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Can someone explain to me (like I’m 5) whether I should consider a dns service over and above a pihole, which I’m running already? Is there any benefit to setti

by dmje 6y ago

Can someone explain to me (like I’m 5) whether I should consider a dns service over and above a pihole, which I’m running already? Is there any benefit to setting the dns on the pihole to use this service, or nextdns or similar?

sergiomattei 6y ago
I don't think you're the target audience. The biggest benefit is simply convenience — lots of folks, myself included, just don't want to have to maintain/install a local instance.
- dmje 6y ago
  Sure, but my question was a genuine one - is there a benefit to running both?
  - wnevets 6y ago
    > The rethinkdns app keeps track of connections an app makes from the Android device and tracks its data usage Thats not something pi-hole can do.
politelemon 6y ago
A main use case I can think of, is if you are not at home. And you don't use PiHole + PiVPN. Then it would be convenient for you if you put this app on your phone and just use it like a 'local' PiHole (but it's also working at an app level). I don't believe you'd get your PiHole itself to use this service, it's not a public DNS service that you can get your PiHole to point at. As for NextDNS, are you asking, would you get your PiHole to use your NextDNS as an upstream? You could do that, there isn't a huge advantage to it though... as PiHole is already doing the work for you. Your main motivation to do it anyway would be the consistency factor.
- dmje 6y ago
  Thanks, yeh, the second part about using it upstream was what I was meaning, thanks for your help!
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