Synja Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 I'm a bit stumped here. One of the wireless radios appears to be "missing" from my Mark V. It doesn't appear in any network config, ifconfig, etc. I'm not entirely sure how to diagnose the issue either, since tools such as lspci are missing. I did do a factory reset, a firmware update, and finally I did a manual firmware update with factory reset using the bricked device method and firmware. No changes. Anyone have ideas on how to diagnose and fix? I can't see any damage to the board, and the device is otherwise operating perfectly. Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadlyhabit Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 do you mean how it lists wlan0, wlan1, and another wlan off or x beside it? pretty sure that is for the usb port for adding on a compatible usb wifi device. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synja Posted August 26, 2015 Author Share Posted August 26, 2015 Normally there'd be radio0 and radio1 referenced in the configs, referred to on the web interface as wlan0 and wlan1 respectively. Wlan1 is gone. No sign of it anywhere. There is still a wlan0-1 for the management AP, but it's just a virtual adapter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadlyhabit Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 (edited) Are you in the gui or under ssh? Hooking up my pineapple now to check it out. In my gui under the Site Survey 2.0 infusion I had wlan0 - checked/on wlan0-1 - checked/on wlan1 - x/off and turned it on no problem Edited August 26, 2015 by deadlyhabit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synja Posted August 26, 2015 Author Share Posted August 26, 2015 I've done both... it's just... gone. No wlan1 at all. All I can see is radio0/wlan0/wlan0-1, the second radio is not there. I'd swear it's a hardware problem, but I have no idea how to list detected hardware on this thing, or do any sort of diagnostics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadlyhabit Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 nothing under iwconfig or lsusb on ssh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadlyhabit Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 (edited) you could also try lhe lspci command, ifconfig -a, or ip link show as well. Edited August 27, 2015 by deadlyhabit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synja Posted August 27, 2015 Author Share Posted August 27, 2015 Apparently, I'm limited on posting here... lspci doesn't seem to work on the Pineapple, ifconfig and other network controls do not show the second radio, not surprising since it doesn't appear in the network configs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arakiz Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Try this for testing, if the OpenWRT can "see" both interfaces: iw list |grep phy0 && iw list |grep phy1 This is, if everything is fine, show two lines: Wiphy phy0 Wiphy phy1 Those are the physical wireless network interfaces. Try creating a new virtual interface using both nics as parents: iw phy phy0 interface add new0 type managed and iw phy phy1 interface add new1 type managed you should also be able to create them using these: iw dev wlan0 interface add new0 type managed iw dev wlan1 interface add new1 type managed Please, reply with your findings :) //Arakiz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebkinne Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 This looks like a hardware issue we encounter once in a while. It looks like the RTL8187L is defective. Send us an email to support@hak5.org and we'll get you sorted out. Best Regards, Sebkinne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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