Once your RPi is up and running, plug it into a router with an ethernet cable & track down the IP address from the DHCP client list. If you have the nmap utility installed, you can also search for all the clients serving on port 22:
nmap -sV -p 22 192.168.0.1-254
Once you have the IP address you can login:
ssh pi@[ip address]
The default password is: raspberry
Or just use a keyboard/monitor to login directly. I prefer the headless method because screens and keyboards are more bulky and annoying than a router and ethernet cable.
First, set a new password for the pi user: passwd
Run the configuration utility.
sudo raspi-config
- Expand the filesystem
- Change the root password
- Internationalisation
- Change Locale: en_US-UTF-8 UTF-8 (and select it on the second screen)
- Change Time Zone
- Change Keyboard Layout to en_US
- Finish (and reboot)
Edit the wifi config: sudo nano /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
Add the following configuration:
network={
ssid="Wifi SSID"
psk="Wifi password"
}
Restart the networking service:
sudo service networking restart
Check that you're actually connected to the Internet (ping 8.8.8.8, ctrl-C to exit out of ping)
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install gpac firmware-linux-nonfree crda
Set your wifi card to US mode, then reboot.
sudo iw reg set US
sudo reboot
Wait for the RPi to reboot, then log back in: ssh pi@[ip address]