I’ve been aware of pi-hole for a while now, but never bothered with it because I do most web browsing on a laptop where browser extensions like uBlock origin are good enough. However, with multiple streaming services starting to insert adds into my paid subscriptions, I’m looking to upgrade to a network blocker that will also cover the apps on my smart TV.

I run most of my self hosted services on a proxmox server, so I’d like something that’ll run as an LXC container or a VM. I’m also vaguely aware that various competing applications have come out since pi-hole first gained popularity. Is pi-hole still the best thing going, or are there better options?

  • methodicalaspect@midwest.socialEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Pi-Hole’s great. Got my primary instance on a Pi 4 and three secondaries (one per vlan) on LXCs. Works so well it feels weird seeing ads when I’m not at home, I’m actually considering using Tailscale to route all my queries through my home connection.

  • lemming741@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I run pihole on proxomox, and also opnsense in the same box. Then you can forward all port 53 traffic to your pihole. Some devices have hard-coded DNS that will bypass the DHCP DNS.

    • guajojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Pihole user for more than 5 years,.can confirm that it is indeed better, made the switch few months ago

      • Maximilious@kbin.social
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        10 months ago

        What makes it better other than the UI? I’m weary of using it because it is developed by Russian developers.