Rockpro64 with 7i76e

The 10.0.1.12 address is furnished by the dhcp on the local router. The (MAC 7e:84:f6:98:86:93) actually belongs to the onboard ethernet. The MAC address for the USB3 to Ethernet adapter was on the adapter.

When I login via ssh here is what I see.
Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 forwarding.
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| _ \ ___ ___| | _| _ \ _ __ ___ / /_ | || |
| |_) / _ \ / __| |/ / |_) | '__/ _ \ | '_ \| || |_
| _ < (_) | (__| <| __/| | | (_) | | (_) |__ _|
|_| \_\___/ \___|_|\_\_| |_| \___/ \___/ |_|

Welcome to Debian Buster with Armbian Linux 5.2.17-rt9-rockchip64
System load: 0.32 0.22 0.21 Up time: 27 min
Memory usage: 9 % of 3854MB IP: 10.0.1.12 10.10.10.11
CPU temp: 42°C
Usage of /: 10% of 58G

[ General system configuration (beta): armbian-config ]

when I run ip a this is what I get now.
acondit@rockpro64:~$ ip a
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN group default qlen 1000
link/ether 7e:84:f6:98:86:93 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 10.10.10.11/8 brd 10.255.255.255 scope global noprefixroute eth0
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 fe80::e9f2:c5c0:2a28:fe93/64 scope link tentative noprefixroute
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: enx8cae4ce13faf: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether 8c:ae:4c:e1:3f:af brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 10.0.1.12/24 brd 10.0.1.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute enx8cae4ce13faf
valid_lft 84893sec preferred_lft 84893sec
inet6 fe80::7a34:68ae:fdbf:8ae5/64 scope link noprefixroute
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

and ping still gives me this.
acondit@rockpro64:~$ ping 10.10.10.10
ping: socket: Operation not permitted

Wait, you are connecting to Mesa through a USB adapter, right?
That is a big NO! Never.
Wire the Mesa board to the onboard ethernet. Directly, not through a router or switch or hub.

At the minimum, the netmask of the onboard Ethernet is wrong. ( net 10.10.10.11/8 )
(this is significant because your local network is a 10.xx.xx.xx network)
both network and realtime netmasks should be /24 masks or 255.255.255.0
to prevent overlaps

Tommy,
No, the usb is connecting the ssh.
Alan

Pete,

I have the netmask set to 24. Here is the "ip a" results:
acondit@rockpro64:~$ ip a
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN group default qlen 1000
link/ether 7e:84:f6:98:86:93 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 10.10.10.11/24 brd 10.10.10.255 scope global eth0
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: enx8cae4ce13faf: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether 8c:ae:4c:e1:3f:af brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 10.0.1.12/24 brd 10.0.1.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute enx8cae4ce13faf
valid_lft 86082sec preferred_lft 86082sec
inet6 fe80::7a34:68ae:fdbf:8ae5/64 scope link noprefixroute
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

Ping still doesn't work.
acondit@rockpro64:~$ ping 10.10.10.10
ping: socket: Operation not permitted

Here is the /etc/network/interfaces file:
source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*
# Network is managed by Network manager
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 10.10.10.11
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 10.10.10.255
gateway 10.10.10.1
# dns-nameservers 10.10.10.1
# gateway 192.168.1.1
# dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4

Just for kicks, try
sudo ping 10.10.10.10