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Sharing WiFi Internet connectionwith Raspberry Pi throughLAN/Ethernet (HeadlessMode)

After having setup the Raspberry Pi to work in headless mode directly

without installing anything on it as described in this post, we then tinkered

on to share WiFi internet connection with the Raspberry Pi through the

LAN/Ethernet connection which we established in our earlier post.

What you want to do:

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1. Share PC/Laptops WiFi internet connection with Raspberry Pi through

LAN/Ethernet connected to Raspberry Pi

What you have:

1. Raspberry Pi A+/B/B+/Pi 2 (If youve a Pi Zero, please try and let us knowif this works on a Zero) running the latest Raspbian Wheezy. (Ive not

yet tried it with recently released Raspbian Jessie based off Debian 8. If

youve been successful with this latest release, please post in the

comment and Ill update it here. Thanks.)

2. PC/Laptop with WiFi Internet connection and a Ethernet Jack (LAN

Connector / RJ45)

3. A working SSH connection with Raspberry Pi (direct access, explained

here)

What you dont have:

1. Display Device for the Raspberry Pi (HDMI enabled display unit / Old TV)

2. Direct Internet connection for the Raspberry Pi (LAN or WiFi)

Extra Stuff you need:

1. Standard Network Cable (Cat 5, Standard or Crossover)

2. PutTTY Software (will be used to SSH into the Pi)

3. SD Card Writer

Edit: 2nd Jan, 2015. Added Video Tutorial:

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Sharing WiFi with Raspberry Pi through LAN Cable

A large part of this post assumes youve read the earlier post on directly

accessing the shell on Raspberry Pi through a Ethernet/LAN connection. In

this post, well go about setting up the Raspberry Pi to access internet

through the Ras-Pis Ethernet/LAN port from a Laptop/PCs shared WiFi

connection.

Steps:

1. Firstly, enable the WiFi adapter of the PC/Laptop and make sure its

connected to a WiFi hotpspot. Open any Internet Browser and confirminternet access by opening any website.

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Note:Im using my Android device (Nexus One) configured as a WiFi

hotspot J

2. Now, go to Network and Sharing Center (Network Settings in Win XP)

and then head to the Change Adapter Settingspage. As shown below,

were connected to Wireless Network Connection on Android 4. Do

remember the Local Area Connection to which well eventually share

this connection

3. Now, right click the above Network Properties and then select the

Sharing tab

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4. From the drop down list, choose Local Area Connection and enableboth the checkboxes and hit OK. Once done, head back to the Adapter

Settings page and you should now see the Shared info message on the

Wireless Network Connection

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5. Now, right click Local Area Connection Properties and then select

Internet Protocol Version 4 and then click the Properties Button

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Once the properties tab pops up, make sure that the Obtain IP addressautomatically checkbox is selected. If not, check it and hit OK

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6. Now, power up the Raspberry Pi (making sure that the Ras-Pi and the

Laptop/PC are connected to each other through the LAN/Ethernet cable)

and wait a minute or two while the Ras-Pi boots. Now, repeat step 5

(previous one) to make sure Obtain IP Address Automatically is still

checked.

7. Open up command prompt using the hotkey Windows Key + R and then

typing in cmd or simply keying in cmdin the start menu (Win 7)

8. In the command prompt, key in ipconfig and scroll to the top of the infoshown

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Note the IPv4 address which is 169.254.39.68 in this example. Please makea note of what you see as this will be required further.

9. Now, power off the Raspberry Pi and plug the Ras-Pis SD card into a

card reader and connect it to the PC. Once the disk opens up, open the

cmdline.txt file in any editor

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open up the midoribrowser. Verify Internet connectivity on the Ras-Pi

by opening any website.

Note (Edited: 5th Feb, 2015): Midori browser is no longer coming pre-

installed with the latest Raspbian version and has been replaced with

Epiphany Browser. Please use that instead to verify internet

connectivity.

Please let me your feedback or questions through comments.

Thanks

References:

1. http://pihw.wordpress.com/guides/direct-network-connection/super-

easy-direct-network-connection/

2. https://anwaarullah.wordpress.com/2013/07/16/direct-access-

raspberry-pi-shell-and-desktop/

P.S:Did this post help you? Please leave your feedback. If youve tried some

additional steps that helped you in getting this working, please share so we

all can benefit from.

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148 thoughts on Sharing WiFi Internet connection

with Raspberry Pi through LAN/Ethernet(Headless

Mode)

Shairul

December 18, 2015 at 3:40 PM

Assalamualaikum, Mr. Anwar.

I tried every step of the procedure. Alhamdulillah, i got it earlier. Once I

upgraded the Raspbian Wheezy to Jessie, everything gone head-wire. I

reformat back the SD to Wheezy, and subsequently, the internet

connectivity unable to achieve. Same as other, Im using Window 7 HP and

be advised, my rpi able to Putty and Xming earlier. Very dire of yourassistance thus Im using rpi 2 for my final year project. And now, the

projects progress from 40% achievement down to 0%. Cant figure out

which step I missed. Duly waiting for your assistance.

Anwaarullah

January 5, 2016 at 4:58 AM

Wa Alaikum As Salaam, are you still facing the same issue?

Nizar Boussarsar

January 15, 2016 at 6:51 PM

Assalamou Alaykom Mr. Anwar,

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First, I would like to thank you for this tutorial. It is great.

I am running Windows 10 on my PC and Debian Jessie on my Raspberry Pi. I

followed all the steps but I wasnt able to ping outside from my LAN. In

fact, when I ping the RPi from the PC it goes well but the other way does not

pass. I unchecked the Ethernet connexion from the Protected networkconnexions window and I was able to ping the PC from the RPi but not the

Internet. So I probably think that the problem is coming from the Windows

10 Firewall.

I would be grateful if you can help me fixing this issue. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Nizar

Anwaarullah

January 16, 2016 at 12:32 AM

Wa Alaikum As Salaam Akhi,

Im Sorry, I dont have access to a Win 10 machine and hence I cant

debug it

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