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Pi-Hole 4.3.2

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Re: Pi-Hole 4.3.2

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Post by obituary_latte »

donkeyd wrote: post #2

I can't find this anywhere, but does Pi-Hole have any sort of client side 'reload without blocking' functionality? If I were to implement this in my network and a user has issues with a page not loading/functioning correctly, I feel like they'd need my help to add the site to a white list, which would be pretty inconvenient.

Unfortunately it doesn’t at this point I don’t believe. But as another comment mentions, there is a nice api. Another option would be to create a bash script and create a php page with a form to add a domain to whitelist. I do something similar to whitelist ip’s for dns in iptables. Pi admin uses php so it’s already installed and working.

Re: Pi-Hole 4.3.2

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Post by obituary_latte »

theshrike79 wrote: post #19
obituary_latte wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have run pi-hole on the cheapest tier of Rackspace cloud server for 2+years now with great success. It’s wonderful. Just configure my routers dhcp to set my pi ip for dns and no ads anywhere (YouTube, streaming [except Hulu unfortunately], and general browsing). It’s especially nice now that it seems every company is offering their own streaming apps with ads. Recent example was I wanted to watch an action sports v…

What's your reasoning on running it on a VPS as opposed to a raspi on your local network?

Because it’s available everywhere e.g. work/family/friends etc. and I can share it with family/friends as well. It’s a lot of fun to see people’s reactions when they see what the net can be like without all of the ads.

Re: Pi-Hole 4.3.2

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Post by lifty »

crstin wrote: post #3

As the situation has worsened with the latest release of Safari I'm really interested to globally setup Pi-Hole on a VPS via docker and use it in combination with VPN (Strongswan) for all of my devices (also mobile). Has anybody had success with such a setup yet?

I run wireguard + pi-hole (docker) on a cheap vps. It was fairly easy to setup and does a good job. Still, not an ideal setup for non-technical users.

Re: Pi-Hole 4.3.2

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Post by fluential »

I’ve found any vpn including WireGuard running on mobile draining battery too much.

Disabling third party cookies works much better, and for mobile safari using free ka-block.

Re: Pi-Hole 4.3.2

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Post by 1_player »

I've had my Pi-Hole for a month now.

It's great, but many blocklists are bad. People often use https://firebog.net/ to get their blocklists, and use only those with a checkmark which are, quote, "least likely to interfere with browsing".

Bollocks, I've had to disable a few of the recommended ones, and adding manual whitelisted hosts because they were blocking legitimate sites (ocsp.apple.com), blocking Windows updates, blocking Instagram altogether!

Re: Pi-Hole 4.3.2

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Post by rietta »

I have Pi Hole running on my LAN and it's amazing. Also helped me identify that my Amcrest PoE security cameras aggressively phone home, even when no cloud functionality is configured on them. All the reason to keep them on their own VLAN and off the Internet.

Re: Pi-Hole 4.3.2

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Post by StreamBright »

crstin wrote: post #3

As the situation has worsened with the latest release of Safari I'm really interested to globally setup Pi-Hole on a VPS via docker and use it in combination with VPN (Strongswan) for all of my devices (also mobile). Has anybody had success with such a setup yet?

I would like to do the same. Maybe have a DNS server (pi-hole) on AWS and do a simple web ui where ui can log in and it whitelists your IP in the security group.

Re: Pi-Hole 4.3.2

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Post by philliphaydon »

Donno if this is a silly question or not. But if there anywhere to buy a raspberry + pi with pi-hole pre-configured on it?

I've wanted one for a while but just wanna plug it in and go to the web console, not buy it set it up install it etc.

Re: Pi-Hole 4.3.2

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Post by qzx_pierri »

philliphaydon wrote: post #29

Donno if this is a silly question or not. But if there anywhere to buy a raspberry + pi with pi-hole pre-configured on it? I've wanted one for a while but just wanna plug it in and go to the web console, not buy it set it up install it etc.

All you have to do is run a script from the pi-hole website to install. It’s very effortless. Like.. literally effortless. If you’re posting here, I guarantee you could do it in no time. The “hardest” part is excluding an IP for the pihole & setting your DHCP server to serve that IP w/ new leases. Good luck dude.
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