Speed up your Mac, The Best Use of $30 - Raspberry Pi with Pi-hole
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
- My Patreon Link: / curtisgross
Pi-Zero W I bought: amzn.to/2BhlF3i
Older Macs struggle with more complex webpages in 2020, but a lot of this complexity is ads, analytics, tracking codes, javascript for advertising - basically elements on the page that bog down your CPU and take up memory.
An inexpensive Raspberrypi zero w with pi-hole installed can improve the performance of every device in your household.
In this video I walk through the step by step instructions for setting up a pihole in your internal network and even run some performance tests to show how well it speeds up website performance on an older 2007 iMac.
Full Directions:
The Kit I used: www.amazon.com...
Download Raspberry pi OS 32 bit lite: www.raspberryp...
BalenaEtcher to create the SD card: www.balena.io/...
Enable SSH by adding a blank file 'ssh' (or ssh.txt works) into the root directory of the created sd card
Enable wifi by following this process: www.raspberryp...
SSH into your PiZero (get your ip address from your router, open terminal on mac or putty on windows and type in : ssh pi@ip.address.here
Default Password is 'raspberry'
Configure your raspberrypi : sudo raspi-config
Switch to sudo: sudo su
Install Pi-Hole: curl -sSL install.pi-hol... | bash
Set your router to use your pi as the primary DNS!
Instructions are up in the comments! Also included a link to the Cana Kit which just went on sale for $32 - includes power supply, case and a micro SD card. I am.. probably going to buy another. amzn.to/2BhlF3i
I've watched over a dozen YT vids about this setup, and yours is the most clear concise, and did not lead me into ANY dead ends! Thank you very much. Subscribed! I don't see why this doesn't have more views! Your diction is clear, and easy to understand, and production quality is perfect! Looking forward to checking out your other vids. :)
My only question - it SEEMS like my piHole is working. But i have it connected to my NetGear NightHawk wifi box...which is connected to my ARRIS cable modem, which is connected to my home internet coax from the world.
Is this correct? PiHole connected to the wifi box, or should i connect it to my cable modem?
Sorry if this is the wrong place for this! Anyone can answer!
Thanks again for the awesome tips! I watch a lot of YT vids, and especially during this pandemic and election season, i'm VERY tired of seeing ads. It hasn't broken my YT viewing either! (another piHole video setup did)
Quick note: I will be putting up a written guide as well in the next day or so, just having a busy week! Also, the tests were done with a hard refresh, just as an FYI.
I'm loving your videos! I thought I've seen most tricks concerning older macs, but this and your graphics card upgrade video are amazing.
Glad you like them!
As of July 2022 a few things have changed since Curtis upped this on youtube. pi/raspberry is no longer the default user. The simplest way to create your Pi's SD Card now is to use Raspberry Pi Imager, it will not only download your image for you, it will then allow you to preconfigure your pi's user/password, wifi, local and enable SSH from a simple GUI.
Hello Curtis,
thank you very much!
Always learning something new and interesting in your chanel!
I hope get one of these Raspberry and do the same.
I actually just picked up another so I can do a raspberry pi 4 vs pi3b+ test
thanks for the tutorial. worked great!
would you consider giving a tour to your macs and perhaps to other hardware you own?
Lockkj - for sure. I have a few other fun projects I have done that would be useful. Like my NAS powered by a raspberry pi 4!
This is great solution! thx for the video!
You're welcome!
I am unable to log into the pi, I get the error code port 22: Connection refused
Do you have a work-around for this? Much googling, and I haven't been able to figure this out. Thanks for this tutorial!
can you provide a link to where you bought it on amazon?
Here you are CanaKit Raspberry Pi Zero W (Wireless) Complete Starter Kit - 16 GB Edition www.amazon.com/dp/B072N3X39J/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_j4v7Eb89D1WGS
will this device work with ethernet connections or just WiFi?
I actually ended up just using WiFi and putting it right behind the router, plugged into the router USB port. No difference in performance vs using Ethernet and a dedicated power plug.