====== Connect ======

How to connect to your brand new Kiwi? There are a couple of ways to do this and we do recommend:
  * Via serial: **minicom** for Linux and OSX, **putty** for Windows.
  * Ethernet: **ssh** for Linux and OSX, **putty** for Windows.

Serial connectivity is available via USB-C UART connection using a simple USB-C cable. 

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==== Putty (Windows) ====

Simply run the program, select serial option, enter a COM port number, select the baudrate 115200 and click "connect".

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==== Minicom (Linux, OSX) ====

Firstly install minicom to your host machine and proceed to the setup - ''minicom -s'' and choose ''Serial port setup'', here you can change the default serial device that will be connected to, if it is not declared by a flag `-D` but the main thing you need to change is to turn off ''Hardware flow control'' and set Baud rate to ''115200''
If everything is setup correctly, run:

  $ minicom -D /dev/ttyUSB0

You can check your available serial devices with this command:

  $ ls /dev/ttyUSB*

To exit from minicom press **ctrl+a x**.

==== Ethernet ====
=== putty (Windows) ===

Putty can be used for SSH, Telnet and Serial connectivity as well. It's a Swiss knife tool for Windows. Usage is as simple as in serial mode, just instead of ''serial'' select ''ssh'', enter IP address and connect.

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=== ssh (Linux, OSX) ===

SSH is enabled by default without password. Kiwi can be connected:

  ssh root@192.168.1.1

Where ''root'' is your default root user and 192.168.1.1 IP address.