I realize this question has already been asked in some different ways, however it doesn't seem like any of the ways I've come across have worked to fix this problem, so here it goes:
I'm trying to connect to my raspberry pi 3 raspbian setup via ssh on my laptop, but although I have the correct ip address, I keep getting the error:
ssh: connect to host xxx.xxx.xx.x port 22: connection refused.
This is unusual because when I try to ping that address, it works fine. Is there anything I can try to figure out what's wrong?
Also keep in mind I am relatively inexperienced with bash in linux, so inclusion of any specific commands with a description of what they do would be greatly appreciated.
"Connection refused" generally means the sshd daemon isn't running, and/or isn't listening on port 22. I think you might have the wrong IP: "ipconfig" on Windows gives you the Windows IP address: you want the Raspberry Pi address. Try this: raspi-config > 8 Advanced Options > A4 SSH > make sure SSH access is "enabled"
Sometimes while connecting to SSH servers, users often encounter “Connection refused” error by port 22. It happens because of several reasons like SSH service is not running, the port is blocked by the firewall, or the server is using a different port. It can also occur because of the IP conflict issue.
Apparently, the SSH server on Raspbian is now disabled by default. If there is no server listening for connections, it will not accept them. You can manually enable the SSH server according to this raspberrypi.org tutorial :
As of the November 2016 release, Raspbian has the SSH server disabled by default.
There are now multiple ways to enable it. Choose one:
- Launch
Raspberry Pi Configuration
from thePreferences
menu- Navigate to the
Interfaces
tab- Select
Enabled
next toSSH
- Click
OK
raspi-config
- Enter
sudo raspi-config
in a terminal window- Select
Interfacing Options
- Navigate to and select
SSH
- Choose
Yes
- Select
Ok
- Choose
Finish
systemctl
sudo systemctl enable ssh sudo systemctl start ssh
For headless setup, SSH can be enabled by placing a file named
ssh
, without any extension, onto the boot partition of the SD card. When the Pi boots, it looks for thessh
file. If it is found, SSH is enabled, and the file is deleted. The content of the file does not matter: it could contain text, or nothing at all.
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