Wifi Pineapple Mark Iv Not Seeing 172.16.42.1

[xXNirvashXx]

Hi,

This may be a bit of a silly question, but I am having trouble with getting to web interface of brand new WiFi Pineapple Mark IV . I have tried following instructions for Windows and Linux from basic shared internet setup, with no luck ( cant even ping 172.16.42.1) I have tried leaving it on DHCP but the IP i get given is rubbish along the lines of 192.168.2.234 and not 172.16.42.100-150 that i am supposed to be getting. I tried manually setting the IP something like 172.16.42.150 and still no luck, and i still cant ping 172.16.42.1. I have tried reseting the pineapple using the reset button in a hope it would revert back to giving out right IP with no luck.

Any tips on what i am doing wrong?

Thanks :)

[Neworld]

Can you get to the wifi pineapple home page "172.16.42.1/pineapple" ?

If you can I would recommend you update to the latest version.... If your trying to share internet I recommend this video:

For other helpful tips you should download the guide...

[PineDominator]

also if your ethernet port on your computer is set to dhcp, normally the pineapple will give you an ip.

do you see the pineapple ssid? If you can connect to the pineapple I would flash the latest firmware.

[xXNirvashXx]

No sorry, 172.16.42.1/pineapple is unreachable and times out. That is the problem, I can't see it, nor can I ping 172.16.42.1. I can see the "Hornet" SSID but even when I connect wirelessly, I get wrong IP (eg 192.168.2.234) and still cant get to 172.16.42.1/pineapple, to even try to update the pineapple.

It is as if the DHCP is broken and keeps giving out weird IP, but when I try to manually set one to something within pineapple's range I still cant see the 172.16.42.1/pineapple.

Edited August 6, 2012 by xXNirvashXx

[PineDominator]

No sorry, 172.16.42.1/pineapple is unreachable and times out. That is the problem, I can't see it, nor can I ping 172.16.42.1. I can see the "Hornet" SSID but even when I connect wirelessly, I get wrong IP (eg 192.168.2.234) and still cant get to 172.16.42.1/pineapple, to even try to update the pineapple.

It is as if the DHCP is broken and keeps giving out weird IP, but when I try to manually set one to something within pineapple's range I still cant see the 172.16.42.1/pineapple.

from what you said "Hornet" this is a stock board and is not flashed with the pineapple firmware yet, if you got this from the hakshop I would contact them and maybe a replacement or if your willing to attempt to flash it under there instructions.

I know the ones that come with openwrt can sometimes be flashed just like how the mk4 firmware does it.

Edited August 6, 2012 by petertfm

[xXNirvashXx]

from what you said "Hornet" this is a stock board and is not flashed with the pineapple firmware yet, if you got this from the hakshop I would contact them and maybe a replacement or if your willing to attempt to flash it under there instructions.

I know the ones that come with openwrt can sometimes be flashed just like how the mk4 firmware does it.

Thank you, I will double check when I get home but I am almost 100% sure that the SSID last night was "Hornet". It is from hakshop, I just received it about 4 days ago. I will shoot them an email than to see what they think I should do next.

Thanks again