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I got my hands on the Raspberry Pi 5 few weeks ago, but I wasn’t able to use it for any purpose (more like I’m out of ideas). I mostly wanted to test the pihole in my network, but using Pi 5 just for that would be an overkill! So I got a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W and installed Pihole natively. I wrote a post about it, feel free check-out. Also, when I ordered for the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W, I forgot to order for a microSD, so I used the one in the Pi 5 which is a 64GB microSD card (I know it’s an overkill!). The entire Pi Zero is running just the Pihole with a 64GB microSD. ...

What is DHCP? DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is a network management protol that automates the assignment of IP address to the devices that connect to a network and it also handles other network configuration parameters such as subnet mask, default gateway and DNS settings. Why do we need IP address anyway? Let’s take an example, You visit a coffee shop and connect to it’s Wi-Fi network. In doing so, you are essentially connecting to the shop’s router, which provides the internet connection. The router itself is connected to an internet service provider(ISP) via a modem or an antenna(in case of wireless broadband). ...