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Setup Wifi on Raspberry Pi Without Monitor

This will explain how to enable wifi before ever booting your Raspberry Pi and without the need for a monitor and keyboard attached to the Raspberry Pi

  1. Download Image from Raspberry Pi website
  2. User Etcher to write to sdcard
  3. After writing is complete, re-insert the sdcard into the computer
  4. Go to the storage drive called boot
  5. Add ssh file with no content
  6. Add wpa_supplicant.conf with the following content:
country=US
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1

network={
 ssid="WIFI_SSID"
 scan_ssid=1
 psk="WIFI_PASSWORD"
 key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
}
  1. Unmount drive and put in Raspberry Pi
  2. Boot Raspberry Pi and wifi should connect automatically

Note: Tested on 2018-06-27-raspbian-stretch Credit: Derived from www.losant.com/blog