Anyone tried Rasperry Pi like SBC powerable by PoE?

[Brons2]

I'd like to set up a couple of new Pi-holes on my network at home using SBCs, but I'd really like to avoid cluttering up my panel any further with yet even more power bricks and cables. PoE would be perfect. 1 cable to rule them all.

I know the Rasberries have great software support and a great community, but before I go that route, has anyone out there in BITOG land tried and liked a Raspberry Pi type system that is power-able by PoE?

I'm currently running PiHole on a SFF box that is way more power than the application needs, and I'd like to use that for another application around the house. Thus my question.

TIA.

P.S.: SBC=Single Board Computer, not Small Block Chevrolet, in this case.

P.S.S.: I know how to use Google and I know there are boards out there that have this. Just wondering if anyone has any experiences.

 

[wwillson]

You can power a Raspberry Pi with PoE, but not if you are running a NVMe. The speed of NVMe makes the Raspberry Pi much more usable and more reliable, but the NVMe drives like power. I doubt you can supply enough consistent power over PoE.

 

[Bottom_Feeder]

Even a Raspberry Pi is overkill for a Pi-hole, really.

Since you already have an SFF PC in place and running stuff, have you considered running a few instances of Pi-hole as Docker containers? That would add the capability you want without adding any new devices to your network and would be 'free'. Just an idea.

https://docs.pi-hole.net/docker/
https://github.com/pi-hole/docker-pi-hole/
https://computingforgeeks.com/running-pi-hole-in-docker-container/
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/compu...secure-home-network-using-pi-hole-and-docker/

I'm a hardware guy and would much rather run services on their own gadgets so I get it. But two Pis, PoE adapters, SD cards, cases, cables... you're looking at $100 minimum, and that's assuming you already have a PoE switch.

 

[PandaBear]

Is there a particular reason you want to run it off PoE instead of USB?

 

[Brons2]

You can power a Raspberry Pi with PoE, but not if you are running a NVMe. The speed of NVMe makes the Raspberry Pi much more usable and more reliable, but the NVMe drives like power. I doubt you can supply enough consistent power over PoE.

I wouldn't be using an NVMe. I just need enough storage to run a slim Linux headless, an 8GB microSD would probably be enough.

I know you can run a PoE splitter with most SBC, but I'm looking for a super clean installation.

 

[scrllock]

Why do you need more than one pi-hole?

And if you're still going to run the other box, it's just a DNS service. Very little demand. If you have the ability to run POE I would suspect you probably have the ability to run a similar dns blacklist on some of your networking equipment instead.

If I were given these requirements, I'd run a pi zero with a POE hat. But if cable clutter is the actual problem, I'd avoid running the extra cable and run it off something else that's already on 24/7.

 

[Brons2]

Why do you need more than one pi-hole?

And if you're still going to run the other box, it's just a DNS service. Very little demand. If you have the ability to run POE I would suspect you probably have the ability to run a similar dns blacklist on some of your networking equipment instead.

If I were given these requirements, I'd run a pi zero with a POE hat. But if cable clutter is the actual problem, I'd avoid running the extra cable and run it off something else that's already on 24/7.

I'm just an old network guy who's obsessed with clean installations. LoL.

Oh well it's fine, nothing a few zipties won't fix.

 

[Chester11]

I'd like to set up a couple of new Pi-holes on my network at home using SBCs, but I'd really like to avoid cluttering up my panel any further with yet even more power bricks and cables. PoE would be perfect. 1 cable to rule them all.

I know the Rasberries have great software support and a great community, but before I go that route, has anyone out there in BITOG land tried and liked a Raspberry Pi type system that is power-able by PoE?

I'm currently running PiHole on a SFF box that is way more power than the application needs, and I'd like to use that for another application around the house. Thus my question.

TIA.

P.S.: SBC=Single Board Computer, not Small Block Chevrolet, in this case.

P.S.S.: I know how to use Google and I know there are boards out there that have this. Just wondering if anyone has any experiences.

I run it on a older Pi, as a VPN endpoint for when I'm out and about. It work really well. No POE though.