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How to gain remote access without a Monitor or TV?

Well I have already asked the question here so am confused whether to post it again or not. Just to keep things simplified.. I have posted the link to my question above.

Moderators pls don't flame me..help me in shifting my question if appropriate (but it doesn't really belong to a single category (RaspberryPi) so I have posted it @ superuser.stackexchange

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  • See this question: http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/606/how-to-gain-remote-access-without-a-monitor-or-tv – Darren Wilkinson Jun 24 '12 at 10:42
  • thanks a lot :D yeah was just reading this here: http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/38/prepare-for-ssh-without-a-screen – sky770 Jun 24 '12 at 10:53

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You can use ssh to setup VNC on Raspberry Pi. VNC is a graphical desktop sharing system, like "Remote Desktop" - exactly what you need.

Step 1 - Power it up
By default RPi Distributions come with enabled dhcp and installed ssh server. So all you need to do is plugin your RPi into the network and check what IP address had it received (from your router active DHCP clients for example or by using nmap)

Step 2 - Connect to it with ssh
If you are using Windows download a tool called PuTTy. It's a tool for remote console management. If you are using Linux issue the ssh ip_address_of_pi command.
Next you will need to enter the login credentials for your Pi

Step 3 - Install vnc
Check what package manager is using your RPi Linux distribution. For Debian the default one is called 'apt-get'. Other package managers are 'aptitude', 'synaptic' and etc.
Run this to install vnc4server

sudo apt-get install vnc4server

That the most important. Follow some tutorial on the web for configuring vnc. There is an easy to use vnc client for windows and linux.

Good Luck!

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