Thread: Accessing the N900 via SSH from Laptop
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mikhmv is offline mikhmv
2009-12-30 , 17:14
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Originally Posted by plutonium239 View Post
Although the topic of setting up a SSH connection has been repeatedly covered (particularly in http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=18798 ), I am still unable to access my N900 from my Laptop

On the N900 I installed OpenSSH Client/Server. Now: Is there anything else I have to do? For instance, create a user? If so, how do i do that? (I am a noob....)

I tried to figure out the IP of the N900 using the command "ifconfig". However I have problems interpreting the output:
Under Link encap:UNSPEC it is written: inet addr:10.77.247.53
which is followed by
Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr: 127.0.0.1
If I use the site www.getip.config I get something like 82.113.106.96
Which of those is my ip?

I entered all 3 ips in the Putty on my laptop, but failed to connect.

Any thoughts? Thx!
Look like you get information about IP from your mobile operator. It is not going to work. Because your IP (10.77.247.53) not reachable from you laptop network.
For connection by ssh you should be in same network. You can do it by connection to WiFi router but Public Wifi usually forbid client-client connection. You will need some private Wifi
Like way (if you don't have private wifi) you can use VPN connection to some network (same network from phone and notebook). If you use VPN than you will be like in same network.
 

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