3.5.4.1.rc4 c7x0: usb ip connection not working

Hi all. I've been fighting with getting a usb ssh connection going
from my 'doze box, all the finer details here:

    http://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=19474&hl=

But I've hit a road block when I try to make the ssh connection. On my
XP box I actually get a login prompt but it never accepts the
password, and the 2000 box always gets a 'connection refused' error
(and I know that eveythings set right; I can log in when the Z's
connected with either my wireless or hardwired nic).

It sounds like my problem might be related to this existing bug:

    http://bugs.openembedded.org/show_bug.cgi?id=841

the last post by coredump suggesting that it might have been fixed in
rc2.

So can anyone confirm or deny that this problem is related to
somethign on the Z side? The connection was working with 2.4 kernel
roms using the sharp windows drivers, so I know it's not a hardware
problem. thks

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