Posted July 28, 2017 Has anybody tried the PiHole system for the Raspberry Pi? If you don't know what PiHole is, it is a service that runs as your DNS server and blocks ads all across your wifi network. I am wondering who uses it, and if the system works well and is useful enough to setup. Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/813995-anybody-tried-pihole/ Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 28, 2017 I have used it previously just for experimentation, it works alright but not as well as a local adblocker. The ads show the browsers "cannot connect message" but they still take up space on the page. It's hit or miss with YouTube video ads, and often times, on the mobile app, YouTube videos wouldn't play at all. My main computer: i7 6700k || GTX 1070 || Asus Z170 RGB || C.M. Hyper 212 EVO || 16GB RAM || 256GB NVMe SSD || 500GB SATA SSD || 12TB total HDD || Define R5 Blackout || 850W PSU More Details Below Spoiler | CPU: Intel Core i7 6700k | GPU: EVGA GTX 1070 FTW | Motherboard: Asus Z170 Pro Gaming Aura| CPU Cooler: C.M. Hyper 212 EVO | RAM: 16GB Kingston Fury 4x4 DDR4 2400MHz | SSD: Intel 256GB NVMe SSD & Plextor 500GB SATA SSD | Hard Drive: WD 2TB Black, 2TB WD Blue, 8TB WD Red | Case: Fractal Design Define R5 Blackout Edition | PSU: Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro 11 850W | Additional Computer Parts: NZXT Hue for LEDs | Peripherals: Dell U2414H (x2) || Corsair Sabre RGB || Corsair K95 Platinum || Sennheiser 558's || Modmic Pictures of setup: Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/813995-anybody-tried-pihole/#findComment-10213396 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 30, 2017 Yes. I have a Pi-hole running on my home network. It worked rather well so I put it on an Ubuntu Server VM server in work and deployed it across our whole company. You'll find some place holders still load but the ads won't. It's not as good as local blockers such as adblockpro but it seems to save us some bandwidth so it's worth it for that anyway. The default lists are pretty good but you've got to be careful with the custom lists otherwise you'll end up pi-holing most of the internet. There's lots of people who will be cross when you block AWS You can find a large database of well maintained lists here. Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/813995-anybody-tried-pihole/#findComment-10225082 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 31, 2017 Yeah I put debian 9.1 on an old laptop and installed pi-hole on it. I love being able to have ad blocking on my devices that cant otherwise. like my xbox one and ps4. works great with my smartphone. Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/813995-anybody-tried-pihole/#findComment-10229719 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 3, 2018 Bumping this thread to say that Pi-Hole is awesome. I did similar to ^ where I installed it in an Ubuntu VM (VMware Workstation) and then set my router's DNS to the IP address of the VM. Bippity Boppety and it was working with very little effort required. No more ads on my phone and Windows 10 can't do it's telemetry shit either. It also has an excellent GUI interface so you don't have to fuck with command line. And you can add all of the adblock plus blocklists to it (easylist+easyprivacy, etc) Workstation: 9800X3D|| Asus X670E ProArt Creator || MSI Gaming Trio 4090 Shunt || T.Force 7800CL34 || Corsair AX1600i@240V || whole-house loop. LANRig/GuestGamingBox: 13700K @ Stock || MSI Z690 DDR4 || ASUS TUF 3090 650W shunt || Corsair SF600 || CPU+GPU watercooled 280 rad pull only || whole-house loop. Server Router (Untangle): 13600k @ P-Core only || ASRock Z690 ITX || All 10Gbe || 2x8GB 3200 || PicoPSU 150W 24pin + AX1200i on CPU|| whole-house loop Server Compute/Storage: 10850K @ 5.1Ghz || Gigabyte Z490 Ultra || EVGA FTW3 3090 1000W || LSI 9280i-24 port || 4TB Samsung 860 Evo, 5x10TB Seagate Enterprise Raid 6, 4x8TB Seagate Archive Backup || whole-house loop. Laptop: HP Elitebook 840 G8 (Intel 1185G7) + 4070 RTX Thunderbolt Dock, Razer Blade Stealth 13" 2017 (Intel 8550U) Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/813995-anybody-tried-pihole/#findComment-11203795 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 3, 2018 I am using it... i like it. Can Anybody Link A Virtual Machine while I go download some RAM? Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/813995-anybody-tried-pihole/#findComment-11203842 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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