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Expected Behaviour:
Pihole acts as a dns server at the router level and internet works as expected on all devices
Actual Behaviour:
None of the devices on the household network have internet access, despite the fact that I’m able to access the admin interface correctly. The pihole IP address is set as the only DNS, and I’ve renewed the lease. I’ve also reconfigured to ensure that WiFi is the configuration (I’m using it wirelessly, not with an Ethernet cable for now) after reading some other queries with this issue.
This sounds like your Pi-hole does not have any properly working upstream server configured. Please try to use Google DNS (see dashboard settings page -> DNS) to verify.
*** [ DIAGNOSING ]: Networking
[✗] No IPv4 address(es) found on the eth0 interface.
[✗] No IPv6 address(es) found on the eth0 interface.
[i] Default IPv4 gateway: 192.168.1.1
* Pinging 192.168.1.1...
[✗] Gateway did not respond. (https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/why-is-a-default-gateway-important-for-pi-hole/3546)
From a client that you believe should be connected to the Pi-Hole for DNS, from the command prompt or terminal on that client (and not via ssh or Putty to the Pi), what is the output of
Thanks for all of the replies. I stuck with the problem for a couple hours after posting and figured it out (I couldn’t delete the post as it was in review). Posting for future readers:
Indeed, this was a connectivity issue - set up as ethernet, but no cable plugged in. The source of the issue was that I didn’t read carefully during the configuration: I arrowed down to wlan0, but unless you press SPACE, it doesn’t actually change the setting. I was inadvertently reconfiguring again and again with eth0.
Once I read carefully that I needed to press space, set up WLAN, everything worked smoothly.