Can't associate to open Wi-Fi network. Alfa Card

[TylerCPU]

Hey guys. I can't connect my Alfa AWUS036NHA to a open Wi-Fi router. It's connected to my Wi-Fi Pineapple IV. 2.8.0 Firmware. I run ifconfig wlan1 up,iwconfig wlan1 mode managed, iwconfig wlan1 essid Guest, but I still can't associate to my network. It's an open one. This is what iwconfig looks like

root@Pineapple:~# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

wlan1     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:"Guest"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated
          Tx-Power=20 dBm
          RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off

eth1      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  Mode:Master  Tx-Power=18 dBm
          RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:on

eth0      no wireless extensions.

br-lan    no wireless extensions.

root@Pineapple:~#

Am I missing something simple? I scoured the web for info, but I found nothing. Please help. Thanks.

Edited March 18, 2013 by TylerCPU

[Foxtrot]

You sure? http://blog.tplus1.com/index.php/2008/06/13/how-to-connect-to-a-wireless-network-from-the-ubuntu-command-line/

-Foxtrot

[TylerCPU]

You sure? http://blog.tplus1.com/index.php/2008/06/13/how-to-connect-to-a-wireless-network-from-the-ubuntu-command-line/

-Foxtrot

Yes, that doesn't work. I tried just about every blog,forum,post/video. I always get stuck at iwconfig wlan1 essid "Guest" which is an open Wi-Fi network. It will not associate. The pineapple says,"You want to connect? Well, you can't hahah!"

[TylerCPU]

I tried the networkmanager module last night and still couldn't get that to work. So I looked deeper in the forums and I found one person that said that something was wrong with an older version of network manager. The problem was a tiny setting in /etc/config/wireless. I had to change under radio1 in config wifi-iface the option network lan to option network wan. Then it finally worked. I tried iwconfig wlan1 essid Guest and it worked! Now I'm associated so next I tried udhcpc -i wlan1 and I got an IP address. Yes! Then followed another guys tutorial on iptables for switching the default gateway from the PoE/Lan port to my alfa card. Yay! Now I can route traffic through my alfa card and instead of Internet > laptop > pineapple > Wi-Fi now I got Internet > Hotspot > Wi-Fi alfa > Pineapple > Wi-Fi out. Yay! I wonder why option network lan has to be set to wan?

TLDR, replace config in /etc/config/wireless with this.

Note: I removed my Mac address so replace with yours instead of xxxxxx.

config wifi-device radio0
option type mac80211
option channel 11
option hwmode 11ng
option macaddr XXXXXX
option htmode HT20
list ht_capab SHORT-GI-20
list ht_capab SHORT-GI-40
list ht_capab RX-STBC1
list ht_capab DSSS_CCK-40
# REMOVE THIS LINE TO ENABLE WIFI:
#

config wifi-iface
option device radio0
option network lan
option mode ap
option ssid "pineapple "
option encryption none

config wifi-device radio1
option type mac80211
option channel 11
option hwmode 11ng
option macaddr XXXXXX
option htmode HT20
list ht_capab SHORT-GI-20
list ht_capab SHORT-GI-40
list ht_capab RX-STBC1
list ht_capab DSSS_CCK-40
# REMOVE THIS LINE TO ENABLE WIFI:
#

config wifi-iface
option device radio1
option network wan
option mode ap
option ssid "pineapple "
option encryption none

Edited March 18, 2013 by TylerCPU