DNS server and FTL not running after flush/reboot

[semanticlabs]

Hi Team,

After searching multiple similar thread and trying all possible fixes, i still cant figure out what went wrong. Everything was fine and I was stoked and getting the hands on on new list and custom groups, ordered the new 8GB model is full excitement!!

Until

I tried to clear the DHCP table by hitting flush network and restart dns, that when everything went
south.

I am running pihole as DHCP and it was working all fine

Here is the debug -

wemmekbcir

So far, i tried, -restartdns, pihole -r (repair and reconf), FTL restart commands

[semanticlabs]

I have turned off pihole DNS and DHCP and switched back to router meanhile as my full network is down, (make me think of redundancy options for failover)

[Bucking_Horn]

What's the output of the following commands:

pihole restartdns

pihole status

sudo systemctl status --full --no-pager pihole-FTL.service

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[Bucking_Horn]

(Please consider pasting command outputs as text in the future. You can format output by using the </> Preformatted text menu option. It will improve readability and allow for immediate reuse of relevant text, without having to type everything anew..)

What's the output of

cat /etc/dnsmasq.d/04-pihole-static-dhcp.conf

[semanticlabs]

i agree, for some reasons i caouldnt get the clipboard sharing working between the guest/host. Another problem is i couldnt get online from the guest! So im kinda stuck here with ugly screenshots. Please bear with me.

[semanticlabs]

Here you go

[semanticlabs]

before reverting back to default (bypassing pihole), my pihole VM was on 192.168.1.11 (configured as static in router DHCP reservation. I was able to reach it via ios app as well. Now the router DHCP is set to dynamic. although the pihole VM is still on xxx.1.11 as IP (something seems off in the network side as i cant get to internet from guest)

[Bucking_Horn]

Obviously, dnsmasq disagrees with your _SmartTV hostname.
Removing the starting underscore should fix this.

Do so by editing the file directly:

sudo nano /etc/dnsmasq.d//04-pihole-static-dhcp.conf

Then run a dnsmasq syntax check:

pihole-FTL dnsmasq-test

If ok, restart Pi-hole:

pihole restartdns

[semanticlabs]

UPDATE: i just rebooted the guest OS and now i am able to browse internet on the VM

[semanticlabs]

Wel Mr. Bucking_Horn - that about DID it!! IT WORKS! Thank for awesome support and tolerating my snaps. One last

See you all with my new pie!

[semanticlabs]

Should i also be seeing the message "FTL is running" on top left?

[Bucking_Horn]

That's implied by Active with a preceding green dot.