Getting Started Using Ethernet for Intel® Galileo Boards

Overview

• In this guide you'll setup network access to your Intel® Galileo Board and obtain an IP address.

Requirements

• Intel Galileo with power supply
• Micro B to Type A USB cable
• Ethernet cable and router connection

Setup Hardware

1. Power on your Galileo and plug in the Ethernet cable. The ethernet port should have a link light.
2. Open Arduino. Alternatively, for Intel Galileo Gen 2 use a 6 pin Serial to Type A USB cable (FTDI cable # TTL-232R-) to connect with a terminal program to your Galileo board.
3. Set Arduino to the correct COM port (Tools >Serial Port).
4. Within Arduino click on Tools > Serial Monitor.
   
   Figure 1. Serial monitor screen from within Arduino
    
5. At the bottom of the Serial Monitor set to Carriage return and 115200 baud rate.
6. In the top entry area, place your cursor in so it is blinking and hit enter.
7. You should see a prompt. If the prompt begins with root, proceed to the next step, otherwise type in root and a password if necessary. By default there is no root password.
8. From the root prompt type in 'ifconfig' and hit enter.
9. The left column defines the connection type, enp0s20f6 is the ethernet connection (see Figure 2) If you do not see this entry, do the following command:
   Enter 'ifconfig eth0 up'
   Enter in 'ifconfig' again, if you see enp0s20f6 look to see if an IP address is showing.
   
   Figure 2. Look for the entry of inet addr: and take note of the IP address that follows.
10. To confirm the connection, you may want to take the IP address and open a web browser of a computer on the same network and enter the IP address into a web browser and hit enter.

Troubleshooting

• Return to the Intel Galileo Support page.