Might need some help with a LAN issue on the Pineapple (1.1.1 and 2.0.0 beta)

[Sgt.Foose]

My Pineapple seems to prefers "default 172.16.42.42" over my USB Ethernet Adapter for connecting to the Internet after I used the Recovery Procedure using a static IP on the USB-C Ethernet port.

[dark_pyrro]

Check/changing the routing table and metrics perhaps. The USB Type A Ethernet adapter will not be the prioritized adapter in terms of network access. The routing will default to the onboard USB-C Ethernet NIC of the Mark VII. So, running the route command, the USB-C Ethernet interface will be on top, not the USB Type A Ethernet adapter that has been attached (it can be seen in your video as well). I don't think any time should be spent as to why the "WiFi procedure" kind of solves this, try to get the routing table correct instead.

[Sgt.Foose]

Command "route add -net default gw 192.168.178.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 dev eth1 metric 1" did add a route.

Command "route del -net 0.0.0.0 gw 192.168.178.1 netmask 0.0.0.0 dev eth1" can remove routes.

Unfortunately it didn't work and also after a reboot, br-lan will always get a lower metric assigned and static gateway 172.16.42.42 and my table looks like this:

So after a reboot with my Pineapple connected to USB-C (Power adapter, not PC), it has "default 172.16.42.42" with metric 0 so is preferred above "default wpad.fritz.box" which has metric 211? I think when the Pineapple is not connected to a PC (Power Only), the metric should default to a destination that does not has 172.16.42.42 assigned.

Anyway, when I go into my console and enter "route del -net default gw 172.16.42.42 netmask 0.0.0.0 dev br-lan", the problem is solved and I have internet access again:

 Unfortunately after a reboot, default 172.16.42.42 is back 😞

root@mk7:/pineapple# uci show network
network.loopback=interface
network.loopback.ifname='lo'
network.loopback.proto='static'
network.loopback.ipaddr='127.0.0.1'
network.loopback.netmask='255.0.0.0'
network.globals=globals
network.globals.ula_prefix='fdc3:d1f0:69c9::/48'
network.lan=interface
network.lan.type='bridge'
network.lan.ifname='eth0'
network.lan.proto='static'
network.lan.netmask='255.255.255.0'
network.lan.ip6assign='60'
network.lan.ipaddr='172.16.42.1'
network.lan.gateway='172.16.42.42'
network.lan.dns='8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4'
network.lan_eth0_dev=device
network.lan_eth0_dev.name='eth0'
network.lan_eth0_dev.macaddr='**:**:**:1c:fd'
network.usb=interface
network.usb.ifname='usb0'
network.usb.proto='dhcp'
network.usb.dns='8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4'
network.wwan=interface
network.wwan.proto='dhcp'
network.wwan.dns='8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4'
network.wlan2=interface
network.wlan2.proto='dhcp'
network.wlan2.dns='8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4'
root@mk7:/pineapple# 

Either the Pineapple needs to undo the static 172.16.42.42 which we gave it for the factory default procedure, or maybe @Darren Kitchen has a better approach?