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We connect to your MobyBolt PC by using the Secure Shell.

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Find your PC

Your MobyBolt PC is starting and gets a new address from your home network. Give it a few minutes to come to life.

  • On your regular computer, open the Terminal (also known as "command line"). Here are a few links with additional details how to do that for Windows, MacOS and Linux.

  • Try to ping the MobyBolt PC using the hostname mobybolt.local you configured above. Press Ctrl-C to interrupt.

    $ ping mobybolt.local

> PING mobybolt.local (192.168.122.58) 56(84) bytes of data.
> 64 bytes from 192.168.122.58 (192.168.122.58): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=88.1 ms
> 64 bytes from 192.168.122.58 (192.168.122.58): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=61.5 ms
> ...

  • If the ping command fails or does not return anything, you need to manually look for your IP. This is a common challenge: just follow the method suggested here.

You should now be able to reach your PC, either with the hostname mobybolt.local or an IP address like 192.168.X.Y.

Access with Secure Shell

Now it's time to connect to the MobyBolt via Secure Shell (SSH) and get to work. For that, we need an SSH client.

ℹī¸ Connection details:

  • hostname: mobybolt.local (or IP address)
  • port: 22
  • username: admin
  • password: Password [ A ]

Access with Secure Shell in Linux/MacOS

Open a terminal and type:

$ ssh [email protected]

> The authenticity of host 'mobybolt.local (192.168.122.58)' can't be established.
> ED25519 key fingerprint is SHA256:RbaJtfc7Xl0OM7VIDZj8WfvT8HhzRyRWK1pbs5BJp+M.
> This key is not known by any other names.
> Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no/[fingerprint])? yes
> Warning: Permanently added 'mobybolt.local' (ED25519) to the list of known hosts.
> [email protected]'s password: 
> ...

Type yes when the security banner appears (only the first time) and then insert Password [ A ] when prompted.

💡 if you have problems logging in, you can try using the IP address in the form 192.168.X.Y, instead of mobybolt.local, for example:

$ ssh [email protected]

> The authenticity of host '192.168.122.58 (192.168.122.58)' can't be established.
> ED25519 key fingerprint is SHA256:RbaJtfc7Xl0OM7VIDZj8WfvT8HhzRyRWK1pbs5BJp+M.
> This host key is known by the following other names/addresses:
>     ~/.ssh/known_hosts:8: mobybolt.local
> Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no/[fingerprint])? yes
> Warning: Permanently added '192.168.122.58' (ED25519) to the list of known hosts.
> [email protected]'s password: 
> ...

Access with Secure Shell in Windows

Download and install Putty.

Start Putty.

To the left tree, select Session and type the following values in the boxes to the right:

Press the button OPEN. When a PuTTy security alert banner appears, press the Accept button and finally type your Password [ A ]

Exit from Secure Shell

You can exit your session at any time by:

$ exit
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