The original post: /r/pihole by /u/yellowroll on 2024-11-09 07:03:46.
Installed pihole 3 years ago but haven't updated it ever since. I can't remember which raspberry pi OS i installed nor the password for the pi. Therefore I will need to do a fresh new install of the OS and pihole. Is the best method to shutdown pihole and the pi and remove the SD card and format the card?
From my last installation I found making any changes to the pihole very cumbersome as you have to be careful to not corrupt SD card and remember to turn of the raspberry pi each time you wish to make changes.
What is the best setup in terms of raspberry pi if my main purpose is to use it for pihole. I have old windows laptop and macbook at my disposable. I simply wish to have the simplest way so whereby if I need to update or make changes it isn't such a hassle as it is right now. Do I need external power supply for pi or a switch that powers it off and on?
In the past I had to enable DHCP on the Pi and disable it on the router, is this still the best practice. Also I used to use an ethernet cable connected to an old laptop to do the ssh and tinker with pihole incase I lost connection to all my other devices. Again I am not sure if this is the best practice as I simply followed a YouTube video that was made 4 years ago.
Is it better to go windows, mac , linux (never used it before) route?
SSH into the Pi what is the best practice?