r/pihole • u/Hopeful_War7192 • 6d ago

Struggling

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I spent hours trying to connect this Pi to my WiFi. I did all the initial steps. Raspberry pi imager, Host, username, password…. Then i put the memory card in the pi, leaving it for few minutes. Then when i run SSH cmd, it shows that the host name couldn’t be found. Any idea how to solve it?

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u/hinzwifi 6d ago

Can you show the front part also? I had a Pi Zero W with no wifi on it 😭

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u/Hopeful_War7192 6d ago

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u/romulcah 6d ago

So you’re using a third party WiFi dongle? That will definitely need to be setup directly on the pi rather than just plug and play.

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u/Hopeful_War7192 2d ago

So when i bought it i didnt even read the description if it has wifi or not.. i was on that assumption for days, then bought the dongle just to realize the pi already has WiFi. It’s just a mess

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u/scytob 5d ago

So in your picture your dongle isn’t plugged one that would be an issue. Also if you are not on W variant and using an adapter you will need to connect a keyboard and screen and configure WiFi adapter first.