4

At the moment, I am SSHing into my Pi from my laptop. Both are connected to my router. However, it's a bit of a bother connecting the Pi to the router (ie router on the other side of the house).

Can I connect my Pi to the laptop with an Ethernet cable from the laptop directly to the Pi?

Improve this question

1 Answer 1

Reset to default
4

The Pi's NIC supports Auto-MDIX, so you should be able to connect it to the laptop using a standard Ethernet cable.

Improve this answer
4
  • 1
    Do you know how I can then connect to the Pi? It comes up as an 'unidentified network'. I tried putting the Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address into putty, but no luck.
    – ACarter
    Commented Nov 18, 2012 at 11:51
  • Any ideas? I'm stumped
    – ACarter
    Commented Nov 18, 2012 at 15:21
  • You could use a static IP-address configuration on both computers, e.g. set one to 192.168.0.1 and the other to 192.168.0.2 with a netmask of 255.255.255.0
    – RedGrittyBrick
    Commented Nov 18, 2012 at 19:15
  • You could also install avahi-daemon on the Pi and use link-local networking.
    – Alistair Buxton
    Commented Nov 20, 2012 at 21:31

Your Answer

By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to our terms of service and acknowledge you have read our privacy policy.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.