K4 Usbnet connection timed out

[hepyrian]

Hey all,

I've been scouring the forums trying to find a solution to this problem for the last 2 days but nobody seems to have the right answer, so hopefully we can figure this out.

I'm working on a silver K4 trying to just get SSH with USBnet set up so that I can do kindleberry pi stuff later.

*The Kindle is jailbroken
*KUAL is installed and working
*Usbnet is installed and properly, appears in Linux as a usb0 networking device.
*using sudo ifconfig usb0 192.168.15.201 I can properly set up the IP

However, when I go to ssh root@192.168.15.244 every single time it comes back with the error ssh: connect to host 192.168.15.244 port 22: Connection timed out

I am not trying to use wifi, just a USB connection. Other threads I have seen have covered connection refusals but mine seems to work but never actually establish the connection. When I try to ping it I get the result PING 192.168.15.244 (192.168.15.244) 56(84) bytes of data. and then terminal just holds for a long time.

If anyone has any tips on how to establish the connection let me know, I am at a loss here.

[hepyrian]

If it helps, this is my /usbnet/etc/config file

#!/bin/sh
#
# $Id: config 9680 2013-08-09 20:13:06Z NiLuJe $
#

# WARNING: Take note that we're essentially a shell script, se we absolutely *MUST* use UNIX line endings!
# WARNING: To avoid leaving your system in an undefined state,
# do *NOT* modify this file while usb over ethernet is enabled!
# (That means when the the auto enable feature is in use, too!)

# Tweak these to match your setup (IPv4 only, no hostname aliases)
# NOTE: The K4 has a specific default
HOST_IP=192.168.15.201
KINDLE_IP=192.168.15.244

# Allow SSH over WiFi
# NOTE: If you set this to true, the SSHD *WILL* check your passwords!
# Make sure you know your root password, or auth via shared keys!
# Leave it to false on non-WiFi devices
K3_WIFI="false"

# Don't switch to Ethernet over USB, and only launch SSHD
# NOTE: Make sure you're able to properly login over SSH before enabling this...
# It's obviously only useful with WiFi devices, so leave to false on non-WiFi devices
K3_WIFI_SSHD_ONLY="false"

# Use OpenSSH instead of dropbear (somewhat faster login)
# NOTE: OpenSSH *WILL* check your passwords!
# Make sure you know your root password, or auth via shared keys!
USE_OPENSSH="false"

# Let volumd handle the low-level stuff (module switching)
# Might help if you get stuck with the "USB Drive Mode" screen even while in usbnet mode,
# especially on some devices... (K4, I'm looking at you!)
USE_VOLUMD="true"

# Don't let dropbear print the banner at each login
QUIET_DROPBEAR="false"

# Use a custom NIC field for the MAC adresses.
# Will mostly be of use to people needing to plug multiple Kindles on the same computer/network.
TWEAK_MAC_ADDRESS="false"

[hepyrian]

I want to add one more update here. I was able to successfully connect to it using Terminal on my Macbook. So, is there some kind of network driver or something missing from Raspberry Pi that makes it not connect properly?

[NiLuJe]

More likely a network management daemon screwing with your manual setup (e.g., NetworkManager).

You wouldn't have a network interface at all if you were missing usb gadget support (and that's *extremely* unlikely on a distro kernel anyway).

[hepyrian]

Looks like you were right! Here's how I fixed it for anyone googling this in the future:

instead of using

sudo ifconfig usb0 192.168.15.201

to set up the IP, instead try

sudo ip addr add 192.168.15.201/24 dev usb0

(or whatever the device name is)

Thanks!