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The pi-hole comes on the other side of the router part of your diagram. It can sit anywhere, even over wireless.
Pi-hole works by diverting DNS requests for ad-serving networks to a blackhole - You configure your router to route all DNS requests to the pi-hole.
That means it needs an IP address, which the router provides / deals with.
The Pi-hole wouldn't know what to do with the signal from the wall socket, as it's not a modem , and at the same time, your network wouldn't know where to find it, even if it had the hardware / software to deal with the signal.
The Virgin router is a modem / router / switch / wireless AP combo.
NotThamesWater-
even over wireless.
You are not wrong but that is the one bit of kit that I wouldn't put on wireless. Just plug it into router's Ethernet port. Mind you I do DHCP on mine as well.
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Cheers.
So for all practical purposes it's sort of like this:
In peoples experience does wifi work as well as ethernet? My router is untidy but hidden, so I'd worry about a RP getting bashed about, which means it would be easier if I could hide the pi-hole somewhere random in the house.
chez_jay
hugo7
Sorry if this is an obvious question. But with a pi hole, where does the RP actually "sit" in the chain?
Is it like this? And if so how does it connect with a virgin fibre cable?
Cheers.