What is the Preferred DNS?

i have been using Cloudflare DNS, is there a better or more preferred one to use. if i change the DNS from the web login do i just click save and we are good?

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You will have to decide which public server best meets your needs.

https://docs.pi-hole.net/guides/upstream-dns-providers/

Or, run your own and avoid third party providers completely:

https://docs.pi-hole.net/guides/unbound/

Yes.

what are the differences between the 3 Quad9's how do i know what one to select? Also as there are 4 boxes do i have to put check in all 4 of the boxes per dns on the web interface or jus the on under 1Pv4?

We provide a description next to each. Decide if you want DNSSEC, ECS, etc.

If you aren't using IPv6 then select the IPv4 servers only.

sorry i guess that was a dumb question, but i just don't understand the difference even after reading those. i noticed that switching to the quad9 ads are appearing in my ios apps where they didn't on Cloudflare. i am just tying to find the best one as i have only used cloudflare.

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Try them all and see which works best for you.

i feel like something isn't working correctly:




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You have zero domains on blocklist. Rebuild gravity with pihole -g or using the web admin GUI tools menu.

hmmm how did that get messed up showing this:

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ pihole -g
[i] Neutrino emissions detected...
[✗] Pulling blocklist source list into range
[i] No source list found, or it is empty

[i] Building tree...
[✗] Unable to build gravity tree in /etc/pihole/gravity_temp.db
Error: no such table: main.gravity
[i] Number of gravity domains: 0 (0 unique domains)
[i] Number of exact blacklisted domains: 0
[i] Number of regex blacklist filters: 0
[i] Number of exact whitelisted domains: 0
[i] Number of regex whitelist filters: 0
[✓] Flushing DNS cache
[✓] Cleaning up stray matter

[✓] DNS service is running
[✓] Pi-hole blocking is Enabled

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Please generate a debug log, upload it when prompted and post the token here.

Your debug token is: https://tricorder.pi-hole.net/qoj83d89bx

You have 3 clients assigned to group 3, and no blocking assigned to that group.

But, you also have the default group disabled, and all the blocking is assigned to that group. As a result, nothing is blocked for any client. Enable the default group and rebuild gravity.

ok, i guess i have no idea what i am doing. i am trying to have the pi-hole on for everything on the network except the devices below.

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ok, this correct:

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That looks like what you want.

great, thanks for your help @jfb appreciate your time.

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