That’s it! Now make sure to add the wireless network or make any other required changes to be able to connect without the ethernet cable again.

If using a stock installation the default password will be raspberry. In the terminal window, now enter ssh to connect to the Raspberry Pi. Just plug your pi ethernet directly into your laptop, share wifi to ethernet on your mac, ubuntu, or linux mint laptop, and open your laptop terminal. For example if it shows 192.168.2.1 then your Raspberry Pi will have 192.168.2.2. The IP address that the Raspberry Pi will get is the the IP address shown here+1. Pi Zero W: Plug a micro-USB power supply cable into the power port. Raspberry Pi 4: Plug a USB-C power supply cable into the power port. At the bottom there should be an interface called bridge100. Remove the mini-SD card from the adapter and plug it into the Raspberry Pi. Now open a terminal window and type in ifconfig to show the list of all interfaces. Now check the On checkbox next to Internet Sharing to enable it. Now on your Mac, go to System Preferences > Sharing, click on Internet Sharing and choose the Wi-Fi interface to share from, and below check the box next to your wired network interface, e.g. Table of contentsĬonnect your Mac and Raspberry Pi with an ethernet cable and power up your Raspberry Pi. Below I describe how to configure a direct computer-to-computer connection using an ethernet cable.

In some cases, one may want a more direct connection with the Raspberry Pi, such as when neither a wireless nor a wired network are available.

Connect directly to your Raspberry Pi by network cable

Ssh raspberry pi mac ethernet