Setting Up A Pi-hole Network Ad Blocker On A Raspberry Pi Zero W, Step by Step

In this video, I'll show you, step-by-step, how to assemble and set up a Pi-Hole ad blocker on your home WiFi network using a Raspberry Pi Zero W. Pi-Hole is a fantastic piece of software to create a network-wide ad blocker without the need for browser plugins, apps or any other software on the devices on the network. It'll block ads, improve your network speed, and save data if you're on a limited data plan.

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[MAmanalac]

this video's ads are the last ads I'll ever watch again!

[Lalondeist]

About 3 years too late, but this is how every technical video should be. Excellent work, subscribed.

[Maxplanar]

This is a model for how all tech setup videos should be done. Excellent video Michael, thank you.

[delubiod]

I tried at least 6 tutorials before bumping into your tutorial. Those two files to add to the partition boot was missing in all of the 6 tutorials I watched. I was not able to make it to work. Now is working like a charm.

[vikash]

Instantly subscribed. This is the first video I have seen from you and it was precisely the kind of video audiences wants. NO beating around the bush, cut to the chase, focused tutorial. Keep up the good work mate.

[barrykruyssen]

Great tutorial. Good pace, no extraneous content (bullsh1t) . Precise and to the point. Your my number one Pi source now.

[Ice_]

Setting a static ip is SUPER IMPORTANT. I didn't do that first time and my router thought my mac mini and pi were the same person and immediately took down my access to the internet.

[uknowme]

I set a music sserver and pi holle on my 0..no issues works great.

[alexandernewman]

just wanted to say thanks and give a heads up on an issue I had for others. some provided gateways from ISPs will not let you change the DNS server in their settings and the DNS server is actually hardcoded in the gateway. you can get around this by changing the preferred DNS server in each of your device's settings or I have read you can also use the raspberry pi built-in DHCP server to get around it(haven't tried this).

[TheKickboxingCommunity]

It works! But some ads still come through, so I hope you have tutorials for this also ( to add more domains on the blocklist etc )

[SpaceMarshalGyorni]

Fantastic video, thanks a lot! Neat and to the point.

Small side note: There's plain text credentials visible at 7:06, you might want to blur that or something.

[IBurnThings]

It won't show up on my network at all.

[ryanmerkel]

Great tutorial. Thank you! Was super simple and worked flawlessly!

[valeriopampanoni]

Thanks, I set everything up in roughly half an hour following your guide. I used an old 8GB microSD, and I can confirm that it's enough for the purpose.

[ckmoore]

My next project, but currently evaluating whether Pi-hole, or Adguard Home is the best choice. So many opinions on which is better. So far the edge seems to be for Adguard...

[winandd]

No problem to use a smaller SD card than 16Gb. Rpi OS lite and PiHole only takes up 3 Gb..

[harbirsaini]

Thanks I was looking for this, can’t wait for my pi zero w to arrive

[shimon]

BTW Michael thank you for the tutorial. very straight to the point and easy to understand.

[techdiyer]

Thanks!!
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[TimothyEdDoran]

Thanks for the great instructions. It has worked perfectly for me.