nerves-project
Unable to run `ssh nerves.local` from MacOS with Raspberry Pi 5
Environment
elixir -v
Erlang/OTP 27 [erts-15.1] [source] [64-bit] [smp:10:10] [ds:10:10:10] [async-threads:1] [jit]
Elixir 1.17.3 (compiled with Erlang/OTP 27)
uname -a
Darwin <HOSTNAME>.local 24.6.0 Darwin Kernel Version 24.6.0: Mon Jul 14 11:30:29 PDT 2025; root:xnu-11417.140.69~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T6000 arm64
The raspberry pi 5 contains an SD card with firmware burned via mix firmware.burn.
The nerves project is a completely new nerves project via mix nerves.new <PROJECT_NAME>.
Current behaviour
Running ssh nerves.local returns nothing and only hangs the shell.
Pinging returns:
ping nerves.local
ping: cannot resolve nerves.local: Unknown host
Expectation
To be able to access the IEx shell from the laptop when connected via USB-C to the raspberry pi 5.
Is there some mDNS config that is preventing ssh from connecting to nerves.local that could be added to the docs to make it work?
I can reproduce. Sorry about this. I don't think it's an mDNS configuration issue. I don't think anything is getting through.
I hope you're able to connect via wired Ethernet or WiFi in the interim. It will take me a bit to look into this. It's not too common due to RPi5 power requirements.
