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All you have to do is run a script from the pi-hole website to install. It’s very effortless. Like.. literally effortless. If you’re posting here, I guarantee y

All you have to do is run a script from the pi-hole website to install. It’s very effortless. Like.. literally effortless. If you’re posting here, I guarantee you could do it in no time. The “hardest” part is excluding an IP for the pihole & setting your DHCP server to serve that IP w/ new leases. Good luck dude.

philliphaydon 7y ago
Haha ok. I Guess my Xmas present to myself this year is a raspberry pi and setting this up :) Thanks!
- guilhermetk 7y ago
  Go for it, it's really worth the effort, even if it is a small one, with the bonus of being fun (at least for me it is). I can't imagine setting up my home network without pihole, and I'm considering setting it up at work, I manage a small network with 100 devices connected to the internet.
  - benplumley 7y ago
    Can a Pi really keep up with that size of network or would you run it on more powerful hardware/a VM?
    - theandrewbailey 7y ago
      DNS is a very light protocol. In addition, responses tend to be cached, so it's not like the Pi would be hit with a dozen queries on literally every page load for every client on the network.
    - guilhermetk 7y ago
      As @theandrewbailey mentioned, DNS is light protocol, I guess even older PIs would handle it pretty well. But, as a permanent solution, I would opt to set up on a VM/Docker so that I could have snapshots to quickly recover the service in the event of a problem.
- rietta 7y ago
  If you have an existing desktop unused or something you can run it on any Linux. I personally run the PiHole on a Debian VM on my FreeNAS server (that is already running).
- mantesso 7y ago
  You don't even need to buy the latest model. I've been running mine in a Pi Zero for +2 years without any problem.
  - bwilliams18 7y ago
    I'd suggest getting an RPi with an ethernet port, I've got mine running on an original Raspberry Pi.
    - timw4mail 7y ago
      I tried setting up a 3B+ with pi-hole, but I think it was overheating...I had it set up on a first-gen Pi, and it still works great.
    - mantesso 7y ago
      I'm running the Pi Zero with a micro usb to ethernet adapter
treypitt 7y ago
I would specify that piping from curl to bash is literally effortless :) whether or not that's the best installation practice is another question
sxates 7y ago
Well to be fair, there's some effort in setting up the RasPi to begin with - flashing a memory card and installing the linux os flavor (which one?), etc. There's a lot of steps. I'm a total newbie and figured it out, but didn't find it "effortless". Lots of instructions to follow.

philliphaydon 7y ago

Haha ok. I Guess my Xmas present to myself this year is a raspberry pi and setting this up :) Thanks!

guilhermetk 7y ago
Go for it, it's really worth the effort, even if it is a small one, with the bonus of being fun (at least for me it is). I can't imagine setting up my home network without pihole, and I'm considering setting it up at work, I manage a small network with 100 devices connected to the internet.
- benplumley 7y ago
  Can a Pi really keep up with that size of network or would you run it on more powerful hardware/a VM?
  - theandrewbailey 7y ago
    DNS is a very light protocol. In addition, responses tend to be cached, so it's not like the Pi would be hit with a dozen queries on literally every page load for every client on the network.
  - guilhermetk 7y ago
    As @theandrewbailey mentioned, DNS is light protocol, I guess even older PIs would handle it pretty well. But, as a permanent solution, I would opt to set up on a VM/Docker so that I could have snapshots to quickly recover the service in the event of a problem.
rietta 7y ago
If you have an existing desktop unused or something you can run it on any Linux. I personally run the PiHole on a Debian VM on my FreeNAS server (that is already running).
mantesso 7y ago
You don't even need to buy the latest model. I've been running mine in a Pi Zero for +2 years without any problem.
- bwilliams18 7y ago
  I'd suggest getting an RPi with an ethernet port, I've got mine running on an original Raspberry Pi.
  - timw4mail 7y ago
    I tried setting up a 3B+ with pi-hole, but I think it was overheating...I had it set up on a first-gen Pi, and it still works great.
  - mantesso 7y ago
    I'm running the Pi Zero with a micro usb to ethernet adapter

treypitt 7y ago

I would specify that piping from curl to bash is literally effortless :) whether or not that's the best installation practice is another question

sxates 7y ago

Well to be fair, there's some effort in setting up the RasPi to begin with - flashing a memory card and installing the linux os flavor (which one?), etc. There's a lot of steps. I'm a total newbie and figured it out, but didn't find it "effortless". Lots of instructions to follow.