Lost access to web interface

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Hello everyone,

My Pi-hole installation (Pi zero 2 W, RaspOS Lite) was running fine (and still appears to be running fine so far as I can tell), but after installing PiVPN with Dynamic DNS (I have not done the port forwarding step on my router yet) I have lost access to the Pi-hole web interface, yet I can still ssh into my Pi.

I also changed from using WIFI to an ethernet connection.

I disabled WIFI, and changed values in various config files to eth0 (pihole.toml and Wireguard setupVar.conf). But I haven't been able to figure out what has happened. Please help.

Here is my debug token:
https://tricorder.pi-hole.net/XTTREzdo/

Thanks in advance for any help.

Best wishes

2

To clarify your problem, please elaborate on the following:

  1. Does the web admin interface work when you access it from a local client? If so, what URL are you using to access the web admin interface?
  2. The web access worked until you installed PiVPN?
3

Hello,

  1. The web admin interface no longer works when I try to access it from a local client through the static IP I assigned to my Pi on my router.
  2. Yes, web access worked before installing PiVPN.

Thanks

4

What is the complete URL you are using to access the web admin interface?

5

It is 192.168.1.167/admin/login

6

Try this:

http://192.168.1.127/admin

7

That worked. Thanks very much!

But, why did the address change from the static IP I configured on my router? Sorry for the noob question.

Best wishes

8

Hi again,

New problem now. I am back on the Pi-hole dashboard, but nothing seems to be getting blocked any more.

Before, when watching youtube videos on my ps5, I could see the total queries and queries blocked tally counters going up. They are no longer increasing now.

Has the IP address for Pi-hole functionality now changed to the new address of 192.168.1.127, even though the Pi still has the address of 192.168.1.167 on the router?

Thanks

9

I have no idea. But, please note that the best way to set a static IP on your Pi is to do so on the Pi itself. Your router assigns a reserved IP, and you have found this reservation can change.

If the Pi has a static IP configured, it will ignore any IP offered by a DHCP server..

10

Yes.

You can confirm the IP address at any time by running this command from the Pi terminal:

ip addr

It is also shown in your debug log, which you can generate any time and read at home.

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Yes, the problem was that the DNS server address on my router was still directing towards the ...167 address. Although now, I have a new problem in that my router won't let me change to the ...127 address.

When I input the new address, the "configuration has been applied" notification pops up, but the input field instantly clears and goes back to a blank value.

I think I might have to contact my router manufacturer about this one.

Thanks for all your help.

Best wishes