Sometimes it can be difficult to find your Raspberry Pi on the network. One way of interacting with the Raspberry Pi is connecting a keyboard, mouse and monitor to it. The preferred method, however, is over SSH. For this, you will need to know the IP address of your Raspberry Pi.
This is a good tutorial on how to find the IP address.
| Platform | Strategy |
|---|---|
| Mac / Linux | Nmap The use of nmap on the Mac may require a software download. Use nmap with the following command: sudo nmap -sn <subnet>.0/24 Example: sudo nmap -sn 1-.4.148.0/24 Among other returned values, you will see: Nmap scan report for ubuntu.silabs.com (10.4.148.44) Host is up (0.00025s latency). MAC Address: E4:5F:01:7B:CD:12 (Raspberry Pi Trading) And this is the Raspberry Pi at 10.4.148.44 Arp Alternatively, use Arp with the following command: arp -a | grep -i "b8:27:eb|dc:a6:32" |
| Windows | In the command prompt, use nslookup to fnd your Raspberry Pi. Example: nslookup ubuntu |
| Platform | Strategy |
|---|---|
| Mac / Linux / Windows | Once you have found your Raspberry Pi's IP address, you can use Secure Shell (SSH) to connect to it over the command line with the following command: ssh <raspberry pi's username>@<raspberry pi's IP address> Example: ssh ubuntu@10.4.148.44 password: raspberrypi When prompted provide the raspberry pi's password, in the case of the Silicon Labs Matter Hub image the username is ubuntu and the password is raspberrypi |