On the Mac, open up your Network Preferences and select the wired Ethernet interface from the list at the left.
I had an old four port hub/switch, so I just plugged the Pi and the Mac into that. To find out if your Ethernet cable is a crossover, look at both ends side-by-side if they have the same colored wires in the same order, it isn’t a crossover cable. The simplest network is a crossover cable connecting the two computers. Read on for all the steps for configuring a proxy server on the Mac for your Raspberry Pi.
Thus, my decision to go with a software proxy solution. A $30 Wifi dongle might work, but from reading the forums it seems that the USB ports are a bit under spec and should probably not be thought of as equivalent to a standard computer USB port. Online these are cheap enough expect to spend at least another $15 to $20, or much more if you try to get these items in retail stores. I have an extra DVI monitor so I got a HDMI to DVI cable, and you definitely need a proper micro USB supply (at least 1 amp your phone charger won’t cut it).
When I’m in the studio out back I’m always connecting via Wifi with my Mac I thought one of the first things I’d do would be to set the Mac up as a proxy server for the Pi.Ī quick aside on peripherals and the Raspberry Pi: I could see how these could add up really quickly. I only have two wired connections in my house now, in inconvenient locations where our desktop computers used to be years ago. One of the first things I realized was that the need for a wired Ethernet connection is kind of a hurdle it goes against the way that most of us get online these days.
Getting the big Raspberry Pi logo up on the TV felt a little like seeing the Happy Mac for the first time, even though I didn’t have to do anything other than format an SD card. Actually, this was a better experience when we got the Mac home from Computerland we found it had a bad mouse controller and we had to wait until Monday to bring it back. I was reminded of when my Dad brought home our first “Fat Mac” in 1985 (Fat because it had 512k of RAM). I got my Raspberry Pi this week, and I have to say that despite the wait (or maybe because of it), the whole user experience of getting this running was exciting.
Subscribe to the premier DIY magazine todayĬommunity access, print, and digital Magazine, and more Skill builder, project tutorials, and more On Maker Campus facilitated by makers but for everyone Get hands-on with kits, books, and more from the Maker Shed