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v13	2010-02-20 , 19:52
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Originally Posted by davidh101

I'm wondering if it is possible to connect to the N900 and access the terminal on my PC.

So, what I need to know is what do I need to do on my N900 to enable this (simple steps if possible, or point me to another post that explains it)

First install an ssh server to the phone (you'll find one in extras-testing and maybe in extras). Second, create a password for user "user". Next, determine the IP address of the phone and do an ssh to it with username "user".

However, this will not work very well because of the wifi power saving. To quickly test this, open a terminal in n900, become root and start pinging the pc you'll use to connect to it.

One way to fix this is to completely disable power-saving for your home connection.

A better solution is to use usb networking. This is described here.

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