Subj : Re: Getting along without a keyboard To : bp@www.zefox.net From : The Natural Philosopher Date : Tue Sep 17 2024 10:47:03 On 16/09/2024 19:39, bp@www.zefox.net wrote: > Chris Green wrote: >> bp@www.zefox.net wrote: >>> Chris Green wrote: >>>>> >> [snip] >> >> Router software does sometimes have bugs. I have a TP-link router >> that has a symptom a bit like yours, I can't remember the exact >> details (it's relegated to being an access point now) but I do >> remember that it was something about the firewall treating WiFi >> connections differently from wired ones. > > That's much like what I'm seeing. >> >> Can you temporarily connect the Pi2 using a wired connection and see >> if it then works as expected? > > The Pi2 has been used on wired ethernet, but under > FreeBSD rather than RasPiOS. The "no route to host" message rather > suggests the issue resides somewhere in the network. > No route to host is probably 'I did an ARP request, and nobody answered' > The original trigger for this investigation was wanting to use ssh > to avoid need for a keyboard on the Pi2. With your help I found an > accessibility aid called "onboard", using a temporary keyboard. > For immediate purposes, the problem is solved. > Mmm. It would irk me not to have ssh though. Everything here is sshe'd together. Or NFS. Or webbed! > Thanks very much for all your help! > > bob prohaska > -- "First, find out who are the people you can not criticise. They are your oppressors." - George Orwell --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3) .