Setting raspberry pi WiFi

Once Pi is booted we need to set up the wifi so it will connect to wifi router

Second thing I did after starting up the Pi was I have configured the wifi. Following are the steps to configure the wifi on Pi3

Go to

root@raspberrypi:/etc/network# cd /etc/wpa_supplicant/
root@raspberrypi:/etc/wpa_supplicant# ls
action_wpa.sh functions.sh ifupdown.sh wpa_supplicant.conf wpa_supplicant.conf.20160801
root@raspberrypi:/etc/wpa_supplicant# cat wpa_supplicant.conf
network={
 ssid="myssid"
 psk="password"
}

 

Restart the raspberry

init 6

After reboot it will connect to wifi router.

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Configure multiple wifi access points

if you have only one wifi then it will work but if you want to configure multiple wifi like for office, home then please follow process mentioned below

you need to add each network identifier (id_str=“identifier”) as mentioned below

Edit  /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

file

country=GB
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1
network={
 ssid="SSID1"
 psk="password_ssid1"
 id_str="home"
}

network={
 ssid="SSID2"
 psk="password ssid2"
 id_str="hotel1"
}

network={
 ssid="ssid3"
 psk="password ssid3"
 id_str="hotel2"
}

 

Edit /etc/network/interfaces file and add following lines at the end of the file

iface home inet dhcp
iface hotel1 inet dhcp
iface hotel2 inet dhcp

your final file should look like below

# 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 manual
 wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

allow-hotplug wlan1
iface wlan1 inet manual
 wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

iface home inet dhcp
iface hotel1 inet dhcp
iface hotel2 inet dhcp

 

Restart the Pi it will connect.