"fugee ohu"  wrote in message
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> On Saturday, November 17, 2018 at 2:57:44 AM UTC-5, Henri Derksen wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>> >> I bought a pi zero and instlaled Noobs 2.9.0 according to instructions
>> >> but there's no wireless lan adapter shown when i run ifconfig,
>> >> it just shows lo: local loopback inet 127.0.0.1
>>
>> > Pi Zero does not have any wireless. If you want Wifi or Bluetooth built
>> > in you need a Pi Zero W.
>>
>> Or use a WiFi and/or Blue Tooth USB stick.
>> I have an Eminent EM1010 USB from/to UTP/RJ45 stick that works fine on
>> every Pi, and when used together with a mini to normal USB convertercable
>> it works also perfect at a Pi Zero, both in Raspbian Linux and RISC OS.
>> You can than use a normal UTP/RJ45 EtherNet cable.
>> Good luck in connecting your Pi Zero to the network.
>>
>> Henri.
>
> If i buy a usb hub i may as well buy a powered hub, then the expense gets
> closer to just buying a pi zero w

These days, a "computer" (phone, tablet, desktop, laptop, Pi) without some
form of constant communication with the outside world (Ethernet and/or wifi)
is of fairly limited use. I'm surprised that there's much demand for a Pi
Zero (non-W).

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