Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
Setting up from the desktop
Using the desktop is the most convenient way to connect to your wireless within
minutes. Raspbian releases after October 2012 include a configuration utility that
can be found on the desktop. Your SSID, which is the readable name of your wireless
access point, has to be broadcasted by your router for this to work. If you have it
hidden, you should use the console method instead:
1.
Double-click on
Wifi Config
2.
Click on
scan
3.
Find your SSID and double-click on it.
4.
Enter your password and click on
Add
5.
You should now see the Pi connect.
6.
Take note of the IP address that the router has assigned to the Pi
Setting up from the console
If you are running your Pi in headless mode (where you do not have a monitor or
keyboard connected), you cannot start the desktop and use the
Wifi Config
utility.
In the latest distributions of Raspbian, the SSH service is enabled by default; you
can SSH into your Pi, log in, and enter the following command:
sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces
This will open the included file editor called nano and present
you with your current interface configuration. We are interested
in the last lines. If you do not see some of the lines you may type
them in manually.
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
iface eth0 inet dhcp
allow-hotplug wlan0
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wpa-ssid "ssid"
wpa-psk "yourpassword"
To save the file, press
Ctrl
and then press
Y
followed by
Enter
.
