I finally got pihole working if I specify it on my desktop as my DNS server. Now I'm trying to get it working using the DHCP settings since my wifi router does not allow me to specify DNS servers. When I do that and reboot everything (raspberry pi, wifi router, and desktop), all of my devices connect fine. I'm able to load some pages (e.g. google.com and rottentomatoes.com) but every other page I've tried has failed.
Your debug log shows that your Pi-Hole is working normally.
When you try to load other pages, are you seeing matching traffic from the client in the Pi-Hole log? This FAQ has a number of helpful tools to determine why desired content will not load. I recommend using them, and work with just one client at a time to simplify the troubleshooting.
Yes, I do see matching traffic in the logs, but the pages still aren't loading. It seems like something is going wrong with the DNS resolution. I'm not seeing anything in that article that would help with this particular issue. When i turn off the DHCP settings & reconnect to wifi then the page loads fine
From the Pi terminal, are you able to dig and ping these domains successfully? If yes, then the problem lies in the browser and its settings. Or, you may be blocking some element of the page that the page needs to load in your location (the referenced tools can help here). Have you tried an alternate browser? Have you cleared the browser cache and restarted the browser?
Using Chrome browser on Mac (latest OS and latest Chrome), with no ad-blockers other than Pi-Hole, the following domains are requested when https://www.nba.com is loaded in the US (and the page loads normally):
Yes, I can ping the sites from raspberry pi device. I tried this, but I don't think the problem is with the pi accessing the site; I think it's something to do with the DHCP setup. Here's an outline of what I've done--basically three tests that to me make it seem like this is a problem with the DHCP settings:
Enable DHCP settings in pi-hole admin console
Turn off DHCP settings on router
Reboot pi, router, and desktop
Connect to wifi on desktop
Browse to rottentomatoes.com & page loads fine
Confirm pihole is being used via query log
Browse to nba.com & page does not load
Confirm pihole is being used via query log
Disable DHCP settings in pihole admin console
Turn DHCP back on in router settings
Restart wifi connection on desktop
Browse to nba.com & it loads
Confirm pihole is not being used in admin console
Go to network settings on desktop, and specify pihole IP as DNS server
I think if this were a DHCP problem, it would affect all sites equally, as it would cause the same DNS problem all around.
Have you cleared the browser cache, tried another browser, looked at the web inspector feature of the browser for any errors that would indicate the page does not load?
Have you tried disabling Pi-Hole for 30 seconds and loading the nba page, without changing anything else?
Yep, just tried both of those again, clearing Chrome cache and trying Firefox. Still getting the same result. I did try a few more sites--it seems it's only "major" sites that will load, e.g. microsoft.com, facebook.com, linkedin.com, etc. Pretty much any "smaller" sites (including this one) do not load. If I disable pihole using the "pihole disable" command it does not change the behavior I'm seeing
That seems like it could be the issue. The original screenshot I posted of my router settings was just for IPv4. This is basically all I have for IPv6... would any of these settings work? Or is it just not going to be possible on my router?
