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    Boot Mode to change AP SSID

    in WiFi Pineapple Mark V

    Posted

    I dug through the karma page code and found that you should use hosted_cli. This is all you should have to put into the dip to change it at boot. I tested it on command line and in dip 101

    hostapd_cli -p /var/run/hostapd-phy0 karma_change_ssid "Survey"

    EDIT: as long as you have your pineapple quasi near defaults it should come up with phy0 on AP mode but if not there is a karma_enable flag

    good job thanks just the job :)

    Boot Mode to change AP SSID

    in WiFi Pineapple Mark V

    Posted

    I will be using my laptop with the survey software on. The Pineapple will act as a signal source where we are working out where best to place access points before we run cables. Hence needing it running in AP mode and on battery

    FYI

    I usually run Site Survey from http://www.ekahau.com/ with a WiSpy DBx from Mettageek and an Alfa USB wireless card or Netspot on my Macbook depending on the job

    Boot Mode to change AP SSID

    in WiFi Pineapple Mark V

    Posted

    Background

    As part of my day job I sometimes have to do a site surveys for new Wifi installs. Usually we put in a few demo AP's and walk about with a ekahau heatmapper or site survey to map the signal around the building to give us an idea on the best place to place the new AP's.

    My Plan

    I would like to use my Pineapple with a battery pack as sometimes power points are not available in the areas we are testing. (next month I have to survey a cold store warehouse for new wireless for handheld wireless data collection units) and it has now power sockets at the moment

    I don't want to have to login to my Pineapple and reconfigure it the odd times I do this so I wanted to setup a Dip Switch to set the ESSID on wlan0 to SURVEY or something

    My Problem

    I have to following set in dip switch 3 in boot options but it isn't working

    iwconfig wlan0 key open; iwconfig wlan0 mode master; iwconfig essid SURVEY; iwconfig channel 6

    What I have done
    I have connected to my pineapple over ssh to test the commands and I suspect the iwconfig to be a problem as when I run commands such as
    iwconfig wlan0 essid SURVEY
    I get the error
    Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
    SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not supported.
    Other errors
    iwconfig wlan0 key open
    Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
    SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not supported.
    iwconfig wlan0 mode master
    Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
    SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.
    I am not a linux guru but I do understand the basics.
    Can anyone point me in the right direction?
    Is there a listing of settings people have used on the dip switches other than those here http://wiki.wifipineapple.com/index.php/DIP_Switches and the few that are on the forum ?
    Thank you

    Mark V >5 minute boot up

    in WiFi Pineapple Mark V

    Posted

    Hi

    I thought I would add to this thread, I am having the same issue with my new replacement pineapple (last one was fried after a wetware issue and a usb battery pack).

    I have a flashing amber light and a solid green.

    Steps taken so far

    I have changed the SD card for another

    Formatted and re downloaded the upgrade.bin md5 files both 1.1 and 1.04

    Performed the bricked reflash procedure

    No luck

    I can see the pineapple via ssh but this is only the MK5 Stager shell

    Would love to get this working as I need to use it in a demo next week....

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