# SSH via USB not working on Windows

**URL:** <https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/ssh-via-usb-not-working-on-windows/261260>\
**Category:** Jetson Xavier NX\
**Tags:** usb\
**Created:** [July 27, 2023, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/ssh-via-usb-not-working-on-windows/261260 "2023-07-27T12:31:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![gabriela.hruba](https://developer.download.nvidia.com/images/forums/profile-default-devtalk-84.png) [@gabriela.hruba](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/gabriela.hruba)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/ssh-via-usb-not-working-on-windows/261260/1 "2023-07-27T12:31:31Z")

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Hi,

I’m trying to connect Xavier NX with my Windows computer through SSH via USB. I found out I’m having the same problem as mentioned here: [Windows is killing ssh connection](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/windows-is-killing-ssh-connection/181670) and [Coneection Problems](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/coneection-problems/179380).  
Unfortunately, this issue wasn’t really solved. Has anyone dealt with this, or are there any tips to make it work?

Thanks!

Edit: Ping seems to “wake it up” somehow. If I ping the Jetson, it gets a few Timeouts and then starts responding. Then I can log in through ssh successfully, but it only lasts a few seconds.

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**Author:** ![WayneWWW](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/nvidia/user_avatar/forums.developer.nvidia.com/waynewww/32/14043_2.png) [@WayneWWW](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/WayneWWW)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 7:43am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/ssh-via-usb-not-working-on-windows/261260/4 "2023-08-02T07:43:01Z")

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sorry. Most of our usecase is based on ubuntu host.

Suggest to try with ubuntu host.

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**Author:** ![linuxdev](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/nvidia/user_avatar/forums.developer.nvidia.com/linuxdev/32/10243_2.png) [@linuxdev](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/linuxdev)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 10:03pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/ssh-via-usb-not-working-on-windows/261260/5 "2023-08-02T22:03:02Z")

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I can’t answer, but I can tell you that Windows has its own ideas on security and on sleep. So what you’re looking for would be a Windows setting (it is unlikely that the Jetson itself is in charge of this, but you could monitor “`dmesg --follow`”, and at the moment when Windows fails, there might be a clue; most likely it would just be a note about the connection, and not about why, since it would be Windows determining the why).

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/nvidia/user_avatar/forums.developer.nvidia.com/system/32/68080_2.png) [@system](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2023, 3:33am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/ssh-via-usb-not-working-on-windows/261260/7 "2023-08-23T03:33:49Z")

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