How do I route my home network into a pihole docker container

[daviden]

I am running pihole in a docker container on my Ubuntu server computer. I have gotten to the point where I can access the web UI and modify settings with no problem. Before I route my whole network through pihole I just wanted to route my Windows desktop through it as a test, but when I manually enter the DNS server in the networking settings I then can't connect to anything. I'm not sure I'm using the right IP address, but I figure since I can access the web interface with no problem it has to be something else.

[Skiiwee29]

The IP address you use for pihole should be the same one you setup to access the webGUI of PIHole. You should have this IP address statically assigned from your DHCP server, usually your router. Also, make sure you disable the DHCP server on the PIHole so you dont have multiple servers on the same network. 

[daviden]

11 minutes ago, Skiiwee29 said:

The IP address you use for pihole should be the same one you setup to access the webGUI of PIHole. You should have this IP address statically assigned from your DHCP server, usually your router. Also, make sure you disable the DHCP server on the PIHole so you dont have multiple servers on the same network. 

I do have a static IP for the host computer and therefore pihole (presumably). To disable the DHCP server on the pihole is that something I need to do in my router or in pihole directly? Also just to verify I'm testing this correctly, I'm manually entering the IP address in the DNS field here.

[Crunchy Dragon]

3 minutes ago, daviden said:

I do have a static IP for the host computer and therefore pihole (presumably). To disable the DHCP server on the pihole is that something I need to do in my router or in pihole directly? Also just to verify I'm testing this correctly, I'm manually entering the IP address in the DNS field here.

My Pihole runs in a docker contained via Portainer inside Ubuntu Server inside Proxmox. None of these all have the same IP address -- the host system running Proxmox has its own address that I use for the web UI, Portainer has its own, and Pihole has yet another one.

 

Pihole itself has its own DHCP server, which you can enable/disable from the web interface.

 

Inside Windows, that should be how you configure a DNS server. What type of connection problems are you having, specifically, when you say you can't connect to anything? Are you able to ping the IP address of your Pihole server from within Windows?

[Skiiwee29]

the PIHole should have its own IP address to access. You should have set this IP address when you ran the initial setup. Once you find this, you go to Settings > DNS and select which DNS servers you want to use for the pihole to pull its information from. Then go to the DHCP TAB and ensure it disabled. (Unchecked)

 

 

 

[daviden]

8 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

My Pihole runs in a docker contained via Portainer inside Ubuntu Server inside Proxmox. None of these all have the same IP address -- the host system running Proxmox has its own address that I use for the web UI, Portainer has its own, and Pihole has yet another one.

 

Pihole itself has its own DHCP server, which you can enable/disable from the web interface.

 

Inside Windows, that should be how you configure a DNS server. What type of connection problems are you having, specifically, when you say you can't connect to anything? Are you able to ping the IP address of your Pihole server from within Windows?

Well, it looks like I can connect to certain things. Websites that haven't been cached still seem to be accessible (although I'm not noticing the affects of pihole). Steam however is unable to connect to a server, it gives me error code -105. Also the pihole web interface isn't registering any queries.

 

As for the pihole ip address, what I'm understanding is that the ip address I type in the search bar to access the web interface is not necessarily the same for the pihole itself? If that is the case I think I need help getting the ip address of the pihole.

[daviden]

13 minutes ago, Skiiwee29 said:

the PIHole should have its own IP address to access. You should have set this IP address when you ran the initial setup. Once you find this, you go to Settings > DNS and select which DNS servers you want to use for the pihole to pull its information from. Then go to the DHCP TAB and ensure it disabled. (Unchecked)

 

 

 

Okay, DHCP is (and was disabled). I think I'll have to look through my setup and see what IP address it has. I know the host computer has a static IP, maybe my router gave pi hole a slightly different one that is dynamic.

[Skiiwee29]

2 minutes ago, daviden said:

Well, it looks like I can connect to certain things. Websites that haven't been cached still seem to be accessible (although I'm not noticing the affects of pihole). Steam however is unable to connect to a server, it gives me error code -105. Also the pihole web interface isn't registering any queries.

 

As for the pihole ip address, what I'm understanding is that the ip address I type in the search bar to access the web interface is not necessarily the same for the pihole itself? If that is the case I think I need help getting the ip address of the pihole.

The IP address you type into the web bar is indeed the PIHole IP address you need to use for your DNS server. 

[daviden]

Update:

 

So it looks like when I manually change the DNS server of my PC in windows, nothing happens. I don't know where it's getting its internet from, but it's (apparently) not through pihole. Even when I change the DNS server for my network entirely to the address of the pihole, nothing changes. I get no indication that anything is routing through it, yet I am getting internet access just like normal. I think somehow the network is going through pihole (or the host computer?) but its not getting registered or modified in any way.

 

@Skiiwee29

@Crunchy Dragon