Connectivity issues

[eladp]

Hello,

 

I recently ordered the WI-FI Pineapple NANO and I was very excited to get it a week ago.

 

I am new here so I may have some pretty dumb questions but please be patient with me.

 

Wi-Fi Pineapple is currently configured exactly like in  the "WiFi Pineapple NANO: Windows Setup" and I am working on a Windows 10 machine.

 

Couple of questions:

 

1.       When I disconnect it from the USB port and after few hours reconnect it, it seems to lose its internet connection. When I open the Network Settings on my windows machine everything seems to be configured correctly, the sharing stays the same, the Wi-Fi Pineapple stays with same IP as it should (172.16.42.42/24), BUT there is no connectivity to the internet when I press the "Load Bulletins from wifipineapple.com", it shows that it's not connected.

 

So I go back to the Network Settings and disable and enable the sharing again, then the IP address of the Wi-Fi Pineapple changes back to 192.168….. and I change it back. And only then it's connecting to the internet with the same check of the Load Bulletins connection. So my first question is that an expected behavior? Should I reconfigure the network settings every time I connect the WiFi Pineapple to my PC?

 

(I did try to reset the device didn’t seem to help very much).

 

 

 

2.       I followed the WiFi Pineapple Premier video, and did all the Recon, Filtering , Enabling PineAP, adding something to the PHP template in configuration. Seems to me that I've done every thing correct but when I try to connect to one of the SSID's that the Wifi Pineapple creates, sometimes its unable to connect at all and sometimes its connecting but there is no internet connection! SO I was wondering maybe I am doing something wrong ? any advice ? (when I use open network I do see clients that I filtered connected in Dashboard).

 

 

 

3.       Is the Wifi Pineapple good only for open network ? because as I understand (if I got it right) there should be an option to create a fake SSID of a secured AP so that this SSID will show as an open network and clients can connect to it (I don’t know If I should deauth the clients first so they will be able to connect to my fake SSID but I tried it and it didn’t work).

 

 

 

Thanks,

Elad

[esa]

You have many qns, so i will try as best to give a summary to them. 

Issue 1: I am facing this problem on Win10 as well, but this is not a wifi pineapple issue. It is the OS.

Issue 2: try updating your firmware advanced -> check for upgrades, No issues with connecting to the spoofed AP. your lack of internet might be related to your issue 1, If you are able to load bulletins on the Dashboard, then any clients that are connected to you should have internet access.

Issue 3: w/o modification to pineapple and if you are using its GUI, it is meant for open network.

Example: your buddy is connected to free_hotel_wifi and you want him/her to connect to your pineapple AP

Preparation

Under pineAP -> SSID Pool add the free_hotel_wifi into the list. At pineAP -> configuration select these options. Allow association, Log Association, PineAP Daemon Enabled, Broadcast SSID Pool,  Broadcast SSID Pool Interval -> Aggressive.

Operation

Under recon do a scan (any duration)  till you are able to find your buddy's phone that is connecting to the free_hotel_wifi AP. Click on the down arrow located to the right of the MAC address -> click deauth. 

results

Refresh your dashboard, your buddy's device should be connected to you. Repeat the process if it isnt. If it still fails, it is likely that the real AP signal strength is stronger that your pineapple AP thus the device will choose to connect to the AP with the stronger signal. 

 

For more info: google on evil twin wifi attack, karma sploit. 

[eladp]

First, thank you for your answers. 

Regarding my questions:

Q1- I will try using a diffrent OS. 

Q2- My firmware is 1.1.1 and I haven't heard about a newer release. So I don't think that could help. I will check if it's caused by my first issue in Q1. But for now firmware is updated, I can load bulletin so I'm connected but devices that connects to the spoofed AP don't have internet access. 

 

Q3- This the most important part that I Still don't understand you said with our modifications and if I'm using GUi it's good only for open networks.  

Can you please elaborate a little bit more about that please? What's needed to be used for secured networks? What modifications or Non - GUi, interface? 

 

Thanks in advance. 

 

Elad. 

[esa]

9 hours ago, eladp said:

First, thank you for your answers. 

Regarding my questions:

Q1- I will try using a diffrent OS. 

Q2- My firmware is 1.1.1 and I haven't heard about a newer release. So I don't think that could help. I will check if it's caused by my first issue in Q1. But for now firmware is updated, I can load bulletin so I'm connected but devices that connects to the spoofed AP don't have internet access. 

 

Q3- This the most important part that I Still don't understand you said with our modifications and if I'm using GUi it's good only for open networks.  

Can you please elaborate a little bit more about that please? What's needed to be used for secured networks? What modifications or Non - GUi, interface? 

 

Thanks in advance. 

 

Elad. 

To clarify on your issue 3, you would like to get your target who is connected to a secured AP to connect to your spoofed pineapple AP. 

So how to attack a target who is connected to secured AP? 

The spoofed pineapple AP should be configured with the same security setting as the real AP.
Assuming Secured AP has SSID secured_hotel_wifi and is WPA2 and has passphrase pass87654321

You will first need to create a spoofed AP with SSID secured_hotel_wifi, WPA2 with passphrase pass87654321
Then perform deauth on the target, and if your signal is stronger, the target device will be connected to your spoofed AP.

Why you cant do it with Pineapple GUI

Because we can only create OpenAP with the GUI.

So is the Pineapple useless for this situation? 

You can still do it using the commandline interface. Basically Pineapple is like a mobile kali linux with all the requuired Wifi adapters for you to conduct your attacks.
Thus just SSH to the pineapple, then use the tools at your disposal from the cli. 

[eladp]

OK,  thanks, got it! 

[esa]

anyway an update for issue 1, Win10 seems to remember that i have granted internet access to Pineapple interface before. (Previously it wasnt working)

So when i plug in my pineapple to win10, it automatically was given internet access. Strange but that means it is possible for win10 to remember your network settings.