Raspberry Pi as a Wifi Pineapple

[rpiswag]

Well one of the posts in this thread said

You can use any wireless card supported by Hostapd (like Atheros chipsets) to get all the functionalities on FruityWifi.

[rpiswag]

I used google and many posts said almost every module worked with the alpha networks awus036hna. Many people really liked the wifi adapter which I like to hear. Now to my last question. Should I buy the alpha networks awus036hna that costs $34.10 on Amazon and run fruity wifi on one of my pishttp://www.amazon.com/Alfa-AWUS036NHA-W ... awus036nha or should I buy a tp link tl-wr702n and use it as a make shift wifi pineapple. Here is a link to the tp link tl-wr702n which costs $18 on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-TL-WR702N ... B007PTCFFW

[ame]

Aren't you the guy who made over 150 Raspberry Pi projects without any difficulty? Surely you can make a confident decision about this one with all of your skill and experience.

[rpiswag]

Yes but there was difficulty and no shortage of it. But before I spend money and test a bunch of wifi adapters I want to find one that works with what I want to use it for and I am pretty sure the alpha networks awus036hna. I have spent hours finding problems and fixing them. One of my habits is to try to make sure if I am spending money on a product that I am going to use with one or many of my projects that it has a good chance of working or I can get a refund on the product but also it saves time. After this project I am thinking about a pi powered light bulb hmmmmm . I enjoy the challenge of new projects but I also want to avoid problems that I can fix wail gathering materials so I can get rid of any incompatibilities. In this case making sure I can find a wifi adapter that has a good chance of working. If there wasn't any difficulty the projects I did and will continue to do won't be any fun.

[multidude5]

cool project! thanks for sharing, it looks fun so far.

quick question: how can this be set up to allow for a tablet or smart phone to connect to it privately to change settings and activate things, control it, and all that while it is currently operating.

could this achieved easily by using two usb wifi adapters and one of them with a private network or what?

thanks

[xtr4nge]

cool project! thanks for sharing, it looks fun so far.

quick question: how can this be set up to allow for a tablet or smart phone to connect to it privately to change settings and activate things, control it, and all that while it is currently operating.

could this achieved easily by using two usb wifi adapters and one of them with a private network or what?

thanks

Hi multidude5,
You can connect to the web-interface over HTTPS (port 8443). >> https://{fruitywifi-ip}:8443
Also, you can connect over SSH creating a reverse tunnel and then http://localhost:8000 or https://localhost:8443

If you want some extra restriction, you can add basic-auth. You will need to change nginx config files to achieve this.

If you have any question, please let me know.

regards,

[multidude5]

Thanks for the reply. I am not sure how this would work without already connecting it to another wireless router, which is what I am trying to avoid doing. Basically start it up and go drive around, and be able to change settings on the road.

Not sure how that would happen without plugging in through ethernet through a laptop or connecting it to a saved wifi with wpa-supplicant.

Also now that I have used it once and enabled WiFi within the settings, it seems to be permanently broken. Wifi will not work at all. It remains red and I haven't been able to launch it again. Multiple reboots, checked that the logs were in the right place, that the owner was root for the settings file, etc.

What is even more frustrating is that wifi won't work on my Pi AT ALL now, and I'm forced to use an ethernet cable to connect to it.

Something definitely isn't right, is there any way to uninstall it completely and start from scratch? A reinstall just overwrites settings but doesn't remove anything.

Hi multidude5,
You can connect to the web-interface over HTTPS (port 8443). >> https://{fruitywifi-ip}:8443
Also, you can connect over SSH creating a reverse tunnel and then http://localhost:8000 or https://localhost:8443

If you want some extra restriction, you can add basic-auth. You will need to change nginx config files to achieve this.

If you have any question, please let me know.

regards,

[xtr4nge]

Hi multidude5,
Sorry for the delay but I'm not very active on this forum.
Looks like you are asking about a management interface/ap. This is not a bad idea at all but will require an extra interface as a new/extra AP needs to be created. I will think about that.

FruityWifi does not change the setup/files on the system, all files are contained on /usr/share/fruitywifi/.
Modules are self contained on the modules folder (/usr/share/fruitywifi/www/modules/) with their own binaries, except for those modules requiring some dependencies that are installed using apt-get

FruityWifi v2.2 have been released that contains several validations, checks and updates. Also support for Mobile Devices (small screens).

About the issue with the connection on your device, you just need to check: /etc/network/interfaces, /etc/resolve.conf, route, ifconfig -a
FruityWifi should not make any permanent change on those files, and no binary is changed on the system that could break your setup.

For a quicker response, please open an issue on GitHub or ping me on Twitter (@xtr4nge)
Let me know
regards,

Thanks for the reply. I am not sure how this would work without already connecting it to another wireless router, which is what I am trying to avoid doing. Basically start it up and go drive around, and be able to change settings on the road.

Not sure how that would happen without plugging in through ethernet through a laptop or connecting it to a saved wifi with wpa-supplicant.

Also now that I have used it once and enabled WiFi within the settings, it seems to be permanently broken. Wifi will not work at all. It remains red and I haven't been able to launch it again. Multiple reboots, checked that the logs were in the right place, that the owner was root for the settings file, etc.

What is even more frustrating is that wifi won't work on my Pi AT ALL now, and I'm forced to use an ethernet cable to connect to it.

Something definitely isn't right, is there any way to uninstall it completely and start from scratch? A reinstall just overwrites settings but doesn't remove anything.