Connect to Raspberry Pi 3 using SSH on a Mac or Linux

This is a guide that will show you how to connect to a Raspberry Pi 3, Headless [Using SSH].

What you'll need

• Raspberry Pi 3
• Ethernet Cable [For sometime]
• A laptop / desktop with Linux or Mac operating system, Which is also connected to the network.
• A SD card with an OS installed in it
• Micro USB cable

STEP 1 - SETUP

• Plugin your SD card to your Raspberry Pi 3
• Connect the Ethernet cable to your Raspberry Pi 3
• Connect the Micro USB cable to the Raspberry Pi 3
• There will be a RED LIGHT which indicates the Raspberry Pi 3 is powered up.
• The GREEN LIGHT indicates that the OS is booting up

STEP 2 - TERMINAL COMMANDS

The following steps should be continued on your laptop / desktop which is connected to the same network as your Raspberry Pi 3.

• To find the IP ADDRESS of your Raspberry Pi 3

ping raspberrypi.local

• The keyword: raspberrypi.local depends on each operating system, Since I am using Rasbian OS, it is raspberrypi.local.
• This will return some IP ADDRESSES

PING raspberrypi.local (192.168.xx.xx): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.xx.xx: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=89.882 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.xx.xx: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=6.234 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.xx.xx: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=5.680 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.xx.xx: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=7.551 ms

• In place of xx.xx you will have some number, Which will look something like 192.168.1.11, That is the IP ADDRESS of your Raspberry Pi 3.
• You have to connect to that IP ADDRESS using ssh

ssh pi@192.168.xx.xx

• Here the pi from pi@192.168.xx.xx can differ according to the OS, Since the default username of Rasbian OS is pi, I am using pi here, If you are using any other operating system, Please do check what the default username is. It will look something like ssh <username>@IP-ADDRESS-OF-YOUR-PI
• They might ask you a yes-or-no question, Answer yes by typing it on your keyboard
• That will be followed by a propmpt to enter the password, The default password of Rasbian OS is raspberry, Please do check what the default password of your OS is and enter it over there.
• It will look something like.

pi@192.168.1.11's password: ▓

• Enter the password there
• You will be logged into the Raspberry Pi