dodedodedo22 Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 So ive had the pineapple for awhile and for the first time in forever the 5g adapter was for sale so i picked it up. Had the pineapple connected to my wifi up and running, i plug in the adapter and get the setup pop-up, i click it and it disconnects me from the network and the client mode interface drop-down is blank, other than that nothing happens when i try to set up the adapter. Am I doing something wrong here? If i disconnect the adapter and reboot the pineapple it'll automatically reconnect to my network and work like normal, but once i plug the adapter in i loose all connection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodedodedo22 Posted May 6, 2022 Author Share Posted May 6, 2022 also i can ssh in with putty, i can navigate the file system, but it freezes when i try to use iwconfig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_pyrro Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 What happens if you use the MK7AC adapter (I assume that's what you have bought) with a computer? Does it work as expected? Just to rule out if the AC adapter is bad or if the problem is linked to the Pineapple itself. You could also try a firmware recovery/factory reset and see if that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exec4 Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Maybe double check the power supply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodedodedo22 Posted May 14, 2022 Author Share Posted May 14, 2022 im not 100% sure, I reinstalled my firmware from the updater (used the 2.0.0 beta...might need to roll back), i plugged the adapter in my computer alone (with the PA disconnected) and I can connect to 5Ghz wifi fine so the adapter seems ok alone. Then I disconnect everything and plug in the PA and go to the web portal with the adapter disconnected and everything is fine there too. But it seems whenever i have them on the same computer the wifi settings on the PA get wiped and i cant reconnect until i disconnect the adapter. so far I've tried connecting both the PA and the adapter to my PC in separate USB ports (so not plugged into the PA) and i lose my wifi configuration on the PA. I also tried connecting the PA to my local machine and connecting the adapter to my kali VM and it either removes the wifi client settings but i can still get into the web app or i kicks me out of the webapp but i can SSH in but tends to freeze if i try iwconfig....this strangeness is above my pay grade lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_pyrro Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 How do you know that the Pineapple WiFi settings actually get wiped/removed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodedodedo22 Posted September 8, 2023 Author Share Posted September 8, 2023 lol a year later still having the same issue, i plug in the dongle to the PA, i can see wlan3 in iwconfig and in settings/networking/interfaces but if i try to enable it in cli it'll automatically revert back to down and if i enable it in the GUI, everything usually freezes up (if im ssh in it times-out and if im using the GUI it stops refreshing and all the networking options depopulate as in everything in settings/networking goes blank) and i have to reboot the pineapple to regain function. Its difficult to really troubleshoot because the issues are intermittent and arent always the same sometimes when i turn on 5G it disconnects me completely and if i refresh, the connection to the GUI is gone; sometimes i refresh and the GUI stays up with everything in settings/network depopulated and it still allows me to connect to the shell but none of my commands work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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