Setup wireless on a Raspberry PI

Setting up wireless on a Raspberry Pi is very easy, although while googling the topic you get a huge range of results. Here are the two steps I took to setup my wireless.

Edit interfaces config file.

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo vim /etc/network/interfaces

1	pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo vim /etc/network/interfaces

Under the wlan0 section, ensure it configured to dhcp

# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)

# Please note that this file is written to be used with dhcpcd
# For static IP, consult /etc/dhcpcd.conf and 'man dhcpcd.conf'

# Include files from /etc/network/interfaces.d:
source-directory /etc/network/interfaces.d

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

iface eth0 inet manual

allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)

# Please note that this file is written to be used with dhcpcd

# For static IP, consult /etc/dhcpcd.conf and 'man dhcpcd.conf'

# Include files from /etc/network/interfaces.d:

source-directory /etc/network/interfaces.d

auto lo

iface lo inet loopback

iface eth0 inet manual

allow-hotplug wlan0

iface wlan0 inet dhcp

wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

Edit the WPA supplicant file and enter your SSID and WPA password.

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo vim /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

1	pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo vim /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

Your spa_supplicant file should look like this.

country=AU
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1
network={
ssid="mynetworkname"
psk="mypa55word"
}

country=AU

ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev

update_config=1

network={

ssid="mynetworkname"

psk="mypa55word"

}

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