PC-attached headless PI

Feb 03, 2015 1 Replies

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Giorgio 11 years ago

Hi all; I'm now using my network-attached headless PI mainly from a PC running XP, with KiTTY. All works fine.

I would like to know if this configuration may work:

- I take another PI with a copy of my SD.

- I give power to the PI from an USB port on my PC.

- I connect the PI to the PC via LAN using a cross cable.

Since the PI and the PC are on the same network (192.168.0.xxx) KiTTY should work normally; I hope.

Some of you can confirm or suggest another way?

Thank you and greeting from Italy

Giorgio

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alister 11 years ago

if the Pi is configured with a fixed IP address yes if it is configured fro DHCP then probably not Unless your pc is acting as a DHCP server

(Crossover cable may not be needed may PC Network cards now Auto cross but you would have to test this on your own equipment)

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