Pineapple does not open any APs - broken?

[Sobek]

Hey,

I bought myself a Wifi Pineapple Mark7 and so far it's a very interesting piece of hardware. Unfortunately, I'm not able to open any AP (even the management AP). I'm not able to see any AP on any of my devices. I'm only able to see the advertised AP Impersonation pool, but only shortly after they got advertised and I'm not able to connect to them successfully.
Before I go to the support, I wanted to make sure, that it is not anything I might have missed. I am connected to the Pineapple via the USB Cable and set up the Network-adapter on my Windows. That's how I was able to install the pineapple in the first place.

Things I tried / checked:
- my filters are all set to Deny without any entries
- reinstalled a couple of times
- did a factory reset (yes, it probably just changed the password, but tried it anyway)
- my APs are enabled and not hidden
- my Pineapple is not set to passive mode
- tested the antennas, because who knows

Did I miss anything, or might I just got unlucky with a broken pineapple?

Thanks

[DramaKing]

Did you finish the setup after the factory reset? Is the blue light flickering? 

[Sobek]

Yes, I have completed the setup after the reset. And I can access the web interface and everything else.
The LED flickers when booting, but after it boots up, it is solid blue. So according to the LED and documentation normal behavior.

[dark_pyrro]

What's the output of:

lsusb

ifconfig (or: ip a)

cat /etc/config/network

cat /etc/config/wireless
!!! remember to mask/remove any PSK/passphrase that might be present in the file if you don't want to share it publicly

(dmesg or logread might be interesting to see but the above would be enough to start with)

 

What firmware is the Pineapple on?

[Sobek]

Hey Dark_pyrro,

thanks for the reply. My firmware is on 2.1.3 and here is the output:

lsusb:
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 148f:7601 MediaTek 802.11 n WLAN
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux 5.4.154 ohci_hcd Generic Platform OHCI controller
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 148f:7601 MediaTek 802.11 n WLAN
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0e8d:7612 MediaTek Inc. 802.11ac WLAN
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 1a40:0101  USB 2.0 Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux 5.4.154 ehci_hcd EHCI Host Controller

ifconfig:
br-lan    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:13:37:A9:E4:2E  
          inet addr:172.16.42.1  Bcast:172.16.42.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::213:37ff:fea9:e42e/64 Scope:Link
          inet6 addr: fd9b:8edc:dd48::1/60 Scope:Global
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:4899 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:3680 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:781052 (762.7 KiB)  TX bytes:4999934 (4.7 MiB)

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:13:37:A9:E4:2E  
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:5038 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:6250 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:870326 (849.9 KiB)  TX bytes:5138906 (4.9 MiB)
          Interrupt:5

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:490 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:490 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:39104 (38.1 KiB)  TX bytes:39104 (38.1 KiB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:13:37:A9:E4:2E  
          inet6 addr: fe80::213:37ff:fea9:e42e/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:273 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:47769 (46.6 KiB)

wlan0-1   Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 02:13:37:A9:E4:2E  
          inet6 addr: fe80::13:37ff:fea9:e42e/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:270 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:46952 (45.8 KiB)

wlan0-3   Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:13:37:BE:EF:00  
          inet6 addr: fe80::213:37ff:febe:ef00/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:269 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:46874 (45.7 KiB)

wlan1mon  Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 0C-EF-AF-D7-40-5B-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00  
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:69748 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:6781549 (6.4 MiB)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

wlan2     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 0C:EF:AF:D7:3E:5A  
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

wlan3mon  Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 00-13-37-A9-F7-5D-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00  
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:72170 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:34531804 (32.9 MiB)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

cat network
config interface 'loopback'
        option device 'lo'
        option proto 'static'
        option ipaddr '127.0.0.1'
        option netmask '255.0.0.0'

config globals 'globals'
        option ula_prefix 'fd9b:8edc:dd48::/48'

config device
        option name 'br-lan'
        option type 'bridge'
        list ports 'eth0'

config interface 'lan'
        option device 'br-lan'
        option proto 'static'
        option netmask '255.255.255.0'
        option ip6assign '60'
        option type 'bridge'
        option ifname 'eth0'
        option ipaddr '172.16.42.1'
        option dns '8.8.8.8'

config switch
        option name 'switch0'
        option reset '1'
        option enable_vlan '0'

config interface 'usb'
        option ifname 'usb0'
        option proto 'dhcp'
        option dns '8.8.8.8'

config interface 'wwan'
        option ifname 'wwan0'
        option proto 'dhcp'
        option dns '8.8.8.8'

config interface 'eth'
        option ifname 'eth1'
        option proto 'dhcp'
        option dns '8.8.8.8'

config interface 'wcli'
        option ifname 'wlan2'
        option proto 'dhcp'
        option dns '8.8.8.8'

cat wireless:
config wifi-device 'radio0'
        option type 'mac80211'
        option channel '11'
        option hwmode '11g'
        option path 'platform/10300000.wmac'
        option htmode 'HT20'
        option country 'DE'

config wifi-iface
        option device 'radio0'
        option ifname 'wlan0'
        option network 'lan'
        option mode 'ap'
        option macaddr '00:13:37:a9:e4:2e'
        option maxassoc '100'
        option hidden '0'
        option encryption 'none'
        option ssid 'Pi7_open'
        option disabled '0'

config wifi-iface
        option device 'radio0'
        option network 'lan'
        option mode 'ap'
        option ifname 'wlan0-1'
        option macaddr '02:13:37:a9:e4:2e'
        option encryption 'psk2+ccmp'
        option hidden '0'
        option ssid 'Pi7_M'
        option key ###
        option disabled '0'

config wifi-iface
        option device 'radio0'
        option network 'lan'
        option ifname 'wlan0-2'
        option mode 'ap'
        option ssid 'PineAP_Enterprise'
        option macaddr '00:11:22:33:44:55'
        option encryption 'wpa2+ccmp'
        option key ###
        option server '127.0.0.1'
        option hidden '0'
        option disabled '1'

config wifi-iface
        option device 'radio0'
        option network 'lan'
        option ifname 'wlan0-3'
        option mode 'ap'
        option ssid 'PineAP_WPA'
        option macaddr '00:13:37:BE:EF:00'
        option key ###
        option encryption 'psk2+ccmp'
        option hidden '0'
        option disabled '0'

config wifi-device 'radio1'
        option type 'mac80211'
        option channel '11'
        option hwmode '11g'
        option path 'platform/101c0000.ehci/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1:1.0'
        option htmode 'HT20'
        option country 'DE'

config wifi-iface
        option device 'radio1'
        option ifname 'wlan1'
        option mode 'monitor'
        option ssid 'Pineapple_405B'
        option macaddr '0c:ef:af:d7:40:5b'
        option default_disabled '1'
        option encryption 'none'

config wifi-device 'radio2'
        option type 'mac80211'
        option channel '11'
        option hwmode '11g'
        option path 'platform/101c0000.ehci/usb1/1-1/1-1.2/1-1.2:1.0'
        option htmode 'HT20'
        option country 'DE'

config wifi-iface
        option device 'radio2'
        option ifname 'wlan2'
        option network 'wcli'
        option mode 'sta'
        option ssid 'Pineapple_3E5A'
        option macaddr '0c:ef:af:d7:3e:5a'
        option default_disabled '1'
        option encryption 'none'

config wifi-device 'radio3'
        option type 'mac80211'
        option channel '36'
        option hwmode '11a'
        option path 'platform/101c0000.ehci/usb1/1-1/1-1.3/1-1.3:1.0'
        option htmode 'VHT80'

config wifi-iface
        option device 'radio3'
        option ifname 'wlan3'
        option mode 'sta'
        option ssid 'Pineapple_F75D'
        option macaddr '00:13:37:a9:f7:5d'
        option default_disabled '1'
        option encryption 'none'

 

[dark_pyrro]

Nothing obviously wrong there (apart from perhaps radio3, but that might not be an error and wouldn't really affect this issue). Have you tried to power the Pineapple from a power source that is guaranteed to deliver 2A? It should normally not be an issue to power it with less, but just to verify if anything changes to the better. Also try another USB cable (preferably several different ones just to be sure).

[Sobek]

Thanks for taking a look at it.

Unfortunately, different power sources and cables do not seem to be changing much. Well, I guess I'll have to make a support request.

[dark_pyrro]

OK, I guess all of them aren't of the type that the Pineapple doesn't "like" such as some USB-C Power Delivery (PD) adapters. One way of eliminating that specific risk is to use a USB Type A power source (2A or more) along with a USB Type A to USB-C cable of good quality.

[Sobek]

Well, I tried a USB-C Power Supply, multiple USB-A Power Delivery adapters and of course my PCs USB-C and USB-A (<- yeah, this one might not get 2A) Ports with many different cables.