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SD Card with Raspbian.
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Components required for setting it up the first time:
HDMI/ AV Display.
Keyboard and Mouse
Step 1: Setting Up Your Raspberry Pi

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on your pi allows you to see the raspberry pis desktop remotely, using the
mouse and keyboard as if you were sitting right in front of your pi. It also means
that you can put your pi anywhere else in your home, but still control it. Also, Related
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Step 2: Sharing Internet Over Ethernet

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This step explains how you can share your laptop internet with the raspberry pi
via Ethernet cable.In Windows : For sharing internet to multiple users over
Ethernet, go to Network and Sharing Center. Then click on the WiFi network:

Click on Properties (shown below), then go to Sharing and click on Allow other
network users to connect. Make sure that networking connection is changed
to Local Area Connection:

Note : Doing this will provide a dynamic IP to the Ethernet port of your laptop
and other Devices connected to your laptop. Now, for checking the IP assigned
to your laptop, Click on the new local area connection link created:

As shown above, the IP assigned to my laptop is 192.168.137.1. For checking

the IP assigned to the connected ethernet device, do the following. Considering
that IP assigned to your Laptop is 192.168.137.1 and subnet mask is
255.255.255.0 :
Open command prompt.

Ping on broadcast address of your IP. (Type) Eg: ping 192.168.137.255.

Stop the ping after 5 seconds.

Check the reply from device: arp a

Step 3: Setting Up the VNC Server to Connect Raspberry Pi to

Laptop Display

If you have an HDMI display: Using the connected HDMI display on your pi, you
should install VNC server in raspberry pi. Open the LX-Terminal and type the
following commands to install VNC:

$ sudo apt-get update

$ sudo apt-get install tightvncserver

If you dont have an HDMI display: If you do not have a display even for one
time setup, then no need to worry. Install Putty as per your windows
configuration and via SSH you can connect with your raspberry pi. And, as you
 get access of your pi terminal, run the same commands as above to install
VNC. Starting VNC Server on Pi : For starting VNC, enter the following
command in SSH terminal:

$ vncserver :1

You will be prompted to enter and confirm a password. This will be asked only
once, during first time setup. Enter an 8 digit password. Note that this is the
password you will need to use, to connect to the Raspberry Pi remotely. You
will also be asked if you want to create a separate read-only password say
no (n). Yippeee :).The VNC server is now running on your Pi and so we can
attempt to connect to it. But first we must switch to the laptop, from which we
want to control the pi. Then setup a VNC client to connect to the pi.

Step 4: Setting Up the Client Side (Laptop)

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Download VNC client from here (http://www.realvnc.com/download/vnc/)

and install it. When you first run VNC viewer.
Enter IP address of your raspberry pi given dynamically by your laptop (you
got the address from the earlier step). And append with :1 (denoting port
number) and press connect. You will get a warning message, press
Continue
Enter the 8 digit password which was entered in VNC server installation on
raspberry pi
Finally, the raspberry pi desktop itself should appear as a VNC window. You will
be able to access the GUI and do everything, as if you were using the pis
keyboard, mouse and monitor directly. As with SSH, since this is working over
your network, your pi could be situated anywhere as long as it is connected to
your network.

So, whenever you want to do something with your pi, just connect it with
ethernet cable to your laptop and power it. Then open VNCViewer, mention the
IP address of your pi. And you can use the display of your laptop as the
raspberry pis monitor.

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BartjeS2 (/member/BartjeS2/) 2016-03-30 Reply

Great tutorial, today i got my new Raspberry Pi 3. This works out of the box :)

Only point i found is that this only works as long the RP is powered. After
reboot you have to start VNC server manualy before it can work (not a great
thing if there is no monitor or keyboard connected). I made a simple script to
start VNC at boot.

Maybe it's worth adding one more page with those instructions for the ones
who like it?

AbhishekG77 (/member/AbhishekG77/) . BartjeS2 (/member/BartjeS2/) Reply

2017-06-19
please share the script

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(/member/BartjeS2/) 2016-08-01 Reply

I'm interested in the script. Please do share.

JacekP (/member/JacekP/) 2017-02-26 Reply

made it with xrdp on Windows. No need of any startup script.

Min JieL (/member/Min+JieL/) 2016-08-15 Reply

always failed :) fatal error coming out from PuTTy

navael (/member/navael/) 2016-07-11 Reply

This doesn't work for me - "Make sure that networking connection is changed
to Local Area Connection. It stays on Ethernet. What do I do? Any help is
appreciated, thanks!

hydranix (/member/hydranix/) 2016-04-27 Reply

Instead of a VNC server, use SSH and forward X11. For Windows, use
MobaXTerm (free)

For Linux just use native X11

For Mac just.... rofl apple

Jihernandez13 (/member/Jihernandez13/) 2016-03-16 Reply

I've gotten all the way until the final part where we have to type in our pi's IP
address on the VNC viewer. When I enter the address and the port number, I
get a response stating that the host computer is refusing access. Any thoughts
on how to troubleshoot this?

BertS2 (/member/BertS2/) 2016-02-14 Reply

The hardest thing for me when I was getting started with RasPi's was knowing
the IP number, which is definitely required for remote access. I experimented
with having it say the IP number, flash the lights for the IP number, but my
favorite was having it send an email telling me the current IP number at the end
of the boot process.

I use my devices on multiple networks, wired and wireless.

If you are fixed in one location then this isn't as big of an issue.

I use terminal more than graphics console for access.

Yet another way to access the Pi is via http. If you have a camera on your Pi
then you'll be blown away by this software: http://elinux.org/RPi-Cam-Web-
Interface (http://elinux.org/RPi-Cam-Web-Interface)

Cheers!

BertS2 (/member/BertS2/) 2016-02-14 Reply

The hardest thing for me when I was getting started with RasPi's was knowing
the IP number, which is definitely required for remote access. I experimented
with having it say the IP number, flash the lights for the IP number, but my
favorite was having it send an email telling me the current IP number at the end
of the boot process.

I use my devices on multiple networks, wired and wireless.

If you are fixed in one location then this isn't as big of an issue.

I use terminal more than graphics console for access.

Yet another way to access the Pi is via http. If you have a camera on your Pi
then you'll be blown away by this software: http://elinux.org/RPi-Cam-Web-
Interface (http://elinux.org/RPi-Cam-Web-Interface)

Cheers!

greatidea (/member/greatidea/) 2016-01-26 Reply

Great instructable. Helped me a lot

JoeK17 (/member/JoeK17/) 2016-01-23 Reply

nice post....

vbe44bfm (/member/vbe44bfm/) 2015-12-09 Reply

Actually similar way of achieving is by putty "X11 enabled over SSH" (in SSH
tab) and Xming installed on laptop and no need for vnc on rpi, once networked.

JavaProgrammer (/member/JavaProgrammer/) 2015-11-20 Reply

very useful, I have actually been wondering how to use my laptop as a RPi
monitor.

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