Setting up pi hole on an orange pi zero 3
- know how to get on the admin page of your router
- know how to unzip files
- know the difference between website urls and shell commands
- download debian from the official orange website: http://www.orangepi.org/
- take note of exact type of board, including the RAM size.
- verify download with powershell:
Get-FileHash [FILENAME] -Algorithm SHA256
- flash it on the SD card with "Balena Etcher": https://etcher.balena.io/
- HARDWARE: connect the orange-pi to your router (ethernet) and give it power (usb-c)
- you should see it show up in your routers admin page, take note of the ip adress
- log into the device with powershell:
ssh orangepi@ipadress- optional: change password with
passwd
- optional: change password with
- while logged into the device, command:
curl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net | bash- source: https://docs.pi-hole.net/main/basic-install/
- requires root access, so either sudo or login with root
- end0 for wired connection (which i did), wlan0 for wireless connection
- Upstream DNS provider:
- I used my default DNS provider
- in a new cmd window, type
ipconfig /all, note the adresses under "DNS servers". - fill those in under the "custom dns" option of the pihole installation.
- in a new cmd window, type
- I used my default DNS provider
- login, user rights seem enough
- Give the orange pi a static IP:
- Local Network > LAN > DHCP Binding
- create a new binding, copy the MAC and IP adresses of the connected orangepi
- Use the orange pi as DNS:
- Local Network > LAN > DHCP Server
- ISP DNS: Off
- Primary DNS: ip adress of orangepi.
- Local Network > LAN > DHCP Server
- When the orangepi is disconnected, the ads come back; when it is reconnected, the ads go away