[Armbian]: How to Connect Orange Pi Zero to WiFi

Raspberry Pi Zero has no WiFi function. However, Orange Pi Zero has WiFi function. You cannot use the WiFi function simply by installing Armbian on Orange Pi Zero.

Here, we describe a method for connecting Orange Pi Zero with Armbian installed to WiFi.

1. Setting “wpa_supplicant.conf”

Introduction it’s necessary to set basic information for connecting to WiFi. Please prepare your WiFi SSID and Password. Write the setting information using an arbitrary Editor. Please change the part of “[SSID]” and “[PASSWORD]”.

$ sudo sh -c "wpa_passphrase [SSID] [PASSWORD] >> /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf"
$ sudo vi /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1
network={
 ssid="Your_SSID"
 #psk="Your_Password"
 psk=c174a8f925b06ba03ad00bfa0d91210c7f28f9071bac05c8530146eb59c1e250
}

2. Setting “interfaces”

After setting WiFi, proceed to the next. Edit “/etc/network/interfaces” using an arbitrary editor.

$ sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

auto wlan0
allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
iface default inet dhcp
$ sudo reboot

Thank you.