In today’s episode of Light Show Networking with Nick or, LSNWN, we’re gonna dive into how to connect our main light show computer, aka, a Raspberry Pi to our network and access it. Connecting to them for the first time can be a little difficult, but this video explains how you can do it, and settings you can change to make it a breeze to connect to it in the future. Originally, this video was also going to explain how to connect a pixel controller to your network, but I decided to cut that out because of how long the video was. If you’re interested in learning how to connect a pixel controller to a network, stay tuned for the next episode where I’ll cover that!

An additional thing I forgot to mention in the video is this tutorial also works when using FPP on a Beagle Bone computer. The only difference is most beagle bones don’t have a built-in wifi interface, so you’ll need a wifi adapter or just stick with ethernet.

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Check out the Falcon Player software (FPP) here: https://github.com/FalconChristmas/fpp
How to find your default gateway to connect to your router: https://www.noip.com/support/knowledgebase/finding-your-default-gateway

Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro
01:29 – Welcome to the LSNWN series
02:42 – What’s in today’s video
03:17 – How we use Pis & pixel controllers with our light shows
05:56 – Editor note
06:20 – How to connect your Raspberry Pi to your network
10:02 – Which devices can I use to access the Pi?
10:58 – How do I connect to the Pi’s web interface?
12:06 – Word from our sponsor
13:10 – How to connect to your router to find the Pi’s IP address
17:17 – Setting a static IP address on the Pi
25:11 – How to connect to your Pi using the wifi hotspot
31:07 – Finishing up

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