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Tutorial
(^42) July 2018 raspberrypi.org/magpi
Raspberry Pi
running Raspbian
Network
connection
Another
computer on
your network
You’ll
Need
ACCESS YOUR
RASPBIAN
DESKTOP
REMOTELY USINGVNC
Use your Raspberry Pi from any other machine on your network
here will be times when you can’t or don’t
want to switch to your Raspberry Pi. Perhaps
you’re using another computer, or your
Raspberry Pi is out of reach, behind your TV or a nest
of cables. Fortunately, with VNC (Virtual Network
Computing), free for non-commercial use and built
into the Raspbian operating system, you can access
the Pi remotely from any other computer, tablet, or
smartphone on your network.
In this walkthrough, we’ll be using VNC Viewer to
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If it’s something you’ll do frequently, set up a free
RealVNC account at magpi.cc/ctHuUR and use this to
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in Step 3.
RealVNC produces clients for Linux (including
Raspberry Pi), Windows, and macOS. Mac users
can connect using macOS’s built-in tools. To do
this/ switch to the Iinder b| clicking the Ľrst
icon on the Dock, then press COMMAND+K and
enter vnc://0.0.0.0/ – replacing 0.0.0.0 with your
Raspberry Pi’s IP address (see Step 2). You’ll also
need to change the authentication method on your
Raspberry Pi by clicking the VNC button on the
Raspbian toolbar, selecting ‘Options...’ from the
menu, and setting Authentication to VNC password,
as we’ve done in the screen grab below1
RASPBERRY PI 101: BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO VNC
Click here to open the VNC
server interface for transferring
files and changing settings
Should you need to tweak
the configuration of your server,
pick ‘Options...’ from this menu
Mac users must change the
Authentication protocol to VNC password
to connect using macOS’s native tools