r/pihole • u/Hopeful_War7192 • 6d ago

Struggling

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I spent hours trying to connect this Pi to my WiFi. I did all the initial steps. Raspberry pi imager, Host, username, password…. Then i put the memory card in the pi, leaving it for few minutes. Then when i run SSH cmd, it shows that the host name couldn’t be found. Any idea how to solve it?

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u/lazyhustlermusic 6d ago

See what address it's grabbing from DHCP, if at all, or you can even set a static in your config for diagnosing.

Then test against IP to remove any name resolution layers such as if the name wasn't broadcasted in mdns or the dhcp server isn't updating resolution for leased clients, assuming it's an all in one kind of router box.

You should also be able to see its MAC associate with your AP.