Troubleshooting • Re: Can't remote in using laptop to Raspberry pi

Going back to the beginning...

Option One:

1. Enable internet connection sharing on your laptop. Assuming that is that the laptop doesn't use ethernet for its internet access.
2. Install Raspberry Pi OS. Remember to create a user, enable ssh and enable vnc.
3. Connect the ethernet cable
4. Boot
5. Give it ten minutes or so. A fresh install will reboot at least once during this time.
6. Attempt to connect from the laptop using hostname or hostname.local e.g raspberrypi or raspberrypi.local. Or run a network scanner to find its IP address and use that.

This is preferred. Especially if you want your Pi to have access to the internet for updates etc. I suggested this in the fourth post in this thread. Did you try it?

Option Two:

1. Enable mDNS/avahi/bonjour on your laptop's ethernet interface (name and steps vary by OS)
2. Install Raspberry Pi OS Legacy. Remember to create a user, enable ssh and enable vnc.
3. Connect the ethernet cable
4. Boot
5. Give it ten minutes or so. A fresh install will reboot at least once during this time.
6. Attempt to connect from the laptop using hostname.local e.g raspberrypi.local. Or run a network scanner to find its IP address and use that.

Option Three:
See the links I gave you in the second post in this thread.

Statistics: Posted by thagrol — Mon Apr 07, 2025 12:37 am

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