Pi Hole help

[Donut417]

So I got the pi in the mail today and I tried setting up Pi hole. It did not seem to work out very well. When it was kinda working it was slowing down the internet. I read somewhere It has to deal with IPv6. So I tried to let Pi hole handle DHCP and such and it still gave me issues. Eventually it was blocking about every site but this one . Im tired I work for a living and probably need some sleep. But I need to know what I should try. Currently I have my networking running normal again. 

 

If I cant figure this out I will find another use for the pi. Might do the retro console thing. OR I might get a touch screen and have very portable computer. 

[lostandconfused]

I would reset the pi hole to a fresh image and try over. The pi hole shouldn't be complicated. You should just set it up, go to your computer and change the DNS to the IP of the pi hole... That's it. Unless you are trying to change the DNS network wide which means you need to have a router that supports it. I went bother with having the pi hole act as adhcp or any other network function of there's no need.

 

Also, I use my Pi's as a Kodi player to play local videos over the network. My pi hole I also use as a SQL server to sync all the Kodi Pi's viewed history. Gives it a nice pause a movie, go into the other room and pick up where you left off bonus.

 

I hope this helps

 

[Donut417]

4 hours ago, lostandconfused said:

I would reset the pi hole to a fresh image and try over. The pi hole shouldn't be complicated. You should just set it up, go to your computer and change the DNS to the IP of the pi hole... That's it. Unless you are trying to change the DNS network wide which means you need to have a router that supports it. I went bother with having the pi hole act as adhcp or any other network function of there's no need.

 

Also, I use my Pi's as a Kodi player to play local videos over the network. My pi hole I also use as a SQL server to sync all the Kodi Pi's viewed history. Gives it a nice pause a movie, go into the other room and pick up where you left off bonus.

 

I hope this helps

 

Problem is I have IPv6 and I guess from what I read that is the issue. I gave up on pi hole and installed retro pie instead.

[ewook]

4 hours ago, Donut417 said:

Problem is I have IPv6 and I guess from what I read that is the issue. I gave up on pi hole and installed retro pie instead.

So instead of turning off ipv6 on say your client you reverted to something else?
Had you not done that, I would have said try starting with turning it off on your "surfmachine". After that, verify if pi hole has ipv6 enabled by default, if it does - there's a plentora of resources online for turning it off there too :).

I revise my statement - https://docs.pi-hole.net/guides/tor/performance-issues/#ipv6

[THraShArD]

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[Donut417]

7 hours ago, ewook said:

So instead of turning off ipv6 on say your client you reverted to something else?
Had you not done that, I would have said try starting with turning it off on your "surfmachine". After that, verify if pi hole has ipv6 enabled by default, if it does - there's a plentora of resources online for turning it off there too :).

I revise my statement - https://docs.pi-hole.net/guides/tor/performance-issues/#ipv6

Ive read the resources and they either didnt explain it the way I needed or did not help when I tired. The whole goal was to use Pi Hole for the entire network not just one machine. Comcast gives me an IPv6 address, so I choose to keep IPv6 on as a result. 

[ewook]

On 2/12/2019 at 12:26 PM, Donut417 said:

Ive read the resources and they either didnt explain it the way I needed or did not help when I tired. The whole goal was to use Pi Hole for the entire network not just one machine. Comcast gives me an IPv6 address, so I choose to keep IPv6 on as a result. 

if you are using tor in the mix the link states that you might have issues. the issues are not on your end  per se.

[Donut417]

2 hours ago, ewook said:

if you are using tor in the mix the link states that you might have issues. the issues are not on your end  per se.

No I dont use Tor. To be frank the last I heard both the FBI and NSA had their hooks in to Tor, so I wouldnt consider it "Safe" to use. 

[ewook]

22 hours ago, Donut417 said:

No I dont use Tor. To be frank the last I heard both the FBI and NSA had their hooks in to Tor, so I wouldnt consider it "Safe" to use. 

Ah I see. So your problem is more "simple" (as in tor is not involved). Does the lookup affect all your machines or just specific ones?

[Donut417]

1 hour ago, ewook said:

Ah I see. So your problem is more "simple" (as in tor is not involved). Does the lookup affect all your machines or just specific ones?

I only tested it on one and it took for fucking ever for any site to come up. From what I read it had to do with IPv6 and there was a setting you could toggle to fix it. The issue is my router did not have that setting. So I decided that Id just give up and use the pi for some retro gaming and the fact was I had 1700 roms on my computer so I figured it would also be a good use.