Wifi Pineapple Suddenly All Connections Time Out!

[snorlax42]

I have had the wifi pineapple nano for two days now. First day I got it to work, had to manually reset firmware to 2.6.2 from 2.7.0 because of microSD card issues. However, when I turned my PC off at the end of the day I had just run a scan and it was working perfectly.

This morning the web browser access times out whenever I try to load.

To breakdown:

SSH connections time out.

Web browser connections time out.

LED light is on and acts normal (same as first day)

I have attempted a simple reboot (LED flickers for a second but I can't see any other differences)

I have attempted factory reset (LED responds but otherwise no change)

 

This is the end of a full day of troubleshooting, any suggestions of what to do next?

Thanks!

[snorlax42]

Solved!

[Quintox]

What was the Problem?

[Aaron Outhier]

Personally, I have had similar issues if the Pineapple wasn’t shutdown properly before disconnecting the power. The file system on the device and/or on the MicroSD card gets corrupted otherwise.

[Quintox]

On 8/4/2020 at 3:37 PM, Aaron Outhier said:

Personally, I have had similar issues if the Pineapple wasn’t shutdown properly before disconnecting the power. The file system on the device and/or on the MicroSD card gets corrupted otherwise.

So, instead of Log Out, you Shut Down  unit and wait until it closes, before removing power from unit, is this Correct?

[Aaron Outhier]

Yes. Your mileage may vary, but I have had less issues with my pineapple when I do it that way. You can also type “poweroff” from an ssh or serial prompt, or from a C2 remote shell.

[Aaron Outhier]

I even went so far as to modify the script that runs when I push the button underneath my Nano, to shutdown the device instead of rebooting it. The button is much more useful to me that way.

[Quintox]

19 minutes ago, Aaron Outhier said:

Yes. Your mileage may vary, but I have had less issues with my pineapple when I do it that way. You can also type “poweroff” from an ssh or serial prompt, or from a C2 remote shell.

Thanks for Explanation!

[snorlax42]

I just got the nano and I was having problems with getting the SD set up on 2.7.0 so I manually reset the firmware back to 2.6.2. Through that process I had to turn it off and on several times (I'm new to the platform so there was some trial and error). Fortunately I don't need an SD card. The SSH tip helps a lot tho!