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title: Setting up Raspberry Pi Wi-Fi
tags: Raspberry Pi
---

# Setting up External Wi-Fi Dongle on Raspberry Pi OS

## Disable Bulid-In Wi-Fi

in `/boot/config.txt`

dtoverlay=disable-wifi

## Configure WPA Supplicant

in `/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf`

network={
    ssid="wifi-ssid"
    psk="password"
    key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
}

## DHCP

in `/etc/network/interfaces`

allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

## Static IP

in `/etc/network/interfaces`

allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet manual
wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

in `/etc/dhcpcd.conf`

interface eth0
static ip_address=192.168.0.4/24
static routers=192.168.0.1
static domain_name_servers=192.168.0.1