now i've got a new problem, I can not log in using the web browser any more http://172.16.42.1 like I use to do before the upgrade.
I can log in via ssh root@172.16.42.1 and I can use my cell phone to access the internet through the pineapple. So thinking I may have gotten a bad download I downloaded again and check the md5sum and it matched. The last time I ran the upgrade(2.8.0) from a flash drive no errors and it rebooted just fine, just no access from the web interface.
I'm using ubuntu 12.04lts 64bit with google chrome and firefox. So now I'm at a loss as to what may have gone wrong or what I messed up.