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There is a very important use-case which you can do on a local network but can't with this: setting up a DHCP server and pushing a default DNS server address ev
by kissgyorgy 7y ago
There is a very important use-case which you can do on a local network but can't with this: setting up a DHCP server and pushing a default DNS server address even to clients which network settings you don't have access to, is possible locally. Xbox, streaming devices, non-geek friends devices, etc. Pihole can do this and ohmygod it's life changing!
- deleted 7y ago[deleted]
- 713233eb 7y agoAnd you can also redirect all port 53 traffic to PiHole on the gateway and let only PiHole query DNS to circumvent clients that use hardcoded IP addresses (e.g. 8.8.8.8 by default)
- Terretta 7y agoThis works with this service. You can associate your public IP (your router's WAN) with a custom blocking configuration. Then you put their AnyCast IP address in your DHCP server's DNS server list. The local devices will use that address, be seen from your public IP, and get the custom config you want.
- dual_basis 7y agoThis doesn't have anything to do with running a local PiHole, it's just a feature of having a local DHCP server. Any typical home router also has a local DHCP server, and if you change the DNS associated with the internet connection on the router this will be passed on to any device which connects via DHCP.
- homero 7y agoNo any router supports doing that