The point of all this is getting the maximum benefit out of a Pi Zero without having to lug around any cables: just plug it in and you’re networked. He installs OwnCloud so that the Zero serves as a cloud storage solution, only the “cloud” is plugged into your laptop’s USB port. He sets up VNC on the Pi so that you can log into its desktop in a window, sets up networking on the Pi so that it can connect to the wider Internet through the laptop, etc. From there on out, it’s all software, and the video (embedded below) takes you through all the steps on Windows.įirst, he attaches the Raspberry Pi Zero running Pixel OS to his main computer as a USB network device, and then configures it to be useful. With minimal soldering, he converted the Zero’s onboard female USB jacks into a male USB plug. This is a great convenience hack if you’ve got a Zero just kicking around. Maybe that was the inspiration that drove to completely “donglify” his Zero.

Wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.The Raspberry Pi Zero is small enough that it could almost be mistaken for a USB gadget, rather than a standalone computer.

# Include files from /etc/network/interfaces.d: source-directory /etc/network/interfaces.d # 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/nf and 'man nf'

Open a terminal, edit the /etc/network/interfaces with sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces file in my case I will delete 'wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_nf' from the wlan0 section and in the wlan1 section change the line 'iface wlan1 inet manual' to 'iface wlan1 inet dhcp' Once rebooted in the pixel desktop verify that one connection is associated with your wifi ssid and the other is with an ssid 'raspi-webgui'

Sudo cp /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_ /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_nf To re-enable internet access we need put the wifi credentials file back in place with

Raspberry pi zero install wifi driver