xathor Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 (edited) What I have to work with: Pineapple Mark IV, Alfa AWUS036NHA, 2 (kit provided omnidirectional antennas), 1 plane type directional antenna. I have a high-gain 16db antenna on order. Hi, Just got my pineapple yesterday and played with at a bit yesterday. Seems like a fun toy with a bit of a learning curve. I like it so far. Unfortunately a lot of how-to's seem to be on github and they are all removed. :( My plan is pretty simple... I would like to connect to a distant wifi network with the directional antenna connected to the Alfa via USB to the pineapple. Then with the wifi on the pineapple I would like to repeat the wireless network under a different SSID with WPA2 encryption. I would also like to take all the connections that connect to my repeated wifi and tunnel them thru SSH to my computer back home. I am having some difficulty setting this up and I would like guidance or tips on this scenario. Any guidance or help would be appreciated. Edit: To get answers more directly related to my question. Edited June 29, 2012 by xathor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbyb1980 Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Might not be a good idea to talk to your family on an unknown AP. U dont want them knowing who u r back home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velkrosmaak Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Or where Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xathor Posted June 29, 2012 Author Share Posted June 29, 2012 · Hidden by xathor, June 29, 2012 - Not getting answers related to the question... Hidden by xathor, June 29, 2012 - Not getting answers related to the question... The AP that I am hoping to be able to connect to is (supposedly) owned by a large US company and goes over a satellite link back to the states. It's pretty distant and spotty at best even outside the tents. I'm sure with a directional antenna I will be able to connect to it reliably given that the entire area is nearly flat. Regardless, I'm not too terribly worried about the AP. I can't go that long without internet. It's a terrible addiction. I struggled for a while at one point in my life with trying to get internet for several months over a Iridium phone using a serial connection. The world changes a lot in 8 months... Link to comment
bobbyb1980 Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 (edited) Sounds like a satellite option might be better for you. tons of people offering somewhat reasonably priced broadband sat connections in afghan and much of the region. check this out, http://www.caworldwifi.com/wl2410gm-1-watt-outdoor-wifi-transmitter.html, was able to provide a signal ~750 meters in an urban area w/a 17dbi directional atenna. Edited June 29, 2012 by bobbyb1980 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xathor Posted June 30, 2012 Author Share Posted June 30, 2012 I also noticed something strange after playing with airmon-ng earlier... even after a reset and firmware re-flash. If I log in via SSH and do a iwconfig I get mon.wlan0 up; Also, if I ifconfig I see it as well. If I run airmon-ng I see... wlan0 Atheros ath9k - [phy0] mon.wlan0 Atheros ath9k - [phy0] IEEE Unknown Unknown (MONITOR MODE NOT SUPPORTED) 802.11bgn Unknown Unknown (MONITOR MODE NOT SUPPORTED) Mode:Monitor Unknown Unknown (MONITOR MODE NOT SUPPORTED) Frequency:2.462 Unknown Unknown (MONITOR MODE NOT SUPPORTED) GHz Unknown Unknown (MONITOR MODE NOT SUPPORTED) Tx-Power=18 Unknown Unknown (MONITOR MODE NOT SUPPORTED) dBm Unknown Unknown (MONITOR MODE NOT SUPPORTED) I've seen in other posts people have had this issue but I haven't seen how people fixed it. It persists thru firmware flashing (http based). If I 'airmon-ng stop mon.wlan0' and 'airmon-ng stop wlan0' then bring the interface back up with 'ifconfig wlan0 up' it gets rid of the issue but keeps people from being able to connect to my wifi. :( Weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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