Now that we can connect to the BeagleBone, let’s get a SSH session running. To do this, you will need to use a SSH client, which is no problem if you are a Linux or Max user as these are available from a Terminal window.

If you are a Windows user, then you will need to download Putty from here: http://www.putty.org/.
Having downloaded and installed Putty (its a single file called putty.exe), run the program.

Enter the IP address 192.168.7.2 and click ‘Connect’. You will then get a security warning:
.. after which you will receive the login prompt. Log in with a username of ‘root’ and no password (just hit return).

This guide was first published on Jun 04, 2013. It was last updated on Jun 04, 2013.

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