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I just recently got my pi and I have set it up with vnc to my laptop. I am able to connect to the internet via sharing my laptop's internet connection through the ethernet, but I'm not able to connect to wi-fi. I want my pi to be able to connect to the internet without a direct connection through my laptop. Under the GUI, the school wi-fi is grayed out with an ethernet symbol even if I don't share the internet's wifi connection with it. Is this because I am using vnc through the ethernet? I also don't get any internet connection when I try to connect to a different wifi source, it'll say it's connected but traceroute returns a !H.

I was also wondering could I use vnc to my pi without the ethernet cord via wi-fi? If so, how would I set that up?

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You can buy a USB dongle that connect to your WiFi. Pretty cheap.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-dual-b ... Id=5732405

For example. Pi doesn't have WiFi native. Actually, that is more expensive than I was thinking, so shop around.

I have a pi 3, so it comes with a wifi adapter

Sorry- behind the times. So why can't you connect?