Connecting to WiFi

This will be a quick guide to those who are less familiar with working on Linux systems. There are other ways to set up the Jetson Nano depending on if you're planning on using a headless variant or not. This quick guide is if you just want to set up WiFi through SSH instead of using a monitor and peripherals. If you're planning on using the Jetson Nano headless, this would've been done through a microUSB cable. There are plenty of detailed guides online already for this method.

So first we'll need some way to let us SSH into the Jetson Nano already. I'll use Ethernet first to connect. A simple reminder to make sure both your host computer and the Nano are connected on the same network. I'll also assume you have the necessary WiFi drivers and accessories.

ssh [email protected]

Using the network manager tool, let's see our possible network connections:

nmcli d

Making sure that our WiFi module is on:

nmcli r wifi on

And then scanning and listing the visible WiFi networks:

nmcli d wifi list

To connect to your network of choice:

nmcli d wifi connect [SSID] password [PASS]

Then we'll need the inet address to connect via SSH through WiFi this time:

sudo ifconfig wlan0

Once we have this info we can log out of our current SSH session and disconnect the Ethernet. Simply SSH back into the Nano using the new address.

ssh [email protected]