Raspberry Pi - Pidora

Windows 7
SDFormatter 4.0
Win32DiskImager
PuTTY 0.63


Status:

• 2014 09 27 - Wi-Fi working.

Install:

• Download Pidora Operating System image (http://downloads.raspberrypi.org/pidora_latest)
• Unzip downloaded file.
• Use Win32DiskImager to write the image to SD card.
• Connect a keyboard (USB) and monitor (HDMI) to the Raspberry Pi board.
• Boot Raspberry Pi board with SD card.

Configure:

• Configure keyboard, timezone, create user "pi", set root password, enable SSH service and DVI adapter. Reboot.
• Login with default user and password (pi  raspberry).

Configure Wi-Fi:

• su -     (use root password)
• Installing ifconfig package:
• yum provides ifconfig
• yum install net-tools wpa_supplicant dhclient
• chkconfig wpa_supplicant on
• service wpa_supplicant start
• chkconfig NetworkManager on
• service NetworkManager start
• reboot
• Login as root and configure Wi-Fi Network:
• nmcli dev wifi con "myssid" password "myssidpassword"

Checking Network:

• iwconfig
• iwlist scan
• pifconfig
• ifconfig

Update:

• Login as root.
• yum update      (zzz)

References:

• Command Line Wi-Fi Setup on Pidora
• Fedora Yum Syntax
• Fedora Network Configuration
• How to set up a wpa2 wireless connection in F15 using the ifcfg method
• SD Formatter