WiFi Pineapple Radios

I've been slowly poking away trying to figure out definitively which antenna/radio corresponds (by default) to which WLAN. The support forums don't have much information, so I spent an hour or so today searching the web for info. I finally have it figured it, I believe.

Looking at front w/antennas on bottom:

Light Radio radio   wlan# Location
Blue AR9331 radio0  wlan0 Lower right by SD card
Red RTL8187 radio1  wlan1 Lower left near dip switches

Some of this info came from https://forums.hak5.org/index.php?/topic/33485-physically-what-is-the-wlan0wlan1-antenna/?hl=%2Bwhich+%2Bantenna

Typically WLAN0 is the access point clients connect to (the access point) and WLAN1 is the NIC used to connect to another wireless network. Why is this important?

1. If you're trying to lure users to connect to your pineapple, having a high-gain antenna connected to WLAN0 would be helpful. That's the blue antenna, AR9331 radio, lower right by the SD card.
2. If you're trying to connect/assess remote wireless networks (say with a Yagi directional antenna) connecting your antenna to WLAN1 would be helpful. That's the red antenna, lower left near the dip switches.

There was apparently at some point a problem with radios switching, but it seems that problem has been addressed (it was back in Sept 2013).

You can confirm this by connecting to your Wifi Pineapple over SSH:

root@Pineapple:/# cat /etc/config/wireless

config wifi-device 'radio0'

option type 'mac80211'

option channel '11'

option hwmode '11ng'

option macaddr '00:13:37:##:##:##'

option htmode 'HT20'

list ht_capab 'SHORT-GI-20'

list ht_capab 'SHORT-GI-40'

list ht_capab 'RX-STBC1'

list ht_capab 'DSSS_CCK-40'

config wifi-iface

option device 'radio0'

option network 'lan'

option mode 'ap'

option ssid 'Pineapple5_2342'

option encryption 'none'

config wifi-device 'radio1'

option type 'mac80211'

option hwmode '11g'

option macaddr '00:13:37:93:58:d2'

option channel '5'

config wifi-iface

option device 'radio1'

option mode 'sta'

option network 'wan'

option ssid 'HOME-8858'

option key 'Sn1ckers'

option encryption 'psk2+ccmp'

Note on MAC addresses: 

• 00:11:37 is associated with "Orient Power Home Network Ltd (this is radio0, the AR9331)
• 00:13:37 is also associated with "Orient Power Home Network Ltd" (this is radio1, the RTL8187)