ki2k
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Bit of a bummer- been rolling along through the upgrades up to 2.0.3 with no fuss. After going to 2.0.3, lost access to excellent quality, reliable-to-now SD card. Formatting via Pineapple not working, or if it is, taking 60 minutes plus. I'm not asking for help in any way, just passing along a data point. I've been with Mark IV for last few upgrades, then with V since release. Not new to the process, but this time it seemingly borked the SD card inexplicably...
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https://forums.hak5.org/index.php?/topic/30786-reboot-lost-all-infusions-on-sd-card/ seems to echo frustrations, but is there a definitive course of action? I'm seeing the code NOT to use on the latest version and mentions of swapping card. But did I miss an actual fix? Again- I have read it and not grasping what the solution is.
Thanks.
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As I mentioned, I'm not seeing it or I wouldn't have asked... thanks for the tip though.
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I apologize if this has been covered somewhere before, I'm not seeing it if it has. My Mark V (up to date) certainly doesn't seem nearly as stable as the IV. Lots of weird little things, but this one is becoming a pain. I fire up the Mark V, and pretty much all infusions are "gone" from main screen. I go to pineapple bar, and all of my missing infusions say "update this infusion"- not "install this infusion". So I go through the motions of updating, and they come back. Until next power cycle where it starts over again. The condition seems to have spontaneously started, not coinciding with anything I'm aware of. Any theories or guidance? Thanks!
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Not sure if it's related, but I went to update Ettercap infusion today through Pineapple Bar, got checksum error (which never, ever has happened pulling infusions before) and now it shows Ettercap "not installed" and no option to Install it- like no longer available. Weird...
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There are no real groups that do what you describe, because you're missing a significant point. Antennas have little to do with throughput and speedtest websites are poor measures of radio performance. The increases in performance you imagine testing in relation to antennas come from 802.11 technologies in play, adapter capabilities, and a number of other parameters that have nothing to do with antanna. The best you'd be able to do is study sustaining higher data rates allowed by radio technology in use at further distances, but these rates are reported by the adapters themselves.
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Hey pr0metheus,
Antennas (other than homemade) are certified by their manufacturers as they are built to specific gain and coverage pattern values. If you are home-brewing, that's different. But you need to learn basic RF math, learn about modeling programs like EZNEK and have the ability to measure signal strength (data rates, as measured with speedtest.net, are waaaay after the fact and are usually limited by your ISP connection, which tends to be a fraction of what what modern wireless is capable of and influenced by many other factors) at the output of the transmitter, at the output of the antenna, and out in the field to "prove" performance.
Or you could use like yogi project plans and free online calculators to get a sense of what a given antenna design should do if built right.
It is fun stuff.
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The stock antennas are the typical 2.2 dBi "dipoles" or rubber ducks. They have a coverage pattern like figure 4 on this page: http://www.antenna-theory.com/antennas/dipole.php that is the starting poiint to refer other antennas to. And the size of this cell will very on power level out (every 3 dB in power out DOUBLES effective signal strength).
For a crazy strong 25 dBi yagi, you're going to be more like this: http://yagi-uda.com/eleven_elements_yagi-uda.php (don't get hung up the frequencies noted, all Yagis have same general pattern) and all that's happening is the original dipole cell is geing squeezed into the Yagi shape, like with a round water balloon you squeeze to be longer. There's no amplification, just gain in a given direction.
So what's the middle ground? Something more semi-directional (sometimes called patch or panel antennas) like this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA2970RU5224&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleMKP&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleMKP-_-pla-_-Wireless+Adapters-_-9SIA2970RU5224
And here's a great paper on antenna theory in general: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/wireless/ps7183/ps469/prod_white_paper0900aecd806a1a3e.html
and for basic RF math and output effective power, see this excellent write-up http://my.safaribooksonline.com/book/certification/ccna/9780470527658/wlan-rf-fundamentals/rf_math
and one of my own blogs at http://wirednot.wordpress.com/2013/09/05/look-a-bit-beyond-wlan-rf/
(Warning: antennas are addicting).
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Just a couple more thoughts- the 25 dBi Yagi will be EXTREMELY directional, so aim gets that much more important than with lesser-gained antennas (this applies to both TX and RX). And with amplifiers, you have to remember that they don't just make your transmitted signal huge, they also usually amplify received noise as well so can actually work against you.
Its worth learning about antenna reciprocity, antenna patterns and polarity, basic RF math (Rule of 3, rule of 10) and things like allowable EIRP as with that 25dBi cannon, you're going already be illegal unless you turn your power down. Now whether anybody really gives a fig is another story, but better to understand what you're doing with both TRUE output power (at the antenna stub) and EFFECTIVE output power (what comes out of antenna, feed cable, and connectors after gain or loss) in case you ever do have to explain yourself.
The better you get in this area, the more you'll appreciate the effect that different antennas have on signal. This is one of the more fascinating parts of working with Wi-Fi for a living. No lecture intended, just trying to help :)
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Check out MetaGeek Eye P.A., WildPacket's OmniPeek, and the AirMagnet line. These are main staples for those of us doing wireless for a living:)
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Anything past 254 is invalid in IPv4, no DHCP server will serve them, no client will use them, and as part of a config file they can cause trouble depending on device....
Trying to help :)
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Some of the antennas discussed here are fundamentally the wrong wavelength, and they can do damage to your pineapple or give crappy signal regardless of how impressive they look or sound. The antenna has to be either 2.4 GHz or dual band 2.4/5 GHz, or you don't want it attached to your Pineapple. There are lots of snazzy looking antennas out there, but some of them are for ham radio, etc and freq matters, bigtime.
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Thanks for that- I'll keep watching.
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Being of minimal Linux skill (but in my defense I'm a hell of a networker), I love the pre-packaged infusions and was a bit surprised to see no Rolls on the Mark 5 infusion list. Anything coming in this regard, or any simple way of getting the same Rolls off of my Mark IV onto the V?
Did I mention the minimal skill thing? Sure, chuckle at me, but please be polite about it :)
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Speaking of Rickrolls, was surprised that Random/Rickrolls not on Mark V infusion list.
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Well done on the Mark V! Where do the dip switches get configured? I'm either missing it, or looking right at it without seeing it.
Thanks much.
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Thank you, BTW, deathdealerxx- I did order the serial thing for future adventures and will heed your advice on reading the Wiki...
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Pretty freaky- on a whim, I aimed my PC at 192.168.1.1:1471, and got in with default name/password. Again- at no point did I enter 192.168 into the UI... all services except cron jobs were disabled. From the UI, I did factory reset, and she came back OK. I'm hoping it's not that flaky going forward. The upgrade was to 2.8.1, which unit is now on.
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Just took pineapple out of box, turned on, checked for upgrade- which was available. Ran through upgrade, it did successful update and self-rebooted. All was fine, then I put the unit away with about 20 total minutes of use on it for upgrade, looking at menus. Powered down, put away for couple of hours. Came back to a partial brick on next power up- no wireless, pineapple seems to be on 192.168.1.x, as it is handing out addresses over Ethernet that show 192.168.1.1 as gateway. I set up none of this, and doing 7-10 second reset changes nothing. I cant find any way to access the pineapple at this point.
Does this ring familiar to anyone, and do these units brick that easily? Is it worth trying to flash (gotta buy serial thing, no?) or does this sound like a defective unit?
Cannot install any infusions to SD card after upgrade to 2.0.2
in WiFi Pineapple Mark V
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I'll admit to being newly stumped in similar way after successful upgrade to 2.0.3. I've had no problem with previous upgrades, but the latest has made the SD card no longer available for installing infusions. I've attempted to format SD card, but seems to take forever (like almost 90 minutes) the one time I could get it to go.
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