Kindle Touch/PW1/PW2 5.0.x - 5.4.4.2 JailBreak. Plus FW 5.x USBNetwork.

[Ruskie_it]

From usbnet readme:

I'm gonna assume Linux/BSD/OS X here, Windows people, you're on your own.

I managed to connect to the kindle from Windows 8 and 7 too. It wasn't hard at all.
Using mainly info taken here:

http://www.shatteredhaven.com/2012/1...work-hack.html

and here:

http://www.shatteredhaven.com/2012/1...work-hack.html

The steps needed to configure a connection to the kindle from windows through usbnet resorts to this (Win 7+ only: for Windows Vista and lower it still is possible but you will need a non default driver as advised in the readme):

1. Enable usbnet on the Kindle
2. Plug the Kindle into the usb port of your pc. If this is the first time some driver search will occur and the Kindle will be recognized as some NDIS gadget
3. Go to the Device Manager in Windows
4. Look for the unrecognized device from the list. It's the one with the yellow exlamation mark. That's your kindle
5. Right click it and choose "Let me pick from a list..."
6. Choose Network Adapter
7. Choose Microsoft Corporation
8. Choose Remote NDIS based Internet Sharing Device
9. Confirm all the way until the driver is installed
10. Goto "Network Connections" via Network Places or the Control Panel
11. Right-click on the new network, which probably be named Local Area Connection 2
12. Select Properties
13. Double click on Internet Protocol version 4(TCP/IP)
14. Set your IP address to your liking (but in the same subnet of the Kindle, eg. considering default setup you could choose 192.168.15.201). Do not choose Kindle's own address
15. Subnet mask: as appropriate, most likely 255.255.255.0 if you are in usbnet default configuration
16. Default Gateway: put Kindle's address here (default 192.168.15.244)
17. Set DNS to your anything you like
18. Click Advanced
19. Un-check Automatic metric, put 60 in its place. This will keep Windows from attempting to route all network traffic to the Kindle (you will tell because every connection to the internet e.g. IE would seem to fail)
20. Click OK

You're done. At this point you should be able to connect to the Kindle using your preferred ssh client.
I use putty. If you do, and you have generated an ssh key to be used with your Kindle on a Linux box (see this post for an how-to: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...27&postcount=4) you can easily convert it to be accepted by putty using puttygen: see here for instructions: http://www.cnx-software.com/2012/07/...ed-by-openssh/

As a result you will be able to connect to the Kindle from Windows without the need to enter username and password.

[knc1]

Have you added a link your "HowTo" post in the prefix index system?

[NiLuJe]

(There's already something in the WiKi, if memory serves. Possibly in the K4 one, but I *think* it's cross-linked in the K5 one, too. It might be a good idea to plug that in there ).

[Ruskie_it]

Originally Posted by knc1

Have you added a link your "HowTo" post in the prefix index system?

No, I will try!

[Ruskie_it]

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

(There's already something in the WiKi, if memory serves. Possibly in the K4 one, but I *think* it's cross-linked in the K5 one, too. It might be a good idea to plug that in there ).

Yes there is, and I think one of the documents I linked references it, but it wasn't very very detailed, some parts were assimed known to the reader.
Moreover, the part of installing the (default) driver in Windows 7+ didn't exists.
I also added the part to convert ixtab's instructions Linux generated keys to putty format. I would like to add a tutorial to generate openssh keys directly on Windows, in order to not have to rely on Linux at all (I know, this is evil), but I have to figure this out yet. :-)
Feel free to link my post wherever you want, I'd be glad to be of help.

[NiLuJe]

@Ruskie_it: puttygen does the job fine, IIRC.

[Ruskie_it]

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

@Ruskie_it: puttygen does the job fine, IIRC.

I don't know, I will investigate. All I know is putty itself does not understand openssh certificates, that's why puttygen is used to convert openssh keys to putty format.
And at work, too, I've always used ppk certificates.
I will look into puttygen capabilities though, and if/when I figure out how to make it work I'll edit my post. Thanks for the hint.

[NiLuJe]

@Ruskie_it: If you want to a cross-platform *private* key, then, yeah, you'll probably have to convert at one point, but the public key is, obviously, cross-platform .

If you only ever use PuTTY, then it's self-sufficient . On the other hand, If you want to use the same private key with PuTTY and OpenSSH/dropbear (client), then, yeah, you'll have to convert it.

[Ruskie_it]

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

@Ruskie_it: If you want to a cross-platform *private* key, then, yeah, you'll probably have to convert at one point, but the public key is, obviously, cross-platform .

If you only ever use PuTTY, then it's self-sufficient . On the other hand, If you want to use the same private key with PuTTY and OpenSSH/dropbear (client), then, yeah, you'll have to convert it.

Oh, of course, I never digged into that as I use it only as a tool: in my early days they told me I needed a specific key to connect and I've always used that. But of course you are right; I guess if one uses puttygen to generate keypairs he gets a ppk private key and a standard public key; then it's just a matter of copying the public key to the Kindle as per ixtab's instruction and it should work.
Should give a try when I get home tonight (I would right now, but I am at a customer's, playing with the kindle wouldn't be good :-P)

[knc1]

Originally Posted by Ruskie_it

No, I will try!

There is now a start of index pages for the 2014 models.

You might want to wait a day or two until their layout stabilizes.
Consider my work tonight a "first draft" at the index pages.

[Ruskie_it]

Originally Posted by knc1

There is now a start of index pages for the 2014 models.

Yeah well, I believe my how-to actually relates to any system usbnet works on, so it's kinda generic.

You might want to wait a day or two until their layout stabilizes.
Consider my work tonight a "first draft" at the index pages.

No problem, I'll be busy these days and out of town for the weekend. If you think there's a section where my post would fit let me know!
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Looking at the categories, I see there is for example usbnet hack, jailbreak etc... my how-to would probably be better if referenced directly in the usbnet hack instruction rather than there... but if you find a suitable place, no problem.

[Ruskie_it]

Hmmm... It worked, with a couple issues:

Saved public key is not in Open-ssh (standard) format. Copying that to authorized file causes kindle to refuse private key.
Puttygen however also has a window captioned "Public key for pasting into OpenSSH authorized_keys file". Inserting that in the authorized_file via copy and paste makes it works.

Second issue is: yes, it works, Kindle accepts it but issues a warning along this line: "Server refused our public key signature despite accepting the key".

[knc1]

Originally Posted by Ruskie_it

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Looking at the categories, I see there is for example usbnet hack, jailbreak etc... my how-to would probably be better if referenced directly in the usbnet hack instruction rather than there... but if you find a suitable place, no problem.

I did.
Geekmaster is long gone away to other activities, but I sort of recall what we where doing.

How about under:
Master Index -> Tools -> End User Tools
Add a "Network Access" sub-section?
(The per-index page TOC is auto-generated, but those main sections need to be manually edited into the master index page. See previously existing as examples.)

That can contain the links to the various ssh, telnet, sftp, etc., etc. posts and write ups.
There have been some very nice write-ups posted that have never (yet) been indexed.

Note: We have also had the NBD and NFS interfaces working. Also the CIFS interface **almost** working (had a few client problems but can probably be fixed).

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Except for the images (which I will fix later), the new model index pages are ready.
(And the PW1 now has a reference to the K5 index page.)

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Why not in the USBnetworking post?
That can be only edited by the owner or a moderator (in this case, one and the same person).

The Wiki master index can be edited by anyone, even non-members.
Which is a handy feature because a large part of our readership never registers with the forum (until something goes wrong).

[gianpaoloc]

Originally Posted by knc1

Not to panic, not just yet - -
Go to the settings menu and check the device info - see what firmware version is actually running.

I.E: Either of our two update blockers (you don't mention which one you used) should have blocked the update, but not the letter.

Actually I imagine I made something wrong when I installed the update blocker. The result is that my PW silently updated to 5.6.1. As I said I was formerly on 5.4.5.1 jailbreaked with the bridge (old version 1.10.N, unfortunately) but I am now on 5.6.1, no jailbreak, apparently.

Any way to recover my jailbreak, to go back to a previous firmware version or anything else I can do?

Please any suggestion is welcome, I really hate the original PW margins and I was the happiest user of the fonthack to reduce them at a minimum.

[knc1]

Answer in my FGA thread (with links).
You can downgrade using the serial port.