Cannot connect to my S17+ via the web browser.

[CanaryWharf]

I do not use a home router, only direct laptop to miner via usb to ethernet.

On my laptop I have an USB to Ethernet Dongle, assigned static to 192.168.2.101 in /etc/network/interfaces
When I connect the miner to the machine, the dongle interface loads up, But when I visit 192.168.2.101 in the browser it never connects

I can ping 192.168.2.101 and get a response.
also tried root@192.168.2.101 this bring up the password prompt, but I dont know the password to SSH.

Do you know why i cant access the miner in the browser?