Thank you William. you have given me exactly what i needed - a list of next steps and an idea of where to look. Dead ends dont sit well with me, as you can probably judge. Much appreciated.
First things first... Ethernet Why is there an IP address associated with a USB port? This is confusing me. Are you telling me that 192.168.7.2 is the static IP for the NIC? Well, if so, that would explain why DHCP isnt working and, as my subnet is 192.168.1.x (like most home routers), why i cant even sniff it. I will investigate your recommendation and try to get DHCP working. Second... the FTDI cable is the one recommended by the guide. It is 3.3v and, it seems, the connector will only seat one way so presumably its correct. I do get to the login prompt but it wont accept my credentials. I'm using "root" and <no password>. As a test, thinking maybe I was somehow not connected to the board, I tried my MAC root password and it didnt login either so presumably that means indeed i was seeing the BBB prompts. So, apparently not a connection issue. Are there any more advanced guides for this product? As I touched on before, the accompanying guide is misleading in that it leads you to believe that all you have to do is connect the CAT5 cable, sniff the address, and open the web portal.... that isnt exactly true. Which I wouldnt have a problem with if more details were forthcoming in the manual to help me reconfigure or get around the problem. Maybe its time to write one (more advanced guide)... I volunteer to help, since I'm going to be, for all intents and purposes, writing one as I learn - case in point, this string. Thank you again for responding and your guidance. John -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
