On Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at 10:58:51 PM UTC-4, Graham wrote: > > Andy: > > The following is an outline of what to do to connect a PocketBeagle to the > internet via the USB cable to a Windows 10 desktop which is connected to > the Internet via hardwire Ethernet. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Ethernet over USB Tether Gadget > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > This is to connect a PocketBeagle to the Internet through the USB > connection to a Windows 10 desktop, which is connected by hardwire Ethernet > to the Internet. > > I used 'Etcher' to load a fresh copy of the latest 'stretch' version of > Debian 9.1 onto the Pocketbone. > bone-debian-9.1-iot-armhf-2017-10-01-4gb.img > > Plug the PocketBeagle into an open USB port on your Windows 10 desktop > > The four LEDs should start blinking, and after about a minute or so, a new > USB serial device should appear in Device Manager\Ports(COM&LPT), and a new > Remote NDIS Compatible Device should appear in Device Manager\Network > Adaptors > > Also, a new Ethernet interface will appear in Control Panel\Network and > Internet\Network Connections. > It will be described as "Unidentified Network", Remote NDIS Compatible > Device > > Use Putty to connect to the new COM port > log into the PocketBeagle > > now type > sudo /sbin/route add default gw 192.168.7.1 >
Instead of doing this, I use 'sudo dhclient usb0' such that it updates the nameservers (/etc/resolv.conf) automatically. For Mac/Linux, I use 'sudo dhclient usb1'. > > Now, on the Windows 10 desktop, > go to and open your primary Ethernet interface: > Ethernet\Properties\Sharing\ > Check the two sharing boxes. > Enter the name of the new NDIS Device interface into the box. [In my case > it was Ethernet 2 ] > Click 'OK' and exit the interface box > > Now open the Unidentified Network\NDIS Device > interface\Properties\Internet Protocol Version 4\Properties > Click 'Use the following IP address' > Enter 192.168.7.1 as the IP address > Enter 255.255.255.0 as the Subnet Mask > > Click 'Use the following DNS server addresses' > Enter 8.8.8.8 as the Preferred DNS server. > Click 'OK' and 'Close' to exit > > Now go to the PocketBeagle command line on Putty > sudo nano /etc/resolv.conf > down-arrow to get past the comment line > enter 'nameserver 8.8.8.8' [without the quotes] > enter <return> > enter <control-X>, then 'Y', <return> to exit [without the quotes] > > The Ethernet tether gadget should be operational. > To test, type 'ping google.com' in the command line. [without the quotes] > It should run and see the ping replies. > type <control-c> to abort. > > You should now have internet access and can > sudo apt-get update > > The two entries in the PockBeagle are not persistent, so after any reboot, > you will have to repeat the two entries in the PocketBeagle to get the > internet tether gadget running again. > > > There is more information here ... > > https://www.digikey.com/en/maker/blogs/how-to-connect-a-beaglebone-black-to-the-internet-using-usb/cdf66181b3a5436e9ad730e4ed4cf9ee > > == > -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/1188cc71-0623-4e0a-b91c-8704c50ec24e%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
