This post describes how to connect a RPI to a linux station with a simple ethernet cable.

On debian host machine

• run gnome-nettool, change the edit the wired connection and edit IPv4 settings.

  • Change the DHCP default method

    to shared with other computer:

• power off the RPI

  sudo halt
  

• mount the RPI SD card to the host PC

• identify the PC eth0 @IP adress:

  sudo ifconfig
  

In my case: 10.42.0.1

• edit the cmdline.txt located on the boot partition file adding:

  ip=10.42.0.100
  

• The pi and the debian PC must on the same subnetwork ie: 10.42.0.XXX

• insert SD card and boot RPI

• check the connectivity:

  ping 169.254.6.100
  --- 10.42.0.100 ping statistics ---
  6 packets transmitted, 6 received, 0% packet loss, time 4999ms
  rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.326/0.351/0.392/0.028 ms
  

On the RPI machine

• enable ssh:

  sudo raspi-config 
  

• Interfacing Options then P2 SSH

SSH IT !

From the debian pc:

ssh pi@169.254.6.100

That was it! You are now connected over SSH on the RPI:

The authenticity of host '10.42.0.100 (10.42.0.100)' can't be established.
ECDSA key fingerprint is ca:cc:0c:80:ab:1a:b4:a9:4b:2b:a8:1a:fa:b4:7e:23.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Warning: Permanently added '10.42.0.100' (ECDSA) to the list of known hosts.
pi@10.42.0.100's password: 



NextCloudPi v0.12.8 is up to date
Last login: Fri May 26 18:34:10 2017

SSH is enabled and the default password for the 'pi' user has not been changed.
This is a security risk - please login as the 'pi' user and type 'passwd' to set a new password.
pi@raspberrypi:~ $