I have a keyboard and monitor hook up so I can access the ha command line. I don’t know how this can help though
I asked, what happens?
How did you install Home Assistant?
Connection refused
And
Etcher image
That doesn’t say how you installed Home Assistant. Which image file- there are more than one. Are you installing HA on Raspian, on Ubuntu, on Debian? In a Docker? Or did you download HassIO or HassOS?
Sorry yes I flashed an image running a docker image
What happens when you enter:
http://192.168.12.159
Another problem that I never mentioned that was a major contributor to the solution has to do with this:
When I plug this back in, I plugged it into the usb 3.0 port instead of the 2.0 port. So that’s why it never showed up on the router list. Once I started making progress it’s because I wasn’t using the powered usb.