I am working on my first install of Klipper onto the BigTreeTech E3 EZ in hopes of putting it in my Kobra 2 MAX. It did come with a 5" HDMI touch screen. I can get it to boot and connect to the wifi and it even shows the wifi address at the top of the networking tab. But when I try and connect to it via putty to that address it never connects. I assume something is screwy with my wifi, can I just connect directly via ethernet cable and finish the installation?
What kind of printer is it? What is the host (ie Raspberry Pi) that you’re using in your system? What is the process you’re following to set up your system?
Kobra 2 MAX, but the board isn’t installed in it yet.
The host is a CB1. I downloaded and installed the CB1_Debian12_Klipper_kernel6.6_20241219.img to the CB1 and booted.
The HDMI5 showed the boot sequence and then the menu.
I could go in the menu/network and connect to my WiFi. It says at the top of the screen what the IP address is.
But when I put that IP as a web address or in Putty, it never goes anywhere.
I presume you’re using something like the BTT rPi adapter for the CB1?
You could use Ethernet but I would recommend that you do some checking first.
How do you know that you’re connected to your WiFi? You say have you have HDMI output, have you tried adding a USB keyboard and logging in? From there, try something like sudo apt-get update and see if you are actually connected.
How did you name your CB1? Did you go into system.cfg in the SD Card after you imaged it and set it to a specific name? I can’t remember offhand what the BTT default is, but I aways change it before loading the SD Card into a CB1 and booting it.
I believe I tried to ping, ssh, and putty that address but it never connected.
I am not sure if it is because I am on a business router at work..?
Was hoping a direct cable would fix the problem, I can’t go any further since I can’t connect remotely
That’s probably it - the network at your work is protected against unknown WiFi devices (to prevent IoT based attacks).
If this is a work based/owned system then you need to be talking to your IT department about allowing your CB1 to connect. I suspect you’ll have the same problems if you try an Ethernet connection.
Magic 8 Ball says: “You’re going to find out how accommodating/reasonable your IT department is”.
