Raspberry Wi-Fi Pi

Hope you like my play on words in the title Wi-Fi Pi! I’m doing a tutorial on getting your raspberry pi to run off a Wi-Fi USB key. This way you no longer have to use an Ethernet connection or have that cord running across your living room floor like mine was doing for months. I also wanted a way to connect to the RasPi when I *cough* finish my robot project. Yes I will very soon. So lets get started by covering the require parts and tutorials you might need to follow to get everything working.

Previous Tutorials Recommended:

• Install Debian Linux (SD card setup)

sudo apt-get install wpasupplicant

sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces

The important parts are as follows, be sure to save on exit (press ctrl+O (save) then ctrl+X (exit)):

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet manual
allow-hotplug wlan0
wpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

The next thing is editing the wpa_supplicant.conf file that holds all the network connection information.    This will all vary by your network setup. I happen to be running a WPA2 that is TKIP/AES with a network name of “LALALALALALA” and you’ll want to set your password instead of ‘mypassword’.

sudo nano /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

Now all I had to do was reboot the raspberry pi and check my connection,

sudo shutdown -r now

End Result (Connected!)

ifconfig wlan0

My favorite part is connecting to Putty over ssh from my laptop to my raspberry pi without any cords. Then i can sit in the other room and do my coding. Sweet!!! 

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