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4. Connecting to a Workgroup Network

Mark Edward Soper

(1)Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

In this chapter, you will learn how to connect your Raspberry Pi to workgroup networks found in home office and small business environments using wired or wireless connections. Your Raspberry Pi will need a working wireless network connection, using either integrated wireless hardware (Raspberry Pi 3 or the Raspberry Pi Zero W) or an RPi-compatible Wi-Fi USB adapter. Most topics also support a wired Ethernet adapter.

Distro and Raspberry Pi Configuration

To connect to workgroup networks, Linux uses Samba. Samba is an open source implementation of Windows ...

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