Pineapple Setup

Summary

Setup and Firmware upgrade [optional] of Wifi Pineapple Nano

Requirements

• Operating system: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic amd64
• Operating system: Windows 10

Description

Basic setup

• Connect antennas and USB Y cable, WiFi Pineapple NANO needs a stable USB power supply capable of providing 9W for initial setup. Therefore plug both USB Ports of USB Y cable into the Laptop. After that the blue led should have solid light.

Provision Linux

• Use lusb to verify that pineapple ASIX Electronics is recognized by your laptop

  lsusb
  ... 
  Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0b95:772a ASIX Electronics Corp. AX88772A Fast Ethernet
  ...

• Check networking interface and ip address

  sudo ifconfig
  enx00c0ca91b581: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
       inet 172.16.42.107  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 172.16.42.255
       inet6 fe80::d2b0:568c:b39b:4c44  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
       ether 00:c0:ca:91:b5:81  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
       RX packets 15  bytes 1589 (1.5 KiB)
       RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
       TX packets 40  bytes 5589 (5.4 KiB)
       TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

Setup Windows/Linux

• Browse to the determined IP address 172.16.42.1:1471

The Web interface should appear. The interface then appearing is the main User Interface (UI) where the user is able to work with the WiFi Pineapple Nano. This UI is further described in: https://wiki.elvis.science/index.php?title=Wifi_Pineapple_Nano

Internet connection Linux

• Download wp6 script

  wget wifipinapple.com/wp6.sh
  ...
  2015-12-22 20:09:43 (4.69 MB/s) - 'wp6.sh' saved [6112]

• Make it executable

  chmod +x wp6.sh

• Execute it to set up connection. The predefined settings might work without alteration, if not, the settings are easily changed by answering some questions.

  sudo ./wp6.sh

Internet Connection Sharing Windows

Rename the adapter, so it's easier to find it.

• Go to network connections via the change adapter settings. A new ASIX USB Fast Ethernet adapter should have appeared here, which is the pineapple interface.

Select the WiFi Pineapple Nano Adapter

• In the settings of the interface that is responsible for the Internet connection, in the sharing tab, allow other users to connect through this computer's internet connection. Also use the drop down menu to select the interface of the Pineapple Nano and click OK.
• In the settings of the Pineapple Nano Interface, select the settings of the Internet Protocol Version 4. There you change the IP address to '172.16.42.42' and confirm with OK.

Give the WiFi Pineapple Nano the static IP: 172.16.42.42

User Interface

After connecting the Pineapple Nano to your device correctly as can be seen above, a User Interface (UI) opens under the IP address 172.16.42.1:1471

The User Interface is the main working space for the penetration tester. The UI includes:

• Dashboard: Shows the uptime of the device, the clients connected and the SSIDs in the pool
• Recon: Scanning the available WiFi networks.
• Clients: List of clients connected to the PineAP.
• Tracking
• Modules: List of downloadable modules, for download a SD-card is recommended
• Filters: Filtering clients and connections, useful for attacking a specific target
• PineAP: The core component for creating a rogue access point. It allows adding and removing SSIDs, mimicking legitimate networks, and broadcasting them to make the SSIDs publicly visible.
• Logging
• Reporting
• Networking: Configure and manage network interfaces, set up internet sharing, and control network routing for the Pineapple device.You can also choose to access the internet via WiFi ("WiFi Client Mode"), but this will disable PineAP functionality.
• Configuration: Update the device password and customize the landing page settings.
• Advanced: Monitor system resources, manage USB and storage settings, and check for firmware upgrades.
• Notes
• Help

Upgrade to newest firmware version 2.7.0 [optional]

• Download newest firmware from https://www.wifipineapple.com/downloads and verify shasum:

  sha256sum upgrade-2.7.0.bin 
  c69629ef90c715600e09f22ef12732c593f886db3b0ed145f549de551c48f79d upgrade-2.7.0.bin

• Select file with newest firmware upgrade-2.7.0.bin in the web interface
  • Press reset button
  • Wait until firmware upgrade successfully verified appears
• After upgrade connect again to 172.16.42.107:1471 and get into Device Configuration
  • Set root password for SSH and web interface access
  • Password: <ask for>
• Management AP Setup
  • Management SSID:
  • WPA2 Password: <ask for>
  • Check "Hide Management AP"
• Open AP Setup: This SSID is used for the target

Troubleshooting

Error when trying to start module e.g. tcpdump:

• Start a ssh connection to the Wifi Pineapple
• Enter the commands
  • opkg update
  • opkg install libpcap

No internet connection from the PC when plugging in the WIFI Pineapple on Linux

• Ip route
• Ip route del default via 172.16.42.1

Factory reset

• Unplug the WiFi Pineapple completely from all power sources.
• Begin holding the RESET button on the device.
• With the RESET button held, power on the device.
• Continue holding the RESET button for 10 seconds, then release.
• NANO: The blue LED will remain solid
• Connect the host PC to the WiFi Pineapple via the USB Ethernet Port
• NANO: The male USB A plug
• From the host PC, configure a static IP address on the WiFi Pineapple facing Ethernet interface to 192.168.1.2 with netmask 255.255.255.0
• For example, in Linux run ifconfig eth1 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 up (where eth1 is the interface name of the WiFi Pineapple).
• From the host PC, browse to http://192.168.1.1
• Click Choose File and select the factory firmware image downloaded above.
• Click Update Firmware.
• This process will take several minutes. Do not interrupt the power supply while the firmware is updating. Once complete, the WiFi Pineapple will restart.
• Reset the WiFi Pineapple facing USB Ethernet interface back to DHCP or 172.16.42.42 with netmask 255.255.255.0

Used Hardware

Wifi Pineapple Nano

Courses

• Campus Cyber Security Team WiFi Hacking 21.06.2019

References

• http://web.archive.org/web/20211127113839/https://docs.hak5.org/hc/en-us/articles/360010555313-Setup-Basics
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrHbEZd4t00
• http://web.archive.org/web/20201109031700/https://0x00sec.org/t/solved-wifi-pineapple-nano-client-issues/4609