Raspberrypi help

[Nipplemilk909]

hello im trying to connect to my pi from my laptop without useing an ethernet cable. need help connecting to the pi and then from the pi to a google instance. 

am i going to be using putty from laptop to pi?.. etc

[Nipplemilk909]

am i going to be sshing to my pi?

[Factory Factory]

Which Pi version, and how is it hooked up?

 

For a Pi Zero and only a Pi Zero, you can change a couple settings on your SD card to enable the Pi's use as an ethernet gadget, then you can SSH from PuTTY at the bonjour/zeroconf address "raspberrypi.local" (you may need to install bonjour if you're on Windows). https://learn.adafruit.com/turning-your-raspberry-pi-zero-into-a-usb-gadget/ethernet-gadget

 

If you have a Pi 3, say, and need to set up a WiFi or Bluetooth PAN connection, best bet would be to start by hooking the thing up to a keyboard, mouse, and monitor/TV until you can enter the network credentials (https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/wireless/wireless-cli.md) or set up a Bluetooth serial connection (http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/23415/how-can-a-usb-bluetooth-dongle-be-used-as-login-tty). Thereafter you can SSH in.

 

If these aren't available or practical, you could connect the Pi and your laptop's ethernet port directly together, then connect to "raspberrypi.local" via bonjour/zeroconf.

 

And if none of these work, get one of these https://www.adafruit.com/products/954 to connect to the Pi over its serial UART.

[Huntsman]

Connecting without ethernet? Try wifi or serial.

 

You can connect to your pi from a laptop is various ways, not just SSH. You could remote desktop if you like the GUI.

 

What's google instance tho..

[Nipplemilk909]

12 hours ago, Huntsman said:

Connecting without ethernet? Try wifi or serial.

 

You can connect to your pi from a laptop is various ways, not just SSH. You could remote desktop if you like the GUI.

 

What's google instance tho..

its a vm on the cloud. 

how would i connect with ethernet from laptop ?