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I’ve been thinking about doing this as a weekend project. Does the hardware limitations of the pi mess with download or upload speeds at all? Any weird sites

by cgb223 6y ago

I’ve been thinking about doing this as a weekend project. Does the hardware limitations of the pi mess with download or upload speeds at all? Any weird sites that don’t work with it running? How much better is it than something like ublock origin?

syntaxing 6y ago
It's just a self hosted DNS so there shouldn't be any speed reduction (goes straight to Google's DNS if it's not blocked). It very different from ublock origin that reads the html directly from the website. Since it's DNS based, it's not perfect hence why they recommend using pihole + ublock origin. The nice thing about it is that it blocks most ads pretty well (even on your phone) without breaking anything if you use the right host list, and blocks all the telemetry network wide (if you change the DNS on the router).
- cgb223 6y ago
  Do you have to use Google’s DNS? I’m currently trying to phase off my dependence on them. Gotta wonder what kind of ad tracking/targeting they do based on DNS lookups you send them
  - luc79 6y ago
    You can configure any DNS server you like
  - johnpowell 6y ago
    There are multiple DNS options. Or you can just use Unbound and be your own DNS. https://i.imgur.com/3sVDwhQ.png https://i.imgur.com/3sVDwhQ.png https://docs.pi-hole.net/guides/unbound/ https://docs.pi-hole.net/guides/unbound/
SirYandi 6y ago
> Does the hardware limitations of the pi mess with download or upload speeds at all? Not at all (at least for me on a 100mbit connection with the Pi 3B+). I've read you could even use a pizero if you don't care about the Web interface being all that snappy. > Any weird sites that don’t work with it running? You set your own blocklists so you can choose how permissive you want to be. I have something like 1MM blacklisted URLs and rarely find sites to be completely broken. It's easy to temporarily pause the blocker, or add a single domain to the whitelist. > How much better is it than something like ublock origin? uBlock origin has the advantage of hiding content directly from the page, whereas pihole tends to leave a greyed out box where the ad used to be. I tend to use both at the same time anyway.
stekern 6y ago
Not OP, but I'm using NextDNS -- the managed version of a PiHole. I have uBlock Origin and uMatrix in all my desktop browsers, and I'm seeing around 15% blocked queries on NextDNS. Most of the blocked traffic seem to come from my mobile devices.

by cgb223 6y ago

syntaxing 6y ago

It's just a self hosted DNS so there shouldn't be any speed reduction (goes straight to Google's DNS if it's not blocked). It very different from ublock origin that reads the html directly from the website. Since it's DNS based, it's not perfect hence why they recommend using pihole + ublock origin. The nice thing about it is that it blocks most ads pretty well (even on your phone) without breaking anything if you use the right host list, and blocks all the telemetry network wide (if you change the DNS on the router).

cgb223 6y ago
Do you have to use Google’s DNS? I’m currently trying to phase off my dependence on them. Gotta wonder what kind of ad tracking/targeting they do based on DNS lookups you send them
- luc79 6y ago
  You can configure any DNS server you like
- johnpowell 6y ago
  There are multiple DNS options. Or you can just use Unbound and be your own DNS. https://i.imgur.com/3sVDwhQ.png https://i.imgur.com/3sVDwhQ.png https://docs.pi-hole.net/guides/unbound/ https://docs.pi-hole.net/guides/unbound/

SirYandi 6y ago

> Does the hardware limitations of the pi mess with download or upload speeds at all? Not at all (at least for me on a 100mbit connection with the Pi 3B+). I've read you could even use a pizero if you don't care about the Web interface being all that snappy. > Any weird sites that don’t work with it running? You set your own blocklists so you can choose how permissive you want to be. I have something like 1MM blacklisted URLs and rarely find sites to be completely broken. It's easy to temporarily pause the blocker, or add a single domain to the whitelist. > How much better is it than something like ublock origin? uBlock origin has the advantage of hiding content directly from the page, whereas pihole tends to leave a greyed out box where the ad used to be. I tend to use both at the same time anyway.

stekern 6y ago

Not OP, but I'm using NextDNS -- the managed version of a PiHole. I have uBlock Origin and uMatrix in all my desktop browsers, and I'm seeing around 15% blocked queries on NextDNS. Most of the blocked traffic seem to come from my mobile devices.