Tailscale with NextDNS is a simpler alternative to this and is easy to set up on all your devices.
Why is tailscale needed?
The Beauty of Having a Pi-Hole (2024)
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Re: The Beauty of Having a Pi-Hole (2024)
#32I really don't understand why people go to the trouble of using Pi-hole that only blocks at the DNS level, instead of using uBlock Origin which can block at the DOM level. uBlock Origin is easier and cheaper to set up, less maintenance, and more effective.
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Re: The Beauty of Having a Pi-Hole (2024)
#33Standard reminder for whenever Pi-Hole gets brought up: You don't actually need a physical Raspberry Pi for this functionality, and you don't even need the Pi-Hole software. It's all just wrappers around dnsmasq[1], which every Linux distribution makes available via their package manager. If you have an old spare Linux system on your LAN already, doing whatever, you can just install and set up dnsmasq and point your…
I was shocked that TFA’s recommended kit was $155! When did Raspberry Pi’s get so pricey?
The latest, overpowered version with all the accessories is that pricey.
But you can do for much cheaper. For example: https://www.canakit.com/raspberry-pi-3-model-b-plus-basic-ki...
Add a MicroSD card (if you don't already have one) and a case (if you need one) and you get to ~$75.
You can do even cheaper by getting a $15 Pi Zero 2 W and an Ethernet adapter off AliExpress. You probably already have an old phone charger and microSD card somewhere, but if you don't they are less than $5 each on AliExpress, so maybe a total of around $30 plus shipping.
Re: The Beauty of Having a Pi-Hole (2024)
#34Does it really have to be installed in the local network? I would like to set it once in a server and then be able to configure the box of all my friends, family, etc.
Re: The Beauty of Having a Pi-Hole (2024)
#35> 66.6% of all traffic is blocked
I hear things like this a lot from PiHole users. But it's incorrect.
Correct would be: 66.6% of DNS requests have been blocked. This says nothing about the actual volume of traffic/data that has been blocked
Re: The Beauty of Having a Pi-Hole (2024)
#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
I was shocked that TFA’s recommended kit was $155! When did Raspberry Pi’s get so pricey?
I don't _think_ you need a whole Raspberry Pi 5 kit. It seems like an older Raspberry Pi 3b+ would get the job done for $35 or so. Maybe even a Raspberry Pi Zero ($5) with an micro usb ethernet adapter.
Oh, it will definitely work on older ones. The one I have, w/o logging in and explicitly looking, is a 3-$SOMETHING, probably 3b+. Works just fine.
Re: The Beauty of Having a Pi-Hole (2024)
#37i'd love a pihole, but networking has always been a bit of a blindspot for me. i never really understand what i'm doing, and when things break it's a game of guess'n'check which stackoverflow/gpt answer will fix it.
these walkthroughs always make it look easy, but no matter how easy the set up is you can't escape the fact that you're adding a layer of complexity to the network and i just don't want to maintain it. i fully expect that there'd be some weird conflicts that come up with work VPNs and I'd just have to disable it because i don't know what i'm doing.
Re: The Beauty of Having a Pi-Hole (2024)
#38Tailscale with NextDNS is a simpler alternative to this and is easy to set up on all your devices.
Why is tailscale needed?
So people with access to the TailScale control plane can easily add and remove devices from your network.
Re: The Beauty of Having a Pi-Hole (2024)
#39Does it really have to be installed in the local network? I would like to set it once in a server and then be able to configure the box of all my friends, family, etc.
You can run it on your phone and outside of your net work with something like Tailscale as your vpn
Re: The Beauty of Having a Pi-Hole (2024)
#40i'd love a pihole, but networking has always been a bit of a blindspot for me. i never really understand what i'm doing, and when things break it's a game of guess'n'check which stackoverflow/gpt answer will fix it. these walkthroughs always make it look easy, but no matter how easy the set up is you can't escape the fact that you're adding a layer of complexity to the network and i just don't want to maintain it. i…
I started like you, but slowly with more debugging and customized use-cases I started understanding more and more. That's the way for people with limited free time. That said, now with LLMs, honestly anything is easily learnable.