Turn a Raspberry Pi into a USB Ethernet Gadget: RNDIS, SSH, and Remote Desktop with Windows over…

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Turn a Raspberry Pi into a USB Ethernet gadget to enable SSH and Remote Desktop from Windows over a single cable

intermediate Published 16 Apr 2026

Action Steps

Connect your Raspberry Pi to your Windows machine using a USB cable
Install the RNDIS driver on your Windows machine to enable USB Ethernet gadget functionality
Configure your Raspberry Pi as a USB Ethernet gadget using the RNDIS protocol
Set up SSH on your Raspberry Pi to enable remote command-line access
Configure Remote Desktop on your Raspberry Pi to enable remote graphical access

Who Needs to Know This

This project is beneficial for developers and engineers who want to create a compact and portable setup for remote access and testing, and for teams working on IoT or embedded systems projects

Key Insight

💡 The Raspberry Pi can be used as a USB Ethernet gadget with RNDIS to enable remote access from Windows over a single cable