
To open the file in nano type the following command: sudo nano /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant. To tell the Raspberry Pi to automatically connect to your WiFi network you need to edit a file called: wpa_nf.

To find your network name look for something that look like: ESSID:”Test Wifi Network”. This will list all the networks in your vicinity along with some useful information for each network. If you need to find the network name of your local network you can run the following command in the Raspberry terminal: sudo iwlist wlan0 scan Password: raspberry Getting your network informationįor the purpose of this guide we will be connecting to a WiFi network with the following information:Įvery time you see this network name and password in the guide you need to change them to the network name and password of your local network. Login to the Raspberry Pi with the default Raspberry Pi credentials: Username: pi You can do this by connecting your Raspberry Pi to a monitor and keyboard – or connecting via Ethernet like described in this guide. Install prerequisites: sudo apt-get install build-essential pkg-config checkinstall git-core avahi-daemon libavahi-client-dev Download src: cd /usr/local/src.

Connecting to your Raspberry Piįirst step is connecting to your Raspberry Pi in order to get to a terminal. You'd simply go into your Mac's finder, click 'Network. It used to be that these two commands were enough to get Netatalk working. The following commands update Raspbian's package information and then downloads the latest version of Netatalk.

#Connect pi to netatalk wifi how to#
This is an updated guide showing you how to connect your Raspberry Pi to your home WiFi network in cases where you do not have a graphical user interface for your Raspberry Pi.įor this guide you need a Raspberry Pi – and unless you’re using the Raspberry Pi 3 – an external USB WiFi Dongle like this one. First, you will want to install Netatalk on your Pi.
