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Sphyrna

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Hello all,

Last friday I received my Pineapple Mark IV and am now trying to get it to work.
For some reason however the wifi network network of the pineapple keeps dropping: When I use a wifi analyzer I get a full connection one second and no connection the next. Sometimes the connection doesn't even come back online until I disabled/enabled the wifi interface through the web-interface. Usually the connection is there for about 20-30 second and than is gone for about 50-60.
If I try to connect to it with a wifi client it won't connect or gets kicked off after a couple of seconds.

iwconfig shows the following output (at the moment when my android phone next to the pineapple doesn't see any signal):

lo        no wireless extensions.

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.

I tried resetting to factory defaults, playing around with the settings (in /etc/config/wireless), two different PCs as power supply's, multiple client devices, etc. but no luck.
I haven't been able to find any lead on the hak5 forums, wifipineapple.com and all mighty Google...

I am starting to suspect it is a hardware issue, however I would like to ask if there are any other checks I can perform to verify what the problem might be?

Additional info:

  • Pineapple Hardware Version: Mark IV
  • Pineapple Software Version: firmware version is 2.8.1
  • OS used to connect to the pineapple: Both Windows 8 and Mac OS X 10.8
  • Network layout of how your setup is connected (including IP information):
    • Tried a couple of setups:
      • Used USB cable a Win8 PC to the pineapple for power. Router with DHCP server connected on the wired interface (WAN/LAN). I can connect to the pineapple from a Win8 PC on the same network using 192.168.1.51 (web interface and SSH working). HTC one with wifi analyzer used to detect the network. "pineapple xx:xx" network found, but drops quickly. Sometimes I can connect but fails after a few seconds. Same result on a HTC Wildfire.
      • Used USB cable from a Macbook to the pineapple for power. Mac laptop connected on the network port (WAN/LAN), directly into the USB network adapter of the Mac. Used IP address 172.16.42.1 to connect to the pineapple (SSH and web-interface working). HTC one shows the same results: wifi signal drops every couple of seconds.
  • All the tools/options that are running on the pineapple when the issue happened: Tried a couple, but mostly Wireless and Cron Jobs are the only two enabled. (Tried disabling cron jobs, enabling Karma)
  • Ping results from computer to pineapple: OK, connection works fine (over Ethernet) connection over wifi: no route to host.
  • Error Messages: None.
  • Log output (sorry, it won't allow me to upload the file):
02:15:01 Pineapple user.notice root: CLEANUP: memory looking good
02:15:01 Pineapple user.notice root: CLEANUP: Karma log looking good
02:15:01 Pineapple user.notice root: CLEANUP: Clean-up Script Executed
02:15:01 Pineapple cron.info crond[1368]: crond: USER root pid 3103 cmd /pineapple/scripts/cleanup.sh
02:14:30 Pineapple daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0: STA xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx IEEE 802.11: did not acknowledge authentication response
02:13:57 Pineapple daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0: STA xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx IEEE 802.11: did not acknowledge authentication response
02:13:09 Pineapple daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx IEEE 802.11: authenticated
02:13:09 Pineapple daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 1)
02:13:09 Pineapple daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 1)
02:13:01 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 2292.010000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
02:12:59 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 2290.010000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
02:12:59 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 2290.010000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
02:12:59 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 2289.870000] device wlan0 entered promiscuous mode
02:12:54 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 2285.310000] device wlan0 left promiscuous mode
02:12:54 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 2285.310000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered disabled state
02:12:54 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 2285.300000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered disabled state
02:12:29 Pineapple daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0: STA xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx IEEE 802.11: did not acknowledge authentication response
02:11:51 Pineapple daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx IEEE 802.11: authenticated
02:11:51 Pineapple daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 1)
02:10:01 Pineapple user.notice root: CLEANUP: memory looking good
02:10:01 Pineapple user.notice root: CLEANUP: Karma log looking good
02:10:01 Pineapple user.notice root: CLEANUP: Clean-up Script Executed
02:10:01 Pineapple cron.info crond[1368]: crond: USER root pid 2658 cmd /pineapple/scripts/cleanup.sh
02:05:01 Pineapple user.notice root: CLEANUP: memory looking good
02:05:01 Pineapple user.notice root: CLEANUP: Karma log looking good
02:05:01 Pineapple user.notice root: CLEANUP: Clean-up Script Executed
02:05:01 Pineapple cron.info crond[1368]: crond: USER root pid 2581 cmd /pineapple/scripts/cleanup.sh
02:00:02 Pineapple user.notice root: CLEANUP: memory looking good
02:00:02 Pineapple user.notice root: CLEANUP: Karma log looking good
02:00:02 Pineapple user.notice root: CLEANUP: Clean-up Script Executed
02:00:01 Pineapple cron.info crond[1368]: crond: USER root pid 2559 cmd /pineapple/scripts/cleanup.sh
01:55:02 Pineapple user.notice root: CLEANUP: memory looking good
01:55:02 Pineapple user.notice root: CLEANUP: Karma log looking good
01:55:02 Pineapple user.notice root: CLEANUP: Clean-up Script Executed
01:55:01 Pineapple cron.info crond[1368]: crond: USER root pid 2499 cmd /pineapple/scripts/cleanup.sh
01:50:02 Pineapple user.notice root: CLEANUP: memory looking good
01:50:02 Pineapple user.notice root: CLEANUP: Karma log looking good
01:50:02 Pineapple user.notice root: CLEANUP: Clean-up Script Executed
01:50:01 Pineapple cron.info crond[1368]: crond: USER root pid 2331 cmd /pineapple/scripts/cleanup.sh
01:45:02 Pineapple user.notice root: CLEANUP: memory looking good
01:45:02 Pineapple user.notice root: CLEANUP: Karma log looking good
01:45:02 Pineapple user.notice root: CLEANUP: Clean-up Script Executed
01:45:01 Pineapple cron.info crond[1368]: crond: USER root pid 2214 cmd /pineapple/scripts/cleanup.sh
01:40:02 Pineapple user.notice root: CLEANUP: memory looking good
01:40:02 Pineapple user.notice root: CLEANUP: Karma log looking good
01:40:02 Pineapple user.notice root: CLEANUP: Clean-up Script Executed
01:40:01 Pineapple cron.info crond[1368]: crond: USER root pid 2097 cmd /pineapple/scripts/cleanup.sh
01:39:58 Pineapple authpriv.notice dropbear[2083]: Password auth succeeded for 'root' from 192.168.1.10:50465
01:39:43 Pineapple authpriv.info dropbear[2083]: Child connection from 192.168.1.10:50465
01:39:04 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 254.920000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
01:39:02 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 252.920000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
01:39:02 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 252.920000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
01:39:01 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 252.760000] device wlan0 entered promiscuous mode
01:38:54 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 244.820000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered disabled state
01:38:54 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 244.810000] device wlan0 left promiscuous mode
01:38:54 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 244.810000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered disabled state
01:38:50 Pineapple cron.err crond[1368]: time disparity of 22896095 minutes detected
00:03:48 Pineapple user.notice ifup: Allowing Router Advertisements on wan (eth1)
00:03:45 Pineapple daemon.notice netifd: wan (906): Sending select for 192.168.1.51...
00:03:45 Pineapple daemon.notice netifd: wan (906): Lease of 192.168.1.51 obtained, lease time 86400
00:03:45 Pineapple daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wan' is now up
00:03:45 Pineapple daemon.info dnsmasq[1441]: using nameserver 8.8.8.8#53
00:03:45 Pineapple daemon.info dnsmasq[1441]: using local addresses only for domain lan
00:03:45 Pineapple daemon.info dnsmasq[1441]: reading /tmp/resolv.conf.auto
00:03:42 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 222.340000] eth1: link up (100Mbps/Full duplex)
00:03:40 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 220.520000] eth0: link down
00:03:40 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 220.520000] br-lan: port 1(eth0) entered disabled state
00:01:05 Pineapple user.info sysinit: setting up led WLAN
00:01:05 Pineapple user.info sysinit: setting up led WAN
00:01:05 Pineapple user.info sysinit: setting up led USB
00:01:05 Pineapple user.info sysinit: setting up led LAN
00:01:05 Pineapple user.info sysinit: Selected interface 'wlan0'
00:01:05 Pineapple user.info sysinit: OK
00:01:04 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 64.690000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
00:01:02 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 62.690000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
00:01:02 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 62.680000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
00:01:02 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 62.550000] device wlan0 entered promiscuous mode
00:01:01 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 61.320000] device wlan0 left promiscuous mode
00:01:01 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 61.320000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered disabled state
00:01:01 Pineapple daemon.info dnsmasq[1441]: using nameserver 8.8.8.8#53
00:01:01 Pineapple daemon.info dnsmasq[1441]: using local addresses only for domain lan
00:01:01 Pineapple daemon.info dnsmasq[1441]: using local addresses only for domain lan
00:01:01 Pineapple daemon.info dnsmasq[1441]: started, version 2.62 cachesize 150
00:01:01 Pineapple daemon.info dnsmasq[1441]: reading /tmp/resolv.conf.auto
00:01:01 Pineapple daemon.info dnsmasq[1441]: read /etc/hosts - 1 addresses
00:01:01 Pineapple daemon.info dnsmasq[1441]: compile time options: IPv6 GNU-getopt no-DBus no-i18n no-IDN DHCP no-DHCPv6 no-Lua TFTP no-conntrack
00:01:00 Pineapple user.notice dnsmasq: found already running DHCP-server on interface 'br-lan' refusing to start, use 'option force 1' to override
00:00:57 Pineapple user.notice dnsmasq: DNS rebinding protection is active, will discard upstream RFC1918 responses!
00:00:57 Pineapple user.notice dnsmasq: Allowing 127.0.0.0/8 responses
00:00:54 Pineapple authpriv.info dropbear[1385]: Running in background
00:00:53 Pineapple cron.info crond[1368]: crond: crond (busybox 1.19.4) started, log level 5
00:00:52 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 52.620000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
00:00:51 Pineapple daemon.notice netifd: wan (906): Sending discover...
00:00:50 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 50.620000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
00:00:50 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 50.610000] br-lan: port 2(wlan0) entered forwarding state
00:00:50 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 50.570000] device wlan0 entered promiscuous mode
00:00:48 Pineapple daemon.notice netifd: wan (906): Sending discover...
00:00:47 Pineapple user.notice ifup: Enabling Router Solicitations on loopback (lo)
00:00:46 Pineapple user.notice ifup: Enabling Router Solicitations on lan (br-lan)
00:00:46 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 46.910000] br-lan: port 1(eth0) entered forwarding state
00:00:45 Pineapple daemon.notice netifd: wan (906): Sending discover...
00:00:44 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 44.910000] br-lan: port 1(eth0) entered forwarding state
00:00:44 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 44.900000] eth0: link up (1000Mbps/Full duplex)
00:00:44 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 44.900000] br-lan: port 1(eth0) entered forwarding state
00:00:44 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 44.270000] device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
00:00:44 Pineapple daemon.notice netifd: wan (906): udhcpc (v1.19.4) started
00:00:44 Pineapple daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'loopback' is now up
00:00:44 Pineapple daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'lan' is now up
00:00:42 Pineapple user.notice usb-modeswitch: 1-0:1.0: Manufacturer=Linux_3.3.8_ehci_hcd Product=Generic_Platform_EHCI_Controller Serial=ehci-platform
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 38.010000] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_ether
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 37.970000] usbserial: USB Serial Driver core
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 37.960000] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 37.950000] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 37.950000] USB Serial support registered for generic
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 37.730000] usbcore: registered new interface driver ath9k_htc
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 37.230000] xt_time: kernel timezone is -0000
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 36.550000] nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (458 buckets, 1832 max)
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 36.420000] NET: Registered protocol family 24
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 36.190000] ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 35.940000] tun: (C) 1999-2004 Max Krasnyansky
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 35.930000] tun: Universal TUN/TAP device driver, 1.6
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 35.790000] PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 35.430000] RPC: Registered udp transport module.
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 35.430000] RPC: Registered tcp transport module.
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 35.430000] RPC: Registered tcp NFSv4.1 backchannel transport module.
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 35.420000] RPC: Registered named UNIX socket transport module.
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 35.170000] Button Hotplug driver version 0.4.1
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 35.150000] cfg80211: (5490000 KHz - 5710000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2700 mBm)
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 35.150000] cfg80211: (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm)
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 35.140000] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm)
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 35.130000] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm)
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 35.120000] cfg80211: Regulatory domain changed to country: GB
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 35.120000] cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: GB
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 35.120000] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 35.040000] usbcore: registered new interface driver rt2800usb
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 35.010000] ieee80211 phy0: Atheros AR9330 Rev:1 mem=0xb8100000, irq=2
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 34.960000] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8187
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 34.820000] usbcore: registered new interface driver rt73usb
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 33.480000] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 33.470000] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 33.470000] cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 33.460000] cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 33.450000] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 33.440000] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 33.440000] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 33.430000] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 33.320000] compat.git: wireless-testing.git
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 33.320000] Backport based on wireless-testing.git master-2013-02-22
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 33.310000] Compat-drivers backport release: compat-drivers-2013-01-21-1
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 32.360000] eth0: link down
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 11.950000] USB Mass Storage support registered.
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 11.940000] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 11.940000] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.info kernel: [ 0.600000] UDP-Lite hash table entries: 256 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.err kernel: [ 38.130000] Error: Driver 'gpio-keys-polled' is already registered, aborting...
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.debug kernel: [ 35.010000] Registered led device: ath9k-phy0
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.debug kernel: [ 35.000000] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.debug kernel: [ 35.000000] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.debug kernel: [ 35.000000] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x37
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.debug kernel: [ 35.000000] ath: Regpair used: 0x37
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.debug kernel: [ 35.000000] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x833a
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.debug kernel: [ 35.000000] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a country code
00:00:39 Pineapple kern.debug kernel: [ 35.000000] ath: Country alpha2 being used: GB

Has anyone an idea what else I can try?

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