{"id":3782,"date":"2022-08-02T22:40:30","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T21:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edwardsd.co.uk\/work\/?p=3782"},"modified":"2022-08-02T22:44:23","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T21:44:23","slug":"raspberry-pi-wz-headless-setup-wifi-config","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edwardsd.co.uk\/work\/2022\/08\/raspberry-pi-wz-headless-setup-wifi-config\/","title":{"rendered":"Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W | Headless Setup | WIFI Config"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quick steps (Cutdown version) to getting WiFi configured on Raspberry Pi Zero W (A little more involved than using Raspberry Pi 2\/3\/4 with physical ethernet cables)<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Flash the MicroSD card with your flavour of OS.<\/li>\n<li>Add file called &#8220;SSH&#8221; no extension<\/li>\n<li>Add file called &#8220;wpa_supplicant.conf&#8221; and modify the info<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>ctrl_interface=DIR=\/var\/run\/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev<br \/>\nupdate_config=1<br \/>\ncountry=GB<\/p>\n<p>network={<br \/>\nssid=&#8221;your_network_name&#8221;<br \/>\npsk=&#8221;your_wifi_password&#8221;<br \/>\n}<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Insert MicroSD into Raspberry Pi Zero &amp; Boot<\/li>\n<li>The IP address can be found from DHCP table OR using an app to scan the network such as &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/network-analyzer\/id562315041\">Network Analyser<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m using <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/FalconChristmas\/fpp\/releases\">Falcon Pi Player<\/a> (FPP) OS for holiday light sequencing which doesn&#8217;t actually work with the method above! 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