1. Download the latest images from: https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/ 2. Recommend you do the sha256 check, ie; # sha256sum 3. Unzip the files; # unzip 4. Transfer the image to the microSD card; # sudo dd if=2017-09-07-raspbian-stretch.img bs=4M of=/dev/sdc status=progress 5. umount the micro ssd card and then remount it. 6. # sudo touch /path/to/ssd_card_boot_partition/boot/ssh 7. # nano /path/to/ssd_card/ssd_card/_other_partition/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf There will be a file there which you need to over write with ===========================copy below================================ ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant.conf update_config=1 country=AU network={ ssid="Your SSID" # scan_ssid=1 #Only need this with hidden networks psk="your_password_for_the_router" key_mgmt=WPA-PSK } network={ ssid="pocketwifi-5746" psk="your_password_for_the_router" key_mgmt=WPA-PSK } +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++copy above+++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 8. Save that file 9. Connect to power 10. Determine the RPi's IP address 11. Connect with # ssh pi@ 12. Change your password, # sudo passwd pi