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ChrisXenon · 08-19-2015, 03:45 PM

Hi guys,

I just got an old Kindle 4.1.2 and I followed the instructions here https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kind...king#Jailbreak to jailbreak it. All steps completed without apparent problems, and I see the Jailbreak book, so I guess it worked.

Next I tried to SSH into it. I have enabled USBnet, allocated my PC's host IP (which is to say I typed in the command and it didn't puke) and tried to SSH in using Putty. It fails "Connection refused".

My first thought is that I didn't actually assign the host PC (Windows Vista) IP address correctly. However, ipconfig shows "Ethernet adaptor Local Area Connection 2" (which Device Manager tells me is a "USB Ethernet/RNDIS Gadget #2") at address 192.168.15.244 with the correct subnet mask, which suggests to me that this is OK.

So at this point, I'm out of ideas and would appreciate any wisdom you can give me.

Many thanks,
Chris

08-19-2015, 03:45 PM	#1
ChrisXenon Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2015 Device: Kindle 4	SSH failed "connection refused" Hi guys, I just got an old Kindle 4.1.2 and I followed the instructions here https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kind...king#Jailbreak to jailbreak it. All steps completed without apparent problems, and I see the Jailbreak book, so I guess it worked. Next I tried to SSH into it. I have enabled USBnet, allocated my PC's host IP (which is to say I typed in the command and it didn't puke) and tried to SSH in using Putty. It fails "Connection refused". My first thought is that I didn't actually assign the host PC (Windows Vista) IP address correctly. However, ipconfig shows "Ethernet adaptor Local Area Connection 2" (which Device Manager tells me is a "USB Ethernet/RNDIS Gadget #2") at address 192.168.15.244 with the correct subnet mask, which suggests to me that this is OK. So at this point, I'm out of ideas and would appreciate any wisdom you can give me. Many thanks, Chris