Hi all, new to Raspberry Pi and relatively inexperienced with these types of things but also really interested in learning more, so any help or advice is much appreciated. I've read several guides and I find them all a little confusing, and sometimes contradictory as far as setting up the Pi-hole and I really just want to make sure I've done it correctly. I am trying to do it using the "Network-wide at the router level" as seen here.
Thanks for any help!
So I set up the Pi-hole and its IP is set to 192.168.0.165
In my router settings, there are several subheadings.
Internet --> Multiple options from drop-down menu from which I have selected Dynamic IP. It gives values for IP address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, Primary DNS, Secondary DNS all of which already have values I cannot modify. There are also buttons that say Renew (greyed out) and Release.
LAN -> Has a MAC Address (cannot change), IP address (the address of the router), and a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0
IPTV -> I haven't really looked at this, but IGMP Proxy is Enabled
DHCP Server -> Enabled. IP address pool is 192.168.0.100 - 192.168.0.199. Default gateway is same as the router IP Address, and I have set Primary DNS is set to 192.168.0.165 (the same as the Pi-Hole's IP.
Dynamic DNS -> Not using, set to NO-IP and everything blank
Advanced Routing -> There's a table called System Routing Table, I am ignoring this.
Hey, could you give us some info as to what you've done so far? That way we can pinpoint a good place to start and make sure everything is set before moving forward ( both with your RaspberryPi config and your router )
So some stuff I'd like to know is:
Aside from using Unbound, have you gotten PiHole working?
Are you able to see queries in the Admin Portal?
It sounds like you might have both your Router and the PiHole as a DHCP server
It does appear the PiHole is working - ads are blocked, the admin dashboard is showing queries, blocks, etc. I do NOT have DHCP activated in the PiHole settings, and I have no Upstream DNS servers selected under the PiHole DNS menu, just the 127.0.0.1#5335 from Unbound added under Custom 1 (IPv4), and nothing under IPv6.
Basically, I just want to make sure that my current router settings are optimal and not somehow "working against" the PiHole from a privacy/functional perspective in a way I don't realize before I move on to adding PiVPN to the picture... Really, the only thing I changed in router settings is switching Primary DNS from blank to the PiHole address, and I guess I am second guessing that it's really that easy haha.
For example, I found it very difficult to confirm that it's OK to leave the router on Dynamic IP (and all the settings under that as assigned by my ISP/router) or the IP address listed under LAN and the Default Gateway under DHCP server both as the router address.
I hope the question I'm asking is clear - thank you!