Finally set-up Pi-hole on my network

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Sushubh said:
for basic purpose this would be more than enough. but if you can get the 2/4GB model, get that. pi has a lot of use cases apart from pi-hole. and after a while, you would realize that you need more performance. you can use it for torrenting, nas and so much more. for pi-hole alone, you can probably get one of the older model and save money.
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Thanks for your reply mate. But hard disk and torrenting is fantastically done by my Asus router. Their firmware is absolutely amazing.
 
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I'm thinking that as well but I got Asus rt 18u which officially doesn't support the same.

But this does and I'm sure I should switch or not

Asuswrt-Merlin for RT-N18U

gzenux.github.io

Also cpu usage gets too high, I've got atleast 15-20 connections also using 5ghz router separately connected as access point. (mainly IOT)

So maybe PI hole will save some resources, not a bad idea by admin to switch everything to pi and let router handle WiFi and Nat
 
I have pi-hole set up on an old Synology NAS (215j) so have avoided buying a raspberry pi till now.
Can someone enlighten, is it ok to buy the bare board? Why is a power adapter optional, can I run the pi through usb power or what? Also a model like 3b+, can it run 24X7 without a heat sink? The pibox combo kits on Amazon are pretty expensive, can't spend that much.
 
Pihole doesn't stress the cpu much so a heatsink won't be necessary

Pi can be run with any microusb cable and a power adapter so it's not necessarily needed.

As long as you put your pi in a safe location it should work fine without a case, though i do recommend getting one since i don't like the exposed board
 
Thanks for that info, maybe I'll give the bare board a shot. The only problem with running pi-hole on the NAS is the NAS never seems to sleep. And it will be possible to do other projects on the pi.
 
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