The local URL doesn't load

[aplisov]

Hi,

I have just flashed my SD card with the image and when I went to go to http://frcvision.local/ the page tells me that it can't be reached.

The Raspberry Pi is turned on and plugged into my computer with an ethernet cable.

Any help is much appreciated.

[PeterJohnson]

There are usually two potential causes for this:

1. you don't have a mDNS responder installed such as Bonjour (installed with iTunes) or the NI update suite (which installs a NI mDNS responder)
2. your computer isn't getting a suitable link-local IP address

One way to work around (2) is to plug both the Pi and your computer into a network with a DHCP server (such as on most LANs). This still needs a mDNS resolver to find the .local address.

A short-term solution is to hook up a HDMI monitor and USB keyboard to the Pi, log in with "pi", "raspberry", and run "ifconfig -a", which will print the IP address of the Pi ethernet. You can use that IP address to access the Pi rather than "frcvision.local". You can set a fixed IP address via the web dashboard.

[aplisov]

There are usually two potential causes for this:

1. you don't have a mDNS responder installed such as Bonjour (installed with iTunes) or the NI update suite (which installs a NI mDNS responder)
2. your computer isn't getting a suitable link-local IP address

One way to work around (2) is to plug both the Pi and your computer into a network with a DHCP server (such as on most LANs). This still needs a mDNS resolver to find the .local address.

A short-term solution is to hook up a HDMI monitor and USB keyboard to the Pi, log in with "pi", "raspberry", and run "ifconfig -a", which will print the IP address of the Pi ethernet. You can use that IP address to access the Pi rather than "frcvision.local". You can set a fixed IP address via the web dashboard.

So when I go into the raspberry pi, login and type "sudo ifconfig -a", I get the ip "169.254.44.169" which I then put into my browser. I get the same message about the site not being able to be reached.

EDIT:
I also plugged it into my router and got the IP "192.168.1.25" which I try to connect to and it gives me the same error.

[PeterJohnson]

Can you ping that IP address from the computer? It could be a firewall issue.

[t3pfaffe]

I am having this same problem I can ping, and I am using that address that I pinged.

[PeterJohnson]

Can you ssh in (e.g. using PuTTY)? What browser are you using?

[t3pfaffe]

I figured out the problem with this one. I could SSH into it. The problem appears to have been that I was using a RaspberryPi 2. Putting it on a 3 came up with no issues.

[PeterJohnson]

Huh, that's odd, it should work on a Pi 2, but I admit I've not tested that platform.