Raspberry Pi Wifi at Boot

Question

I have the Official Raspberry Pi Wifi Adaptor on Raspbian Jessie. I can scan and connect to wifi just fine but I would like to get it to connect at boot so I can instantly use the SSH and VNC servers rather than a HDMI cable and monitor.

Does anyone know how I could get the RPi to make the connection at boot?

Thanks.

Once you have set it it should connect on boot. Starting VNC does require configuration http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/a/39106/8697 shows how. — Milliways, Dec 09 '15 at 08:45
Yes, I have configered VNC already, it just does not seem to let me connect with my SSH putty terminal when it first loads... — Kyran Richards, Dec 09 '15 at 16:31
@Wilf I just loaded a new version of raspbian Jessie, none of the files have been changed. All I had to do was click on the internet symbol on the task bar and select my network. — Kyran Richards, Dec 10 '15 at 09:34

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:56

If you configure the WiFi connection via /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf, it should automatically connect - example file contents:

ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1

network={
#Set wifi network name and password here
ssid="NAME"
psk="PASSWORD"

# Protocol type can be: RSN (for WP2) and WPA (for WPA1)
#proto=WPA2

# Key management type can be: WPA-PSK or WPA-EAP (Pre-Shared or Enterprise)
#key_mgmt=WPA-PSK

# Pairwise can be CCMP or TKIP (for WPA2 or WPA1)
#pairwise=TKIP

#Authorization option should be OPEN for both WPA1/WPA2 (in less commonly used are SHARED and LEAP)
#auth_alg=OPEN
}

You may need to set a static IP address though, otherwise the Pi may have a different IP address to the one you are expecting

Alternatively, if your WiFi hardware supports it, you get the Pi to make a wireless hotspot which devices could then connect to - this may use more power though (so it will drain batteries quicker etc).

Raspberry Pi Wifi at Boot

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