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Old 12-07-2012, 02:05 PM   #22
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Originally Posted by wildcolor View Post
Secondly, I do not know what is an dropbear or openssh.

So I do not know how to confirm if these things are working.
The general answer: Linux (actually all *nix) systems have a manual (man) command.

The exception being Embedded Linux (*nix) systems do not have those files installed.
But web search tools recognize the man command as part of search strings.

So either on your complete Linux install (or perhaps a livecd), OR
in your favorite web search tool:
man dropbear
man openssh

Now that you have read up on what SSH (Secure SHell) is (server and client, putty is one of those clients) you know the server is running on TCP port 22 by default (if it is running at all).

So now you need to use your favorite network examination tool to see if port 22 is open on the network address you just assigned to the Kindle end of the USBnetwork cable.

If you don't have a favorite tool, try: nmap
(Yeah, right, you just searched for: man nmap when you read that, then your learning)

And then you searched for where to get it for your OS and found:
http://nmap.org/download.html
Right? Right!

Download, install, run: nmap 192.168.15.0/24, wait.

Take two aspirin and try again when you have the ssh server started on the Kindle and your local network setup as required/desired.

Repeat the above basic procedure whenever you come across something Linux/*nix that you do not recognize.
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