Getting started, decision paralysis

I want to set up pi-hole on a raspberry pi device of some sort and I'm having a hard time figuring out where to start with the hardware. I'm running skynet and diversion on Merlin right now for myself, but I want to put together a cheap plug and play box for non-technical family members, aside from repointing the router dns which I will do for them.

I think all I need would be the board (pi5 4gb?), power supply, case plus an sd card? Am I missing something?

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sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al · 5 pts · 1y (4 replies)

A Pi5 is overkill. If it's just for Pi-Hole, get a Pi Zero 2 w. It'll do the job perfectly.

krelvar@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Cheaper is good. No issues with it being wireless? Or do you add a wired Ethernet adapter for this use case?

sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al · 2 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Nope, no issues with it being wireless whatsoever.

krelvar@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Perfect. Ordered my parts, odds are I'm going to end up building a dozen of these. Thanks!

sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al · 2 pts · 1y

It's easy as piss, but good luck nonetheless.

sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 1y

You are missing nothing. That is all you need, give it a try. I used to run it on a Pi3 with no problems.