# How to activate Wifi? **URL:** \ **Category:** Support and Troubleshooting\ **Created:** [September 23, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/how-to-activate-wifi/3596 "2021-09-23T16:33:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![arp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d26b3c/32.png) [@arp](https://community.umbrel.com/u/arp)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/how-to-activate-wifi/3596/1 "2021-09-23T16:33:48Z")
Hello, My Raspi 4 is connected via Ethernet but most of my devices are connected via Wifi to my network. How can I configure and activate wifi access for my Umbrel? Many thanks! ---
**Author:** ![mjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@mjk](https://community.umbrel.com/u/mjk)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 9:22pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/how-to-activate-wifi/3596/2 "2021-09-23T21:22:38Z")
this should help you: > **[Headless Raspberry Pi 4 SSH WiFi Setup (Mac + Windows, 10 Steps) – desertbot.io](https://desertbot.io/blog/headless-raspberry-pi-4-ssh-wifi-setup)** ---
**Author:** ![DarthCoin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/darthcoin/32/1628_2.png) [@DarthCoin](https://community.umbrel.com/u/DarthCoin)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 9:28pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/how-to-activate-wifi/3596/3 "2021-09-23T21:28:10Z")
- Create a file `wpa_supplicant.conf` in the boot partition of the microSD card with the following content. Note that the network name (ssid) and password need to be in double-quotes (like `psk="password"`) ```auto ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev update_config=1 country=[COUNTRY_CODE] network={ ssid="[WIFI_SSID]" psk="[WIFI_PASSWORD]" } ``` - Replace `[COUNTRY_CODE]` with the [ISO2 code](https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#search) of your country (eg. `US`) - Replace `[WIFI_SSID]` and `[WIFI_PASSWORD]` with the credentials for your own WiFi. ---
**Author:** ![arp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d26b3c/32.png) [@arp](https://community.umbrel.com/u/arp)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 8:24am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/how-to-activate-wifi/3596/4 "2021-09-24T08:24:38Z")
> [@DarthCoin](#): > > `wpa_supplicant.conf` Strangly enough, this doesn’t work and when i check the boot partition again, that file has been deleted. ---
**Author:** ![arp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d26b3c/32.png) [@arp](https://community.umbrel.com/u/arp)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 8:25am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/how-to-activate-wifi/3596/5 "2021-09-24T08:25:24Z")
Will try this one too. Didn’t expect the Wifi connection to be so difficult. ---
**Author:** ![arp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d26b3c/32.png) [@arp](https://community.umbrel.com/u/arp)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 9:12am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/how-to-activate-wifi/3596/6 "2021-09-24T09:12:05Z")
Update: I can ping the device (macbook pro via wifi) but I can’t browse. I can browse to it via the IP-address and see to login screen but after typing in my password it won’t go to the dashboard. It’s like the screen freezes. Same on a new Macbook Air. Tried on Firefox and Brave. Access via Tor also works fine and on a Windows machine it works fine also (via wifi). IOS works too. Guess it’s the Mac OS then? ---
**Author:** ![mjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@mjk](https://community.umbrel.com/u/mjk)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 9:12am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/how-to-activate-wifi/3596/7 "2021-09-24T09:12:43Z")
ist not difficult at all, just shutdown your umbrel, take out SD Card and plug it into your reader then follow step 4 . put your SD card back and restart your Pi ( without the ethernet connection !) worked for me. ---
**Author:** ![DarthCoin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/darthcoin/32/1628_2.png) [@DarthCoin](https://community.umbrel.com/u/DarthCoin)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 9:38am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/how-to-activate-wifi/3596/8 "2021-09-24T09:38:25Z")
That’s because your local PC from where you access “forget” in local DNS information about that IP. You will need to add in your local hosts file the information umbrel.local or just access it using the IP, is just fine ---
**Author:** ![arp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d26b3c/32.png) [@arp](https://community.umbrel.com/u/arp)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 12:41pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/how-to-activate-wifi/3596/9 "2021-09-24T12:41:02Z")
That works indeed, thanks ---
**Author:** ![lantador](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@lantador](https://community.umbrel.com/u/lantador)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 1:49pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/how-to-activate-wifi/3596/10 "2021-10-07T13:49:36Z")
Thank you. It worked for me. My thanks and appreciation. ---
**Author:** ![shanemkotz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@shanemkotz](https://community.umbrel.com/u/shanemkotz)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 10:22pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/how-to-activate-wifi/3596/11 "2021-10-09T22:22:28Z")
I’m having issues with this as well. when I tried going to umbre.local it wouldn’t pop anything up on my Mac. I have been trying to download one of the wifi files and none of them are downloading. ---
**Author:** ![DarthCoin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/darthcoin/32/1628_2.png) [@DarthCoin](https://community.umbrel.com/u/DarthCoin)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2021, 9:31am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/how-to-activate-wifi/3596/12 "2021-10-10T09:31:40Z")
read these 2 guides: [how to set a static IP for your node](http://community.umbrel.com/t/how-to-set-a-static-ip-for-your-umbrel-machine/845/2) and [troubleshooting manual](http://community.umbrel.com/t/umbrel-troubleshooting-guide/3632) ---
**Author:** ![Jonas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/aeb1de/32.png) [@Jonas](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Jonas)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 3:30pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/how-to-activate-wifi/3596/13 "2022-01-24T15:30:54Z")
Thanks for this, It worked for me. How do I remove it to go back to Ethernet cable? Plugging the SD back into the desktop I can no longer see the wpa\_supplicant.conf file to delete it. ---
**Author:** ![mktahmasbi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/mktahmasbi/32/3303_2.png) [@mktahmasbi](https://community.umbrel.com/u/mktahmasbi)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 7:38pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/how-to-activate-wifi/3596/14 "2023-06-29T19:38:43Z")
Thank you all! With a combination of the commads and links given above and using a mix of Mac and Windows, I managed to make the necessary changes and right now my umberl is accessible at umbrel.local on my wifi network. ---
**Author:** ![Mimmoj85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Mimmoj85](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Mimmoj85)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 3:41pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/how-to-activate-wifi/3596/15 "2024-05-20T15:41:47Z")
Guys from Umbrel. Ehen we will have an easy included method to use Wifi without coding ??? ---
**Author:** ![mayank](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/mayank/32/26_2.png) [@mayank](https://community.umbrel.com/u/mayank)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 8:04am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/how-to-activate-wifi/3596/16 "2024-06-10T08:04:52Z")
Hey folks, the first public beta of umbrelOS 1.2 officially brings Wi-Fi support. To test out the update on an existing Umbrel, go to Settings \> Advanced settings, and enable umbrelOS Beta Program. You’ll then see “umbrelOS 1.2 Beta 1” being available for update. After update, you can connect to your Wi-Fi from Settings \> Wi-Fi. To test it out on a new device, just download the relevant OS image for your device from our GitHub release: [Release umbrelOS 1.2 Beta 1 · getumbrel/umbrel · GitHub](https://github.com/getumbrel/umbrel/releases/tag/1.2.0-beta.1) Please keep us posted with how it goes for you! ---
**Author:** ![Galetaire](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/galetaire/32/5074_2.png) [@Galetaire](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Galetaire)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 11:39am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/how-to-activate-wifi/3596/17 "2024-08-09T11:39:42Z")
Finally decided to upgrade my RPI4, and it went great, quick process and wifi working smoothly with v1.2.2. 💜