Troubleshoot Connecting to BeagleBone Black Hardware

Creating a connection to BeagleBone^® Black hardware produces an error:

bbb = beaglebone

The error states that beaglebone cannot establish a connection to the board with the given device address, user name, and password.

To solve this issue:

If you have just started the BeagleBone Black hardware, wait two to four minutes. Then, try creating a connection again.
Verify the power and network connection on the BeagleBone Black hardware.
Perform steps described in Install BeagleBone Black Drivers.
If the BeagleBone Black hardware has a different device address from the previous connection, complete the steps in Get IP Address of BeagleBone Black Hardware and Create Connection to a Board That Has Different Settings.

Reconnecting to BeagleBone Black hardware produces an error:

bbb = beaglebone

The error states than an active connection still exists to the BeagleBone Black board.

To address this error, clear objects that were created using the previous connection as described in Connect to BeagleBone Black Hardware

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