rasperrypi Does Pi need two ethernets connected to it for pi hole?

[Mr.Stork]

My main internet wire comes to my router, which spreads it out to pi (which I use as a NAS) and other devices. And I want to install pi hole on the pi, so it can block ads on my entire home network. 

 

So, will I need to put that main wire in the pi, or continue using it as usual?

But pi only has one lan port, how will I bring the internet to my router?'

 

Thanks.

 

[Electronics Wizardy]

Only one port is needed for a pi-hole. Pi-hole is just a dns server.

[Skiiwee29]

Nope, just needs to have a connection into your network. 

[Mr.Stork]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Pi-hole is just a dns server

I see, so it'll be a custom dns ip? so im guessing theres a option to use the actual dns there somewhere, like 1.1.1.1?

[Skiiwee29]

2 minutes ago, Mr.Stork said:

I see, so it'll be a custom dns ip? so im guessing theres a option to use the actual dns there somewhere, like 1.1.1.1?

Correct. You basically tell it where to get DNS records from, in this case you could use 1.1.1.1 or whatever DNS server you wish and then the Pi Hole does the rest. 

[Ferrum]

On 8/3/2021 at 7:00 PM, Mr.Stork said:

My main internet wire comes to my router, which spreads it out to pi (which I use as a NAS) and other devices. And I want to install pi hole on the pi, so it can block ads on my entire home network. 

 

So, will I need to put that main wire in the pi, or continue using it as usual?

But pi only has one lan port, how will I bring the internet to my router?'

 

Thanks.

 

Connect your pi to your router. Assign static ip to your pi from router, and in the DNS section of your router assign PI's ip address