title: Unable to ssh to Beaglebone Black via Putty on windows
body: <p>I am trying to connect SSH via putty to Beaglebone Black from my laptop running windows 7.</p>
  
  <p>After powering up the BBB and installing required drivers of BBB on windows, I am able to browse 192.168.7.2 in Chrome browser. I also got IP (BBB) from Cloud9 IDE provided on BeagleBone Black website. </p>
  
  <p>But after that, when I tried to ssh via Putty , it shows connection refused. i don't know how to solve this problem. kindly help</p>
  
  <p>Steps I followed:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Connected USB cable to BBB and PC. Also connected Ethernet cable from router to BBB.</li>
  <li>Installed drivers to PC running windows. (see screenshot below that BBB is connected).</li>
  <li>Tried to connect to BBB by ssh via putty.</li>
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  <p>Below are the screenshots:
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