GPIO pin internet connection

[zjosh15]

Does anybody know if a rpi A+ or zero could be connected to an internet network through the GPIO pins. I want to put together a parallel processing cluster using the smaller form factor and without having to get Ethernet cables. Can it be done or am i grasping at straws?

[jadro]

why do not connect wireless module on it?

Jadro

[faramon]

See this link viewtopic.php?f=63&t=137909

Faramon

[DougieLawson]

viewtopic.php?f=44&t=152965
viewtopic.php?f=44&t=18397
viewtopic.php?f=44&t=137222
viewtopic.php?t=127522&p=897813
viewtopic.php?p=1084658#p1084658

Lots of ways to do GPIO based ethernet or WiFi.

[mfa298]

Does anybody know if a rpi A+ or zero could be connected to an internet network through the GPIO pins. I want to put together a parallel processing cluster using the smaller form factor and without having to get Ethernet cables. Can it be done or am i grasping at straws?

For the Zero you could always use gadget mode Ethernet, meaning you get power and Ethernet from the host machine over the same usb connection. I think that's the idea behind the Cluster HAT which uses a Pi2/Pi3 as the cost and 4 Zeros as part of the cluster.