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Connect to a Raspberry Pi Zero W via USB - No Mini HDMI Cable Needed

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Walks through reaching a Raspberry Pi Zero W over USB with SSH, a common guide for people setting one up without a mini HDMI cable or monitor.

Watch for: the dwc2 and g_ether edits to config.txt and cmdline.txt

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For anyone new that reads this post I followed this video tutorial.

Ka_Papa on raspberrypi.stackexchange.com, May 2018. CC BY-SA.

I ordered a Raspberry Pi Zero W and set it up using this tutorial.

some-person159 on raspberrypi.stackexchange.com, Jun 2018. CC BY-SA.

I manually set up my wpa_supplicant.conf file following this guide:

James Hartman on raspberrypi.stackexchange.com, Apr 2018. CC BY-SA.

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