Need Help Improving Zero USB Ethernet Gadget setup / HOWTO

[callahanp]

There is another thread you may want to take a look at if you're connecting pi-zeros to a Pi B+ or Pi3.


Super-cheap Computing Cluster for Learning:

viewtopic.php?f=49&t=199994

There are series of posts on the thread that lead to a root Pie 3 or Pi B+ node with several Pi-Zeros attached through a powered hub.

No SD Card is used on the Pi-Zeros, they boot over the usb connections.

[jfine2358]

I'm definitely interested in making it easier to set up a pi zero as a USB ethernet gadget. I've spent a lot of time trying it, and finally succeeded only by hard-coding the pi zero's IP address (following the process in https://learn.adafruit.com/turning-your ... net-gadget).

My personal itch is being able to connect my pi zero to my chromebook, and have it just work. I think that in many education settings, a pi zero as a USB compute / web server dongle would be very useful. So for me, it's not just a personal itch.

[ejolson]

I'm definitely interested in making it easier to set up a pi zero as a USB ethernet gadget. I've spent a lot of time trying it, and finally succeeded only by hard-coding the pi zero's IP address (following the process in https://learn.adafruit.com/turning-your ... net-gadget).

My personal itch is being able to connect my pi zero to my chromebook, and have it just work. I think that in many education settings, a pi zero as a USB compute / web server dongle would be very useful. So for me, it's not just a personal itch.

In an educational setting, you might also want something like seamless RDP to display X11 client windows from the Zero intermingled with the other windows from the native chromebook (or Windows 10 machine).

[jfine2358]

In an educational setting, you might also want something like seamless RDP to display X11 client windows from the Zero intermingled with the other windows from the native chromebook (or Windows 10 machine).

My preference would be to have the pi-zero run a web server, and the PC / Chromebook run a web browser. This can already do a lot. It's a standard interface for managing cloud computing, for example.

Or to use the HDMI output of the pi-zero, to display on a monitor or TV. This would be using the PC / Chromebook to provide

• power, keyboard and mouse
• network connection (if required)
• local storage (if required)

Suppose the computer room already has PCs with monitor, keyboards and mice. And power supplies. Using a pi-zero USB gadget, with an HDMI cable to the monitor, might be the easiest way to use a PC computer room as a raspi computer room.

But I think we're getting a bit off-topic here. (Of course, once pi-zero as a USB gadget is easy, these questions would become more relevant.)

[ermockler]

I installed bridgeutils on the pi3b+ and added eth0 and usb0 to the bridge, the pi 0 boots and it's usb0 is also bridged with the eth0 & usb0 on the host pi3B+. so I can run mjpg streamer on the pi 0 and access it from my home network. I can directly ssh into the pi 0 at the USB interface. Trying now to get it NFS booting.......