Pineapple Mk3 To Normal Router

[reflex]

Hi there, im in need of a router and wanting to to install DD-WRT or Open-WRT on the Alfa AP51. Currently it has the Pineapple MK3 firmware installed and finding it hard to fend any decent docu on this. Anyone done this willing to write up a quick tut, would be appreciated.

[WatskeBart]

I don't own a AP51, but i think you goto: ALFA Firmware page

• Download the AP51 firmware.
  
• SCP the firmware to your AP51 in the /tmp directory
  
• Run sysupgrade -n -v /tmp/<firmwarefile> and you are back to stock firmware.
  

Someone please correct me if i'm wrong ;)

[reflex]

Hi there, thanks for the quick reply but isnt working.

root@Pineapple:/tmp# sysupgrade -n -v /tmp/AP51_ID_nb_r1600_ETSI.bin

Invalid image. Use combined .img files on this platform

Image check 'platform_check_image' failed.

any ideas?

[barry99705]

Pretty sure you can use the gui tool to flash the stock firmware back. I've not tried it though.

[reflex]

Yeh im using Linux though, will install windows if no one comes up with a solution, need to re-jailbreak my iPhone anywayz

[WatskeBart]

Yeh im using Linux though

There's a linux GUI as well :)

It's all there on the wiki ;) just scroll down to the Mark III part :D

[reflex]

Solution in case anybody wants it : Download http://uploading.com/files/3be927b2/Alfa-AP51-DD-WRT.zip , connect to pineapple through LAN. Unzip Alfa-AP51-DD-WRT.zip and cd into Alfa-AP51-DD-WRT directory then run "./ap51-flash-1.0-42 eth0 root.fs vmlinux.bin.l7 nvram". If it says no packet then just unplug router then plugin again. Should get a message about your IP and MAC then will start to upload.

[Mr-Protocol]

The Alfa AP51 is the Mark III it uses a different flashing technique than the Mark IV.

DO NOT try and put the Mark IV firmware on the Mark III (AP51/OM1P models).

Firmware Mark III

Mark III Info http://forums.hak5.org/index.php?showannouncement=6

If you are trying to turn your Mark III into it's normal router operation as it used to be, you will have to get the AP51 firmware from Alfa and flash that.

[Arch_Angel]

to install OpenWRT on my AP51 i used the AP51 flash utility and that was about it

unplug the AP51

Open the AP51 flash tool

select your files

Plug in the power to the AP51 and hit Go at the same time

Edited May 10, 2012 by Arch_Angel

[barry99705]

Yeh im using Linux though, will install windows if no one comes up with a solution, need to re-jailbreak my iPhone anywayz

I think the linux version is better than the windows version. :D