shop.

[Atheros NHA rebooting when turned on]

Hi,

I am new to Pineapple and have been pretty successful setting it up, however with one big exception:

I am unable to use both internal and external(USB) radio at the same time without NHA powering down and back up.

I have seen this might be related to power issues, however I am running both USB powered hub and power brick when testing this.

lsusb output:

lsusb Output

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 1a40:0101 Terminus Technology Inc. 4-Port HUB
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0781:5571 SanDisk Corp.
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0cf3:9271 Atheros Communications, Inc. AR9271 802.11n

Sometimes after the boot I can't bring up wlan1 :

root@Pineapple:~# ifconfig wlan1 up

ifconfig: SIOCGIFFLAGS: No such device

This can be usually solved by replugging the NHA into the usb.

root@Pineapple:~# iwconfig

lo no wireless extensions.

wlan1 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any

Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=20 dBm

RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off

Encryption key:off

Power Management:off

eth1 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn Mode:Master Tx-Power=27 dBm

RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off

Power Management:on

If I add another client interface via Network manager or try to set up client connection on WLAN1 via the wireless_connect.sh script the WLAN1 interface dissapears:

root@Pineapple:~# iwconfig

lo no wireless extensions.

eth1 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn Mode:Master Tx-Power=27 dBm

RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off

Power Management:on

eth0 no wireless extensions.

br-lan no wireless extensions.

lsusb still sees the NHA but LED is not flashing anymore.

Any hints? I have no idea where to go next.