In File Explorer right-click on the boot SD and select Eject from the context menu.

Paste in the contents below (adjusting for the name of your country code, network name and network password):Ĭtrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev.

To add network info you need to create a second text file called wpa_nf and place that in the root of the boot SD too.

Be sure to set Save as type to All Files (so the file is NOT saved with a.

In a new file put in one space and nothing more.

To enable it you need to place a blank text file called 'ssh' in the root of the boot SD by doing the following: Enable sshįor security reasons, ssh is no longer enabled by default. It should appear with the name 'boot' followed by a drive letter. A simple fix is to pull the SD card out then plug it back in.

Select drive - it may find the SDHC Card automaticallyĪfter you flash (burn) the image, File Explorer may have trouble seeing it.

Select image - browse to the *.zip file you downloaded from Raspbian.

You can use a new SD card right out of the package. Put a blank mini SD card and adapter into your Windows machine. To run balenaEtcher is pretty straight forward.

The installer may launch balenaEtcher when done - if you close it you can always find and run it later.

Run Setup ( Open the download folder and click I Agree).To burn an image to the SD card you can use balenaEtcher (formerly known as just Etcher). Just leave it in your Downloads folder and I'll show you how to burn it to an SD card. Once you download the file, there is no need to unzip it. I'm using the lite image (no desktop) version 4.9 from March 13, 2018. These instructions are for a Raspbian Stretch image that I downloaded from here:

The Mac OS version of these instructions can be found here: Setup Pi Zero W Headless Wifi (Mac). This article covers setting up the Pi Zero W for headless SSH access over WiFi using Windows 10.

Raspberry pi zero wireless setup