This is probably obvious to many but I've recently started playing around with a Pineapple Nano and have tried configuring it through Windows 10, Kali 2017.1 rolling, and an iPhone (all via the wireless management AP).
Win10 and iOS connected to the Pineapple management AP without any issues or special configuration on their side. Just browsed to 172.16.42.1:1471 and logged right in with the credentials I had previously configured over USB (per the Pineapple U tutorial vids).
On Kali, however, I could see the management AP on my list of WiFi networks and I could provide the WPA password, but Kali would give up trying to connect after a few seconds on each attempt.
The solution ended up being a simple one: in the network manager GUI, I had to configure the pineapple management AP WiFi network as "Link-Local Only" and deselect DNS. Once I did that, it connected right up with no further issues.
I'm probably just a little slower than most but maybe someone will find this useful if they are just starting out with Kali and/or the Pineapple...
