Cannot ssh to Pwnagotchi

[sadpulsar]

Hello there! I have a RPI Zero W (32-bit version). I recently tried to flash the latest image of pwnagotchi into my card. I did it with the RPI Imager, but without customizing the settings section. After flashing the image I connected it to my pc via the data port with a data cable, following the instructions. The ethernet showed up and I changed the IP, Subnet etc. as it is mentioned in the tutorial. After that I tried to ssh into my pwnagotchi but I get a host unreachable error, every time I try to ping or ssh into the device. I changed cards and data cable after all that but I had the same issue again. I put my own config.toml in the boot partition and I still get the same error. My pc has linux mint xfce installed. I tried also connecting to it via the script and I still got the same behaviour. Is there some extra step that I skipped? Could it be something else?

[jayofelony]

With linux you need to run the script multiple times. Did you edit the script as the guide stated?

[sadpulsar]

Yes I did edit the script and I run it but the problem is that after the first run I get always the same error (ipv4: Address already assigned). Should I run it again even though I get this error?

[jayofelony]

No, you're fine in that case. But for linux you do not have to set up any interfaces. The script does that for you.

[sadpulsar]

Ok so there is no need to configure the interface via network manager, right? What if still after that I can't connect to my pwnagotchi?

[jayofelony]

Wrong cable, you sure it is a data cable?

[sadpulsar]

I tried 3 cables.... Is there a log file somewhere which can give me more infos?

[jayofelony]

Well you could try lsusb to see what is connected to USB on your pc.

[sadpulsar]

I did that and it shows up there as Netchip Technology, Inc. Linux-USB Ethernet/RNDIS Gadget ... Is there something in the pwnagotchi.log or in the pwngrid-peer.log that could help me understand better what the problem is? Would it be easier to debug or setup if I added a waveshare screen?

[sadpulsar]

Ok just to verify that I didn't do something wrong here... In the script for the linux connections we need to change 2 values: I am connected to my router via wifi with a usb adapter ( I don't know if that matters, I am just pointing it out :stuck_out_tongue: ). That's the value of the UPSTREAM_IFACE. The other value will be USB_IFACE which is the value from the ifconfig section. Is that right?

[jayofelony]

Yes, and dont forget about the starting - as I mentioned in the guide.

[sadpulsar]

I configured everything as mentioned in the tutorial, and the connection shows up active on my pc. Even though all that happens I cannot ping the pwnagotchi.

[jayofelony]

Can you show me a screenshot ifconfig?

[sadpulsar]

I am just pasting the usb interface, if you want the whole screenshot let me know!

enx662e16ee28a1: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 inet 10.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 10.0.0.255 ether 66:2e:16:ee:28:a1 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) RX packets 1940 bytes 54668 (54.6 KB) RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 3 bytes 504 (504.0 B) TX errors 2220 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

[sadpulsar]

I did nothing new and I just changed cables again and it worked..... It is very weird.... But it works now.... Thanx for the support!!!

[sadpulsar]

Sadly it worked only once and then not again. I setup the device with the pwnagotchi wizard and it doesn't work again :stuck_out_tongue: . It must be some data issue cable I assume or I don't know what else.... The problem is that the one time it worked all happened really fast. Could it maybe be an sd card problem? Could it be that the card is worn out and therefore everything is happening very slow?

[jayofelony]

If it lost connection, try running the script again. It can take a couple of runs. If it doesn't say already exists it will work hopefully.