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Regular Ethernet cable on RPI 2 Raspbian Jessie 2016-05-27

Link the Ethernet cable from your laptop directly to the PI.

On Ubuntu 16.04, open Dash, and go:

1. Network Connections
2. Add
3. Ethernet
4. Create
5. IPv4 Settings
6. Method: Shared to other computers
7. Set a good name for it
8. Save

Find the IP of the PI on Ubuntu:

cat /var/lib/misc/dnsmasq.leases

Then as usual:

ssh pi@IP

Then you can also access the Internet from the PI through your Ubuntu's Wifi connection, or open a VNC to get rid of the display as well: How to set up Raspberry Pi without a monitor?

This is a more concise version of: http://www.interlockroc.org/2012/12/06/raspberry-pi-macgyver/ which was mentioned by: http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/a/4294/33424

Regular Ethernet cable on RPI 2 Raspbian Jessie 2016-05-27

Link the Ethernet cable from your laptop directly to the PI.

On Ubuntu 16.04, open Dash, and go:

1. Network Connections
2. Add
3. Ethernet
4. Create
5. IPv4 Settings
6. Method: Shared to other computers
7. Set a good name for it
8. Save

Find the IP of the PI on Ubuntu:

cat /var/lib/misc/dnsmasq.leases

Then as usual:

ssh pi@IP

Now you can also:

• access the Internet from the PI through your Ubuntu's Wifi connection
• open a VNC to get rid of the display as well: How to set up Raspberry Pi without a monitor?

This is a more concise version of: http://www.interlockroc.org/2012/12/06/raspberry-pi-macgyver/ which was mentioned by: http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/a/4294/33424

Regular Ethernet cable on RPI 2 Raspbian 2016.05

On Ubuntu 16.04, open Dash, and go:

1. Network Connections
2. Add
3. Ethernet
4. Create
5. IPv4 Settings
6. Method: Shared to other computers
7. Set a good name for it
8. Save

Link the Ethernet socket from your computer to that of the PI.

Find the IP of the PI on Ubuntu:

cat /var/lib/misc/dnsmasq.leases

Then as usual:

ssh pi@IP

Then you can also access the Internet from the PI through your Ubuntu's Wifi connection, or open a VNC to get rid of the display as well: How to set up Raspberry Pi without a monitor?

This is a more concise version of: http://www.interlockroc.org/2012/12/06/raspberry-pi-macgyver/ which was mentioned by: http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/a/4294/33424

Regular Ethernet cable on RPI 2 Raspbian Jessie 2016-05-27

Link the Ethernet cable from your laptop directly to the PI.

On Ubuntu 16.04, open Dash, and go:

1. Network Connections
2. Add
3. Ethernet
4. Create
5. IPv4 Settings
6. Method: Shared to other computers
7. Set a good name for it
8. Save

Find the IP of the PI on Ubuntu:

cat /var/lib/misc/dnsmasq.leases

Then as usual:

ssh pi@IP

Then you can also access the Internet from the PI through your Ubuntu's Wifi connection, or open a VNC to get rid of the display as well: How to set up Raspberry Pi without a monitor?

This is a more concise version of: http://www.interlockroc.org/2012/12/06/raspberry-pi-macgyver/ which was mentioned by: http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/a/4294/33424

Regular Ethernet cable on RPI 2 Raspbian 2016.05

On Ubuntu 16.04, open Dash, and go:

1. Network Connections
2. Add
3. Ethernet
4. Create
5. IPv4 Settings
6. Method: Shared to other computers
7. Set a good name for it
8. Save

Link the Ethernet socket from your computer to that of the PI.

Find the IP of the PI on Ubuntu:

cat /var/lib/misc/dnsmasq.leases

Then as usual:

ssh pi@IP

Then you can also access the Internet from the PI through your Ubuntu computer, or open a VNC to get rid of the display as well: How to set up Raspberry Pi without a monitor?

This is a more concise version of: http://www.interlockroc.org/2012/12/06/raspberry-pi-macgyver/ which was mentioned by: http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/a/4294/33424

Regular Ethernet cable on RPI 2 Raspbian 2016.05

On Ubuntu 16.04, open Dash, and go:

1. Network Connections
2. Add
3. Ethernet
4. Create
5. IPv4 Settings
6. Method: Shared to other computers
7. Set a good name for it
8. Save

Link the Ethernet socket from your computer to that of the PI.

Find the IP of the PI on Ubuntu:

cat /var/lib/misc/dnsmasq.leases

Then as usual:

ssh pi@IP

Then you can also access the Internet from the PI through your Ubuntu's Wifi connection, or open a VNC to get rid of the display as well: How to set up Raspberry Pi without a monitor?

This is a more concise version of: http://www.interlockroc.org/2012/12/06/raspberry-pi-macgyver/ which was mentioned by: http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/a/4294/33424