Questions tagged [pihole]
Pi-hole is a collection of scripts to enable network-based blocking of advertisements.
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ufw forward rule isn't working: connection refused
I'm running a Raspberry Pi and I'm trying to get Pi-hole working. I'm running the container from Podman from a newly created pi-hole user (non root). I published the ports as follows:
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How do I configure Pi-Hole to serve 192.168.0.0/16
Situation: A standard install of Pi-Hole on a VM under Proxmox running on 192.168.1.2.
Versions are Pi-Hole v5.18.2 FTL v5.25.1 Web Interface v5.21, under Ubuntu 22.04.
For the address space 192.168.1....
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How to configure my Asus GT-AX11000 router to source all DNS queries from my pihole?
I want my home LAN to direct all DNS queries to my pihole by configuring my Asus GT-AX11000 router to use my pihole machine as the sole DNS. I tried following https://www.asus.com/support/faq/1046062/...
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pihole - Can I call a local top level domain name anything?
Possibly a stupid question, but I am setting up pihole on my home network. I am sure it has been asked before but searching didn't yield any relevant results, Maybe just the way I asked.
I added some ....
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Pihole in a IPv6 setup: How to reliable distinguish certain clients for them to be grouped?
In my local home network, I want to have IPv4 and IPv6.
I want to use my pihole as primary DNS.
I furthermore want to group clients so that certain devices can bypass the blocklist and issue their ...
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Wireguard VPN not working on FRITZ!Box After DNS Route Changes
I'm seeking assistance with troubleshooting a connectivity issue that arose after configuring Pi-Hole and DNS settings on my network. Here's a detailed overview of my setup and the problem:
Network ...
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Trying to run Pi-hole as a DHCP server in Docker but lighttpd service conflicts on port 80 with OctoPrint
I need help setting up Pi-Hole in Docker running alongside OctoPrint in Docker. I did the initial setup for Pi-Hole in Docker:
Pulled the Pi-Hole container
Ran the following bash script:
#!/bin/bash
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How to prevent Windows 11 client bypassing pi-hole?
I have set up a pi-hole.
It is running and reachable on my LAN via IP4 at 192.168.178.53.
On my router I made its address static, it always gets the same address. My router also announces this DNS ...
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Pi-hole logging with client names
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I am using Pihole in a network with a google wifi router. The router (...1.1) is configured to use the Pihole server (...1.220) for DNS lookup, and all is working as wanted. So far, so good.
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Unbound not resolving some domain regions
My RaspberryPi with PiHole and Unbound worked for years but since around 2 weeks ago some domain regions are not being resolved consistently. Domains ending on .ar, .co and .mx are not getting ...
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PiHole with Recursive DNS not Handshaking with Wireguard setup via PiVPN
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I've set my Router to use my PiHole along with Wireguard to use it as a VPN. I've set it up using PIVPN and some tutorials on Youtube. I have included Screenshots of my router and ...
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Setup LocalCDN or similar CDN replacer to run locally network-wide
Big companies like Google, Akamai, Cloudflare, are likely suspects when it comes to tracking, and fingerprinting is a big issue that most people don't know about it. If you have large companies ...
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Mac Ventura 13.4 DNS split-horizon - ping doesn't work but dig does
What's the problem:
dig, nslookup can resolve domains using PiHole dns server
ping, browser etc. can't
What I tried to do:
reboot :d
flush cache (sudo dscacheutil -flushcache; sudo killall -HUP ...
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Why does my URL work locally, but not externally? Setup with Pi-Hole as local DNS and Apache reverse proxy to redirect to different service ports
I have a Pi-Hole and an Apache2 reverse proxy on a Raspberry Pi installed in my local network. My router uses this Pi-Hole as its DNS. Pi-Hole is configured as installed fresh, with the exception of ...
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Cannot access Fastly CDN websites - Intermittent SSL handshake failure
I have a small home network, with DNS running through a VM with Pi-Hole. A couple of days ago, a hard drive problem took down the machine running the VM, so I temporarily set my router (an UDM SE) to ...
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Ubuntu/Docker stops routing UDP traffic for pihole
I recently setup a pihole container on Ubuntu Server 22.04 via a docker-compose.yml file with network_mode: 'host' so that the traffic can be correctly routed to the UDP services running inside the ...
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Domains not being resolved using public DNS servers after usage of pihole/adguard
I am having issues on a client machine (Mac) accessing different sites, for instance reddit.com, after having used adguard/pihole in my local network on a raspberry pi.
To resolve the issue I thought ...
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Where should DNS and DHCP servers be located?
I’m setting up a homelab and I’m trying to figure out where the optimal location for the DNS and DHCP server (PiHole) is. The network is structured like this:
The majority of devices on the network ...
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Pi-hole on Docker on QNAP
I have installed a fresh Pi-hole container on the Container Station on a QNAP NAS running latest QTS. All goes well but when the container starts it appears that the Pi-hole versions are quite old (5....
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PiHole and OpenVPN not working: tun0 doesn't even exist
I installed OpenVPN and PiHole. It works independently, but not together. I want to block stuff that comes through OpenVPN.
I tried the official guide. But in my case (Ubuntu server for Pi), there is ...
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How to set Pi-hole as my DNS server on a Wireguard client
I am trying to setup a Wireguard VPN on a remote Debian server and use Pi-hole on that same server. I installed both of them as Docker containers. For Wireguard I have used wg-easy and for Pi-hole I ...
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How to verify that you're using DNS over HTTPS (DoH) with Quad9 / other non Cloudflare DNS providers
I'm using pihole with an upstream DNS server of Quad9 DoH. The upstream DNS and the pihole are configured with docker via a docker-compose.yml file, with the upstream DoH server using the cloudflared ...
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Is it possible to replace the DHCP and DNS functionality of your ISP router with a raspberry-pi/pi hole? (More specifically, does DHCP include DNS?)
I have a raspberry pi currently set up with Pi-Hole. Unfortunately, I cannot change the DNS settings on my ISP provided router (called a "Funbox 3.0"). It has a DNS tab with textboxes for &...
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How do I stop my router from doing DNS resolutions?
I'm using a Pi-hole DNS server in my home network to block advertisements and malicious hosts.
Here is my network configuration:
My internal home network is on 192.168.34.xxx
Network Gateway router (...
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How can I publish one of my devices as DNS server when using IPv6?
I run Pi hole, and I have a TP link router (Archer C6) with IPv6 capabilities.
My ISP seams to supports this type of connection via "dynamic IP (SLAAC/DHCPv6)".
I think I'm encountering kind ...
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Running PiHole with Apache2
I'm trying to install PiHole on my Raspberry Pi, but having some trouble configuring it. I currently use it as a reverse proxy to some webservers/applications running in my network. My main issue (I ...
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Are there no DNS entries for static pi-hole dhcp hostnames?
A pi-hole instance is also acting as the DHCP server in my network. I assigned static IP addresses for some of my devices (eg. an octopi server with Hostname "octopi" and IP address "...
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What might explain this nslookup error from Windows 10 using pihole for local DNS?
The background is I am working through intermittent failures in pihole being used as a local DNS server, which I am running via Docker on my Macbook to enable my home lab of physical and virtual ...
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Unbound: dig domain.tld only workes sometimes?
I set up unbound as described in this instruction:
https://docs.pi-hole.net/guides/dns/unbound/
To test unbound, I should use
dig pi-hole.net @127.0.0.1 -p 5335 (gives ok as result)
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Unbound (with PiHole): Where is root.hints?
I installed unbound to use with pihole with this instruction:
https://docs.pi-hole.net/guides/dns/unbound/
It says that I don't need to download root.hints, if I use apt install. Because it would ...
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How do I route dns traffic through pihole?
I have been using my mikrotik with DoH since last year without any issues. So, I recently bought a raspberry pi for the purpose of blocking ads. My previous attempt of blocking ads with scripts in ...
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Is it safe to use ARP Poisoning + DNS Spoofing for a PiHole instead of setting it as a DNS Server?
Let's say I have a techno-illiterate friend I would like to set up with a PiHole (DNS Blackhole). Would it be possible (and relatively secure) to configure a Raspberry Pi to be a plug and play device ...
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Can't reach OpenVPN server over the internet
I'm struggling since quite some time to get my OpenVPN Server running on my raspberry-pi which already has PiHole running on it. The TLS key negotiation times out after 60 seconds and I don't know why....
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How can I speed up page loading times with Brave browser and pi-hole?
I notice that the combination of Brave browser and a pi-hole slowed down several pages such that I have to wait 20-30 seconds before the page is loaded and usable.
I tried the following to identify ...
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Does a router use a separate DNS for DHCP requests when using a Pi-hole?
I am setting up a Pi-hole on my home network. My router has two locations which list an option to set a DNS. By default, one of these spaces is filled with the address of the router itself (192.168.1....
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How to get Big Sur to respect local PiHole DNS configuration
I have a service running on a static IP within my LAN and PiHole specifies a domain name for that IP address. For example, my.server.com === 192.168.1.10. Prior to Big Sur, this worked fine. Now, ...
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Which application initiates network requests? Local DNS reports reqs to non-existing domains. [wireshark, macos, dns]
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I see dozens of requests to non-existing domains and I suspect it slows down my network. Can't find the source.
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I use pihole as a DNS server, and both Wireshark and Little ...
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Google Wifi + PiHole: Redirecting DNS requests
Current setup involves 3 mesh google wifi devices + 1 Raspberry PI 1 B model running pihole. Most of the time it runs fines as it is, but I've noticed some devices (i.e. Chromebooks, chromecasts, etc) ...
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Pi-hole seems to be blocking itself
I have a brand new install of a Pi-hole on a Raspberry PI on my LAN. I am running into a really funny problem - when I access the Pi-hole instance from my laptop using its domain name (pihole.lan) I ...
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DNS resolution error on only one device in LAN
I've encountered very intriguing behavior in my home LAN.
One of my devices (main computer) refuses to work with my Pi-Hole (resolution error - it's like there was no DNS server configured at all). ...
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Can a single Raspberry Pi serve as both a pi-hole and media server?
I need to add three functions to my home network:
pi-hole
media server (for music and video content)
NAS (for shared storage)
Can a single Raspberry Pi play all those roles?
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Clients fail to use Pi-Hole or Pi-Hole gets jumped over (a.k.a. oh noes ads show up)
I have an OpenWRT Router so I followed this tutorial to setup my Pi-Hole and router, so that all DNS traffic gets redirected as well. When I go to my Pi-Hole and under tab Network I see my device as ...
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Connecting to PiHole changes my computer's hostname?
I followed these instructions to create a VM in Google Cloud Platform that hosts PiHole (a DNS-based ad-blockign service) for me. To prevent the terrors of an open DNS provider, the PiHole is ...
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DHCP Server not reachable from Access Point
My Network Setup consist of two Routers, one LTE Router (Router 1) working as a Gateway to the Internet, the other one (Router 2) working as Access Point in order to expand the network accessibility.
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Pi-Hole 'invades' my landlord's network
Setup: I am a student living in a shared appartment with other students. My landlord lives in the same building and we all use his network (192.168.178.0/24) for internet access. I have my own subnet (...
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Raspberry PI : Pi-Hole with 2x ethernet unable to get eth1 traffic directed via pi-hole
So where do I start. well after about 20 attempts maybe 30hours I have decided to ask for help :(
so what am I trying to do? Well, I have a raspberry pi with 1x onboard Ethernet which is eth0 and I ...
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OpenVPN drops connection about once a day, logs indicate DNS failure
I have an old version of pfSense (2.3.2) running an OpenVPN client to a commercial server. Over the past few years, the OpenVPN connection has been dropping more frequently, and now it's about once ...
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Find which process is responsible for a DNS request
I started using Pi-hole recently to block ads on all home devices (including my Macbook).
Looking at the logs today, I noticed many weird DNS requests originating from my Macbook to seemingly random ...
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Combine pi-hole and nxfilter on 1 raspberry pi 4
Given I have a raspberry pi 4 with Raspbian Buster, I would like to combine pi-hole (for adblocking) and nxfilter (for parental controls).
I could specify nxfilter as the upstream dns server for pi-...
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DNS leak for non-existent domains when using OpenVPN on a Windows client
I have a Windows client connected to a Wi-Fi hotspot:
Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection 2:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros ...
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