Installing Home Assistant on Rasperry Pi 4 using Wifi

[jheiler]

I want to install Home Assistant, LAN is not available. Is it possible to use Wifi for installing?
Kind regards

[MaxK (Mark)]

HA on Wifi

Welcome to HA. Sorry about the previous post, sometimes we can be somewhat terse around here. You most certainly can run HA over WiFi, I do, and have for years. No, it’s not “as good” as wired, and my preference would always have been a wired connection, based on past experience in the field. But I’m trying to get over that. Wireless networks are much better these days, and can be almost as reliable as wired. That said, I don’t have any current instructions for setting it up. I asked this ques…

[os.habitats.tech (Habitats Tech)]

The best way to get HA communicate over a wireless network is using a wireless bridge. This way you can still use the RJ45 port on the HA host, and therefore bypass NIC driver issues, but still use WiFi as the underlying communication method.

Read this to get a better understanding: Linksys Official Support - What is a wireless bridge and how to use it

There are plenty of solutions out there for all budget levels, even on Amazon (search: WiFi bridge). I suggest you opt for a WiFi5 or WiFi6 bridge. Minimum you should opt for is WiFi4 (802.11n).

Good luck.