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*Most wireless networks will use Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) or (from 2006) Wi-Fi Protected Access II (WPA2) protocols, so '''WPA-PSK''' is correct for you. Note that your Pi is only able to use these protocols. The earlier Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) was officially withdrawn in 2004 as too easy to crack, so it is not supported on a new Pi.
Should you wish to set up your Pi with several network definitions, please see [https://cumulus.hosiene.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=139422#p139422 Notes by ExperiMentor] (a contributor to the Cumulus support forum in Switzerland).
=== Other configuration ===
There are various other configurations you need to do on your PI. Unlike SSH, these can't be done by storing files on the micro-SD card. You need to use the raspbian configuration tool '''raspi-config''', and this can be accessed on your Pi either in a Graphical User Interface (GUI), or by running a command in Terminal. The same command can be run from a remote device if you successfully have SSH running. On a Windows pc, this will typically involve use of '''PuTTY''' software (an SSH client for Windows) downloaded from <tt>https://www.putty.org/</tt>. In both cases the command to use is <tt>sudo raspi-config</tt>.
These comprehensive notes describe how to install Cumulus MX on a Pi Zero, using a PC to do some of the work:
These instructions are for a Windows PC. Steps would be similar on a Mac, but programs and details would differ. Should also be possible with an Android tablet.
* SD Formatter (the Windows Format facility will NOT do)
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* balenaEtcher (for unzipping and burning images to SD cards) [Previously named 'Etcher'] <tt>https://etcher.io/</tt>
* Win32DiskImager (for backup & restore of SD card images) <tt>https://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/</tt>
* PuTTY
* FileZilla (an FTP file transfer program for Windows) <tt>https://filezilla-project.org/download.php</tt>
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