Raspberry Pi Remote Access - 3 Methods

Let’s look at three methods of Remote Access for the Raspberry Pi. Forget the keyboard, mouse, and monitor!
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Welcome back to the workshop (yes, it’s been a while)!
Today, we will examine three remote access methods for the Raspberry Pi. Whether your Pi is in the same room or in another country, whether you need full GUI access or just a terminal, we have a method for you.
We will look at SSH, which provides a secure shell for terminal access. Perfect if you need to update the Pi, restart it, or run a Python script.
Then, we will move to VNC to get a full GUI screen that we can use as if we were directly connected to the Raspberry Pi.
Finally, we’ll examine the newest remote access method, Raspberry Pi Connect. This product provides either terminal or GUI access from anywhere in the world using a web browser. You’ll need a free Raspberry Pi account to use Pi Connect.
Here is the Table of contents for today's video:
00:00 - Introduction
02:15 - Pi Networking
07:34 - Raspberry Pi Boards
08:41 - Getting your IP Address
09:44 - SSH
14:25 - VNC
17:36 - Raspberry Pi Connect
22:42 - Conclusion
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[@RustyCoyoteA]

I can’t stress how beneficial having visuals with the explanation helps with understanding this subject. Electromagnetics? Yep. Got it. Networking and communications? The wrinkles of my brain start to smooth out.

[@pauljarrett2849]

Great to have you back Bill, I hope all is well🤞

[@LeonMatthews]

Very glad to see you back! I really appreciate you taking the time to explain (and re-re-explain!) Raspberry Pi Connect. I'd seen it on their blog and was curious about how it actually worked and its pros and cons. The article on your website is great, too. Thank you!

[@Batendor]

I've jumped straight to the Pi Connect method. It's surprisingly straight forward and fast. Thanks for the video. Nice to have you back.

[@ShadowzGSD]

the exact video i wanted at the exact time i wanted it. thanks for your spookily spot on timing.

[@guatagel2454]

I don't know why, but happened to me also with this channel.

[@edwardaudet8367]

Bill, Great to see you back. Hope all is starting to go better for you. We all have really missed you. Excellent video. I hate t do his but I am going to have to update my pi4 and pi3 operating systems. I use my pi as either a work station or to run my trains under JMRI.

[@JohnMerryman]

What great explanations! Graphics and a explanations are easy to understand.

[@erich7431]

glad you're back. Take care

[@VladekR]

Thank you Bill. It was 1989 when I met TCP/IP during my Comp Sci study.

[@mohammedrezk8072]

Very neat , Very organised, Very Simple Thank you.

[@TheUnofficialMaker]

13:33 not ampersand, it's at symbol :) Great video glad you are back.

[@ernestgalvan9037]

The original Latin was “& per se, and” which morphed into ampersand… the “at” meaning evolved separately ..

[@SpeccyMan]

@@ernestgalvan9037 Not quite. @ is the at symbol. The ampersand is &.

[@geographicaloddity2]

Thank you for that. I have done VNC, SSH and X-windows connections to Pi's, Solaris, HP-UX and Xenix systems for many years and been self-taught. That was the most complete tutorial I've ever seen. I'm a little afraid of Pi Connect - it sounds an awful lot like a PI ecosystem and remote desktop with all the headaches and security issues of that. Having to have a PI account is eerily like Win11. I know nothing is free, and you should pay for what you use, but I think think I'm going to stick with VNC for the near future.

[@gg-gn3re]

rustdesk runs better than all them and you can run your own server

[@dave00011]

Good to have you back, Bill !

[@user-hc6uo5fp8n]

Great to have you back remember mum know best.

[@danman32]

Technically WiFi is a layer 2 protocol (MAC addressing) and not layer 3 (IP). One's WiFi might not be on a different subnet than one's wired Ethernet like you have. Granted the Pi's Ethernet and WiFi connections are both layer 3 so the can be on same or different subnets. It is really interesting how devices really communicate when on the same subnet as determined by the IP and subnet mask.

[@paulalmquist5683]

Glad you are back. Another remote access command worth knowing about in scp - secure copy - and easy to use way to transfer files between computers. It is a good friend of ssh. Likely already installed if you have ssh installed.

[@arxaaron]

Very thorough, as always! Glad you're back in the workshop!

[@paulcohen1555]

I'm amazed how you made this so simple to understand for me!

[@iamthereforeimustbe]

Well, you can’t get any better timing than this. I am going to be setting up my first raspberry pi this evening. 😮👍🏻

[@JatupornChinrungrueng]

The nost complete tutorial on how to connect Raspi headless. Look forward to more tutorial.

[@trevorshephard8572]

An excellent video and source of information, thank you so much. I agree with comments from others in that the quality and clarity of the information you provide via the visuals are the key to the transfer of knowledge. You have given me a good understanding of the background to things that I formerly just took for granted.

[@danielgaborgyorffi5873]

Thank you again for another great video content! ❤️ Hope that you and your mother got a lot better 🙏

[@Zanzubaa]

Also, you can host an Apache server on the pi and make a nice UI that works on the local network. That can execute bash script commands so lots of control.

[@ajaipal1]

Nice to see you, hope all is going well at home.

[@buildersmark]

Glad to see you back into content

[@Friendroid]

Hope everything is getting better health-wise with you and yours

[@entropywastaken]

As if you read my mind and knew exactly what I needed. Thank you so much! Banger video yet again :D

[@shaider1982]

nice you are back. this will help me to just use my laptop to control my Rpi3👍

[@morten61]

Thx. Excellent turtorial (as always).

[@jacqueschaillet7913]

Thanks a lot it's fine to see you back😍

[@Neowis3]

Very well put together video, thank you!

[@kennethbeal]

Thanks Bill! Enjoying my Rpi5.

[@skarmoutsosv]

13:32 instead of reading "ampersand sign" (&), it should read as "at sign" (@).

[@esrx7a]

Thank you sir for the very good tutorial video

[@omarsalem5832]

Thank you!

[@franklincoellofranklin6756]

As always, great video 🙌

[@Kiranle150]

Great content channel.What channel would you recommend for analog electronic projects for beginners? Looking for a channel like yours with focus on analog

[@olmynuwen]

Amazing video - thank you! Sub given without hesitation.

[@newton7277]

Sir I was making a project of Keyword Spotting using INMP411 and ESP32. My results from model were not correct and i figured that the problem is that the audio collected during 1 loop execution is just a part of the whole word. Sir can you please guide how to modify your i2s video code for INMP411 for this usecase so that i can capture whole word before i use it for fft and mfcc transformations all in 1 loop execution Thanks

[@shaider1982]

I am not sure if this is just on my Rpi but my Rpi3’s ip address seems to be always changes every time I turn it on. Only the last three digits change so it’s not a big problem but I need to always use my small monitor (7”, the one for security cams) to find the config before I can use VNC and then use my laptop from then on.

[@tortysoft]

Very handy this coming out at the same time we have to pay for remote VNC access :-) It's a bit juddery atm, but with just one server, even though I am London based, that's not a shock or a problem. I wonder, will it ever be fast enough for remote sound to be of any use?

[@GooogleGoglee]

Nice!

[@danman32]

In previous Pi OS's I've had problems with VNC when the Pi is headless (no monitor connected) especially with Python graphics. I've had to use a dummy HDMI dongle to get it to work. Did they fix that with Bookworm?

[@tin2001]

Have you tried using boot options to force an HDMI mode? Not sure if it'll fix headless, but I used to have issues with Raspberry Pis not doing anything higher than 640x480 if the TV they were connected to wasn't on when they booted (basically every time the power failed).

[@taham6757]

welcome back!!!

[@JeffreyGroves]

WiFi does not necessarily have a separate subnet. You can have WiFi on the same subnet on the same subnet by using Wireless Access Points instead of a WiFi-enabled router.

[@tin2001]

Or a better router. The wifi in a basic consumer router is still a distinct interface. It's bridged to the ethernet switch through software. Higher end routers let you do things like remove the wifi from the bridge, or run VLANs that can include whatever ports you want. Personally, I prefer to use separate access points around the house, since you can place them where wifi is needed, while the router usually has to be somewhere close to a random arbitrary legacy phone connection point like a kitchen or hallway.

[@luisdanielmesa]

I use remote desktop... I have too many devices at home. 2 proliant servers, 1 windows server, a couple windows laptops and a couple macbook pros... I use Remote desktop from my phone and it's really simple.

[@proyectostogo1462]

🎉🎉🎉yeahhhh you are back ❤❤

[@Ducerobot]

Could I ssh into a nano from a raspberry pi? Cool video😁👍

[@joserobertogarciachico5045]

does it have the "ifconfig" command installed? when I don't know the interface of the IPs from "hostname -I", I use that "ifconfig" command

[@markvanhorne3276]

I have a Raspberry Pi running OctoPrint on my Prusa MK3S 3D printer. I'm wondering if Raspberry Pi Connect would allow me connect to the Pi running Octoprint and be able to get into OctoLapse and be able to see the build plate so I can make sure the print is OK. And if the print failed, could I stop the print? If I could do this while I'm in my office 35 miles away, it would be very helpful.

[@haraldfielker4635]

I use Nebula as overlay network.

[@bobmirror7164]

Yea! My "cat camera" will work from the library.

[@afberglund2764]

Lte with ipv6 is difficult

[@Max_Bio]

How to enable HFP on rpi?

[@martinfederico7269]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@VlaProPro]

Я ставлю zerotier, и все проблемы решены!

[@tuppyglossop222]

Hi Bill. Always a great video, but with the greatest respect, could you please pause and take a breath in your narration. Listening is akin to reading text without any punctuation. Slow down a bit and make things a lot easier to follow. (It’s not just Bill, it seems to be a North American thing to talk at high speed without pausing for breath…)

[@gg-gn3re]

Use rustdesk

[@javiers.8274]

You videos contain very useful Information but are way too long. I wish you would get to the Point under 10mins . Anyway thanks :)