📶 Home Assistant: Wi-Fi Setup Instructions

Follow these steps to connect your Home Assistant device to Wi-Fi:

1️⃣ Connect Peripherals

Connect a monitor and keyboard to your Home Assistant device.

2️⃣ Access the Root Shell

At the ha> prompt, enter:

login

This command will change your prompt from ha> to # (the root shell prompt).

3️⃣ Check Wi-Fi Status Ensure Wi-Fi is functioning:

nmcli radio

4️⃣ Scan for Available Networks Initiate a scan:

nmcli device wifi rescan

List the available Wi-Fi access points:

nmcli device wifi

5️⃣ Connect to Your Wi-Fi Connect to your Wi-Fi using your actual SSID and password (include quotes):

nmcli device wifi connect "YOUR_SSID" password "YOUR_WIFI_PASSWORD"

This will attempt to connect to your network and generate a profile if successful. You should see output like:

Device 'wlan0' successfully activated with...

6️⃣ Show Active Connections Check active and saved network connections:

nmcli con show

7️⃣ Identify Your IP Address Check both Ethernet and Wi-Fi interfaces for assigned IPs:

ip addr show

8️⃣ Access Home Assistant Open your browser and go to:

http://your_wifi_ip:8123

Replace your_wifi_ip with the actual IP address you found in the previous step.