Ever since i got Pihole and Pihole VPN running, my wifi has been running slower then before.
In Pihole setting (DNS), i checked the boxes for IPV4 and IPV6 Google (ECS, DNSSEC)
I heard this should speed things up. But still running slower then it should.
Are there settings i should change?
Is there a general whitelist i should add to prevent slow speed?
Based on the limited information you have provided, regarding system running Pi-hole, and configuration, it difficult to say. OS/version? Pi-hole/version? Unbound?
I have been running Pi-hole on a RPi 4b and have had no issues with speed, or DNS resolution. Works like a champ.
My suggestion would be to provide some information regarding your configuration, and a debug token.
Cheers.
Pi raspberry 4. Latest mac apple OS
- PI-HOLE [V5.18.3]
Did you change any settings? When i first started Pihole, i blacklisted everything. And started whitelisting whenever i see a site thats slow or not accessing.
How do i get the debug token?
From the Pi-hole web interface, or the CLI.
And for OS, I meant for your RPi, as there are a few options there.
Debugging was finished. What do i need to upload it here?
You can create the debug token from the web interface, and I believe from the a terminal using the pihole command. Just provide the token, as only the Pi-hole folks can access that.
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From your terminal, execute:
pihole -dWhen the process is finished, it will ask if you want to upload the log.
Answer Yes (Y). A Token will be generated.
Copy and post here only the token URL. -
Via Web interface:
Go to Tools > Generate Debug Log, select the UPLOAD box and click on the button to generate the log.
The log will be uploaded and the token will be displayed.
Copy and post here only the token URL.
Here it is. https://tricorder.pi-hole.net/3xPXle0u/
Thank you
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@whoisjee
Just to add to what @nosugref42 said, I run Pi-hole on a RPi 02W and I don't have any issues with not getting my full upload/download speeds from my ISP ... so I don't think, especially since your using a RPi 4, you should get anything less ... unless it is a configuration issue with either your RPi or your local router. I too have the latest version of macOS running on my Macs.
would you be able to tell me if you made any configuration change to RPi or local router?
@whoisjee
If you are asking me, I didn't have to make any significant configuration changes to either my RPi or my router ... but my network configuration may be very different than what you have. Basically, my RPi is configured to provide DNS, not DHCP service. It also is configured to use unbound. My router is a Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Ultra. It is configured with multiple VLANs. Each VLAN, in turn, is configured to use the RPi for DNS. That's about it.
It might be helpful to better understand what your experiencing. When you say slow internet are you refering to using the browser on a client, on multiple clients etc. Are they Macs or Windows PC etc.
It might also be good to run nslookup flurry.com and nslookup pi-hole.net from a client machine and post the results.
Also note that the debugs log that you posted expired. They only last two days so you may want to run another one and post the token as you did before.
IIRC, i used RPi DNS (maybe) on my local router DNS so that i can connect to my home network while i'm away. Is this what you also did?
Have you added any whitelist or blacklist?
Typically to access your home network from a remote location, you would use a VPN, so I assume that is what you are referring to here. In my case I rarely have a need to so I do not use a dedicated VPN setup.
Yes, I have added both a whitelist and several blacklists. There are numerous to choose from. The key is not to use more than you need. As such, I suggest that you use a single whitelist, and maybe, 3 - 5 blacklists.
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