I was finally able to access the RPi wifi with my laptop, I'm golden.

Well almost. A wire broke inside one of the lasers and it cannot be fixed. Any idea where I can get a replacement one?

Thanks to everyone for your help and support. It was a long and interesting journey that couldn't have been accomplished without your collective help!

   KennyB

I'm trying to connect to it with my Windows 8.1 Laptop through the Ethernet.

I connected the cable and ran "ZenMap". This is what I got:

Starting Nmap 6.49BETA1 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2015-06-10 08:32 Pacific Daylight Time

NSE: Loaded 122 scripts for scanning.

NSE: Script Pre-scanning.

Initiating NSE at 08:32

Completed NSE at 08:32, 0.00s elapsed

Initiating NSE at 08:32

Completed NSE at 08:32, 0.00s elapsed

Initiating ARP Ping Scan at 08:32

Scanning 10.0.0.26 [1 port]

Completed ARP Ping Scan at 08:32, 0.92s elapsed (1 total hosts)

Nmap scan report for 10.0.0.26 [host down]

NSE: Script Post-scanning.

Initiating NSE at 08:32

Completed NSE at 08:32, 0.00s elapsed

Initiating NSE at 08:32

Completed NSE at 08:32, 0.00s elapsed

Read data files from: C:\Program Files (x86)\Nmap

Note: Host seems down. If it is really up, but blocking our ping probes, try -Pn

Nmap done: 1 IP address (0 hosts up) scanned in 6.24 seconds

           Raw packets sent: 2 (56B) | Rcvd: 0 (0B)

I ran Windows Network Diagnostics and it said; "Ethernet" doesn't have a valid IP Configuration. What am I doing wrong that my laptop does not recognize my RPi?

elmoret wrote:

127.0.0.1 is localhost. That's not the right IP, you're probably looking at the wrong thing on the RPi.

I entered "ifconfig" and next to "wlan0" was 127.0.0.1.

If you haven't configured your wifi (SSID/password) on the RPi, then an IP address won't be assigned.

127.0.0.1 is localhost. That's not the right IP, you're probably looking at the wrong thing on the RPi.

I entered "ifconfig" and next to "wlan0" was 127.0.0.1.

KennyB, is the camera's light on?  Is the IP address for your computer the same as the address for the Pi except for the last section?  For example, 192.168.0.xxx where the "xxx" would differ.

The camera light is on.

The IP addresses are different. I have two different laptops I'm trying, one is 10.0.0.13 and the other is 10.0.0.16. The RPi is 127.0.0.1.

I'm glad to hear you're in.

Not so fast hairu526, I'm in enough to get the IP but when I enter it in Chrome I get "Page Not Found".

I've tried both with Ethernet cable connected and the wireless dongle installed (not at the same time).

When I plug in the Ethernet cable I get an indication on my computer that it's active as well as a yellow LED and blinking green LED on the RPi board.

When I check the network connection it says "Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller".

I doing this on a Windows 8.1 laptop. I have to be missing something.

Any help would really be appreciated. Oh and please remember I'm a newb to RPi and not to deep into acronyms.

Thanks,

   KennyB

OK, I'm logged in and trying to find the IP address.

I entered "ifconfig" and under "wlan0" there is no IP address as mentioned in the "Atlas 3D: Getting Started" instructions.

Any suggestions on what I do now to find the IP. I need it to connect through the USB dongle.

I keep answering my own questions.

I had the USB dongle plugged in when I checked for the IP. Once I unplugged it I was golden.

Thanks for all the help, I'm sure I'll be back.

   KennyB

I entered "ifconfig" and under "wlan0" there is no IP address as mentioned in the "Atlas 3D: Getting Started" instructions.

Any suggestions on what I do now to find the IP. I need it to connect through the USB dongle.

The HDMI cable needs to be plugged in before the Raspberry Pi is powered on -- the Raspberry Pi won't always detect hot plugging HDMI.  Also, try using a different HDMI cable and make sure that the cable is being plugged all the way into the port.  You can also try removing the Pi from the printed case and plug the HDMI cable directly into it.

Thanks for the tip.

I actually had two problems, not only did I not plug in the HDMI cable before turning the scanner on but the cable would not seat properly until I modified it.

I'm gaining on it, now I'm looking for Atlas 3D Login word.

KennyB wrote:

Frozen wrote:

Is the sd card plugged all the way in?

Yes it is. I've plugged and unplugged it several times. I even plugged it into my desktop and checked to make sure there were file on it.