https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=91&t=169365&p=1087799&hilit=headless&sid=d90b6390fe0a34e0455fa584c5486e26#p1087799 pointed out that you cannot directly connect the rpi to computer, but should connect the rpi to the router. Then, I was able to ssh in with the new (empty) file in th...

Dear Forum, On my recent (December 2016) RPI, ssh is disabled by default, as discussed. I followed the instructions to put an ssh file (no extensions) with "touch ssh" in the /boot partition to gain ssh access. After inserting the SD in the RPI, and connecting to my laptop directly with the ethernet...