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Hmmm...not sure. If it doesn't make it through firmware recovery without rebooting, that sure *feels* like a hardware problem...

I would think that autorun wouldn't activate until you entered "mass storage" mode. Could you start your payload in HID keyboard mode, send the commands to edit the registry to turn off autorun, and THEN switch to mass storage mode?

Ugh...so from your computer's side it behaves like you're plugging/unplugging a USB ethernet device over and over?

After you did this (holding the button down while powering on), did you complete the firmware installation? I've never interrupted the process like that, but I do know that it would have a different IP address at that time (like 192.168.1.1) and would be looking for you to upload new firmware. Check out the "Firmware Recovery" section On the Pinapple FAQ page that should get you at least out of DFU mode...hopefully...

Follow the instructions closely: as part of the instructions, you will browse to the factory firmware loading page on your device (which will have a default IP address of 192.168.1.1)...that page will give you a progress indicator and let you know when the firmware update is complete.

Are you using the Y-Cable to connect/power the Nano? You should be: the Nano's current requirements are at the edge of what a single USB port can supply so running it without the Y-Cable might be marginal. If that's not the problem: I had similar problems with a Nano that seemed to have corrupt firmware out of the box. Go to https://www.wifipineapple.com/pages/faq and go to the "Firmware Recovery" section (I suppose you could try "Factory Reset" steps first...I tried that and it didn't help in my case). That will get you a really fresh start.

That was me that was rambling on about which page you were on...then I realized I was talking about an old version (I haven't used DD-WRT in a while) and so I deleted the post an replaced it with a more generic version :) I'm 99% sure that I have set up port forwarding in DD-WRT in the past without touching IPTables (it probably does that "under the hood" for you). It might be that entering the stuff additionally in there is messing you up. Try it without the IPTables entries.

I thought there was only 1 IP address on the screen (destination). Maybe a different version of DD-WRT has source and destination. What version are you using?

Thanks for the input, all. I thought I was being careful in selecting the antenna with the correct connector, but for sanity's sake...pic attached That is a really good point and something I had not thought about before. I will file that little tidbit away for later. However, I don't think that is what is happening in this situation because, when I switch back to the original dipoles that came with the Nano (which were working fine before I swapped them), I continue to see the problem. I would think that if it was just an issue with the antenna parameters, it would go back to the way it was before once I went back to the antenna I was using before. I definitely did not connect or disconnect the antennas with power on. I've got a healthy level of paranoia the would prevent me from doinf something like that. This worries me a little becuase there was an active access point about 6 feet away

Conpot, maybe? https://github.com/mushorg/conpot There are several out there. I think the <insert name> part yuo were missing is "honeypot" (as in search for "SCADA honeypot").

I don't know how much it will save you but, if you're using BASH (not sure abut other shells), you can put a list inside curly braces ant it will "iterate" through them. like: sudo cp /var/www/html/{test1.php,test_backup.php} untested, your milage may very, not responsible, etc. :)

My guess would be that, because you are running continuous (-0 0), it hasn't quite received all of the ACK's for the previous 64 packets before it sends the next batch (and prints the total received for the previous batch). The first round sends 64 packets...gets 63 back (there's still 1 "outstanding packet") The next round sends 64 more packets...and gets 62 back (probably 1 from the previous batch and 61 form the current batch...still 3 outstanding) ---the client speeds up or the network gets less congeted here--- The next round sends 64 packets and receives 67...the 64 it sent out plus the 3 "outstanding" from the previous sends The process repeats with various speed-ups and slow-downs as it loops. I suppose you could have also been receiving legitimate ACK's from the client in the middle (like 64 responses to YOUR deauth packets and 2 responses that it generated itself intentionally). Of course, this is all speculation on my part...

Is it possible that using high gain antennas on the Nano could cause damage? Here's the scenario: I had my Nano for a few weeks and, after a slight learning curve, everything was working relatively well. I was having a little trouble getting anything but the closest clients to associate after they were de-authed and I assumed that it was because their "native" access point had a stronger signal. So, in an effort to boost the Pineapple's signal, I ordered a couple of 9dB antennas (inspired by this thread ). After installing the new antennas, I fired up the Pineapple and did a recon scan. Disappointingly, the only two AP's to show up in a five minute scan were the ones within a 20 foot radius (and even they had a less than 50% signal strength). Prior to switching to the new antennae I would typically see 15-20 access points from the same physical location. Using my keen troubleshooting skills, I decided the cheapo antennas were pieces-o-crap and chalked it up to a "lesson learned". I shut the Pineapple down, put the stock antennas back on, plugged in and did another recon scan. Still no access points but the two very close ones. I got to thinking about it and I wonder if perhaps boosting the effective output power of the radios overloaded and damaged one. Like wlan0 transmitted just a few inches away (the length of the Nano) from the receiver in wlan0 and burned up the front-end receive circuitry? I'd be interested to see if any of you have successfully (or unsuccessfully) used high gain antennas. Maybe it's just my crappy luck...