Step 6: SSH is disabled default in new Raspbian OS. Then add the following line anywhere in the file (will be in a newline). So open the ‘config.txt’ file in text editor. Step 5: Now we need to modify the ‘config.txt’ file. (Make sure it is at the end of the file not in newline). Step 4: Now open ‘cmdline.txt’ file and add this at the end of the file. You can able to see the files extracted from the image. A Raspbian OS is an image file with the ‘.img’ extension (It also comes with ‘.zip’ file you have to extract it before flashing).

Note: NOOBs will not work with this set up (NOOBs is Just an OS installer). Step 2: After formatting open Win32 Disk Imager (or Etcher), locate the downloaded Raspbian image file and flash it to the SD Card. Step 1: Format the SD card with SD card formatter. Check out the Headless Wi-Fi setup tutorial here. The Pi Zero W has in-built Wi-Fi, so you can use the headless Wi-Fi Setup too.

Advanced IP Scanner – To find your Pi’s IP.

They are using this driver on their musical devices and it works with Raspberry Pi also.

RNDIS Driver from MOD (Musical Operating Devices).

If you are facing issue only at the driver installation part you can directly continue with step 9. So I’m going to explain the complete steps for this headless setup along with driver installation. Then finally I found a driver link in a forum and I tried installing it manually and it’s worked. I tried downloading the drivers and installed but most drivers didn’t work. RNDIS is an Ethernet via USB driver which enables virtual Ethernet connection link between the Pi and your Laptop. In Windows10 the Pi Zero W detects as a Serial USB Device instead of RNDIS Device. The RNDIS driver will install automatically on all operating systems but not in Windows 10. But if you are using Windows 10 you might be faced the problem with RNDIS driver. There are many tutorials available for this. We need to use it as an Ethernet via USB technique to access the Pi.

The limitation of Pi Zero and Zero W is that it doesn’t have an Ethernet port. Setting up a headless setup for Pi Zero W is simple.

Raspberry pi zero headless setup usb