# Cannot Access Pihole Web Dashboard

**URL:** <https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/cannot-access-pihole-web-dashboard/87690>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [September 22, 2026, 2:33pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/cannot-access-pihole-web-dashboard/87690 "2026-09-22T14:33:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![SolarAcorn42](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@SolarAcorn42](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/SolarAcorn42)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 2:33pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/cannot-access-pihole-web-dashboard/87690/1 "2026-09-22T14:33:55Z")

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## Expected Behaviour:

So the Pi-hole is my first Raspberry Pi project, and as far as I know, I've configured everything correctly. The Pi-hole install worked, and the service is running properly; it has a static IP, etc.

## Actual Behaviour:

However, for whatever reason, when I try to access the Pi-hole web dashboard, either using `http://<Ip-address>/admin` or `http://pi.hole/admin`, Firefox returns an "unable to connect" error. I've also tried sudo pihole -r, checked to make sure that port 80 was functioning properly, turned off HTTPS-only mode in Firefox, etc. Nothing has worked so far. Google Gemini hasn't been able to help me fix the issue either. Assistance would be helpful!

## Debug Token:

[https://tricorder.pi-hole.net/z14L8TR0/](https://tricorder.pi-hole.net/z14L8TR0/)

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**Author:** ![RamSet](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/ramset/32/3497_2.png) [@RamSet](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/RamSet)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/cannot-access-pihole-web-dashboard/87690/2 "2026-09-22T14:40:22Z")

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What happens if you access it via the ip directly?

[http://192.168.1.190/admin](http://192.168.1.190/admin) ?

The setup looks correct and blocking works, based on your debug log …

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**Author:** ![SolarAcorn42](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@SolarAcorn42](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/SolarAcorn42)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 2:28am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/cannot-access-pihole-web-dashboard/87690/3 "2026-09-23T02:28:11Z")

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I thought I had responded to this, but I was able to fix the issue. Thanks for assisting!

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**Author:** ![system](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/uploads/default/original/3X/7/c/7c8792f649eeb921c5d2b4c41564ffa873d9a2b8.png) [@system](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 2:28am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/cannot-access-pihole-web-dashboard/87690/4 "2026-10-14T02:28:14Z")

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