Setup Wifi without ethernet
There are situations where these methods will be useful:
- You have a Raspberry Pi without built-in ethernet (ie. RPi0, RPi0W, RPiA, RPiA+ ).
- You have a Raspberry Pi with built-in Wifi (ie. RPi0W ,RPi3B, RPi3B+, RPi4B).
- Wired Ethernet is not available.
Add wpa_supplicant.conf to boot partition on PC #
Step 1
Burn image to a SD card—see Burn piCorePlayer onto a SD card.
Info
Do not eject the SD card as you need to add “wpa_supplicant.conf” to the boot partition.
Step 2
Create a new file, or download a sample wpa_supplicant.conf and modify.
- Used for quick setup at boot.
- Can be later maintained via pCP web interface.
- Do not use special characters.
Type or copy one of the following using your text editor (ie. Notepad++).
Maintained by piCorePlayer
# Maintained by piCorePlayer
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=staff
# Two Character Country Code
country=US
update_config=1
network={
ssid="yourssid"
psk="password"
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
auth_alg=OPEN
}
Maintained by user
- User maintains by placing this on the boot disk to update.
- pCP will not modify in any way.
- Special Characters are allowed.
# Maintained by user
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=staff
# Two Character Country Code
country=US
update_config=1
network={
ssid="Your SSID"
psk="[email protected]"
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
auth_alg=OPEN
}
Step 3
[Save As] the file “DRIVE:\wpa_supplicant.conf” to the boot partition.
On a PC, DRIVE will be the drive letter for your SD card. (ie. F:)
Step 4
Eject SD card.
Step 5
Insert SD card into piCorePlayer.
Step 6
Apply power.
Using setup with keyboard and monitor #
Warning
Setup is not always up-to-date.
Step 1
Login into your piCorePlayer.
login as: tc
password: piCore
(default)
Step 2
Type setup
.
Step 3
Click [Continue].
Step 4
Click [OK].
Step 5
Click [No].
Step 6
Click [On].
Step 7
Special Characters are not permitted.
Enter SSID.
Enter Password.
Enter Security.
Click [OK].
Step 8
Click [Yes].
Step 9
Click [Exit].
Step 10
Type pcp br
.
More information #
- Setup Wifi
- Wifi does not work
- Example wpa_supplicant configuration file
- WPA Supplicant
- USB wifi adapters - historical information
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