I've got to echo the original poster's sentiments. There are some assumptions I made when I bought the Mark V, that seem to have been wrong:
- A new product is better than the older product
- Infusions listed as available for the specific version I have, should work for that version
- Buying a pineapple would involve less time on configuration than building one from scratch using an rPI or similar board. (This may still be true, but it's not as big a gap as I was expecting).
- With dual radios, I can make a client connection to another AP. (Seems this may be possible with workarounds, which are documented in the forum somewhere).
Sslstrip was a compelling reason to buy the pineapple, 'cause I wanted to use it in a demo for some students. If it's not working, then I would have liked to see a nice big warning sign on the online shop stating that. Similarly, if client connections don't work, that should be stated on the online shop.
The primary value-add of the pineapple is its ease of use. Once it's start becoming less easy to use, then there's less of an incentive to buy it as opposed to an rPI + usb wifi and simply install the tools from scratch. Install-and-configure-everthing-on-the-commandline-without-any-documentation, was the step I was hoping to avoid with the pineapple.