![](/style/images/good.png)
![](/style/images/bad.png)
Ad blocking with Raspberry Pi and Pi-hole
source link: https://cri.dev/posts/2020-05-03-Ad-blocking-with-Raspberry-Pi-and-Pi-hole/
Go to the source link to view the article. You can view the picture content, updated content and better typesetting reading experience. If the link is broken, please click the button below to view the snapshot at that time.
Sick of ads on the Web, YouTube and other services?
Do you have a Raspberry Pi (4, 3, or even a Zero like me) laying around collecting dust and you want to make us of it?
Use it for ad-blocking in your home network and to finally browse the web, watch videos etc. without annoying ads.
One-liner install
Take out your Raspberry Pi from your forgotten drawer and connect to it via SSH .
Now run the following for a simple installation ofPi-hole:
curl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net | bash
Follow the on-screen instructionsbased on your preferences (query logging, static IP etc.) and you're one-step away for a ad-free experience while browsing the Web.
NB: Keep track of the password to access the admin panel!
Configure the Router or individual devices
If you don't want to fiddle around with your router configuration , you can configure each device indidually.
That's the easiest method I find. For more information see discourse.pi-hole.net .
On your devices, head over to the DNS settings , and set as the only DNS server address the Raspberry's IP:
On iOS
On Mac OS
Verify DNS resolution
To verify that the Raspberry Pi is used for DNS resolution, you can use a simple trick.
I used dig
tointerrogate DNS name servers, like this:
dig +trace cri.dev
You'll see a similar output (check for your Raspberry's IP address):
~ dig +trace cri.dev ; <<>> DiG 9.10.6 <<>> +trace cri.dev ;; global options: +cmd . 509447 IN NS a.root-servers.net. . 509447 IN NS b.root-servers.net. . 509447 IN NS c.root-servers.net. . 509447 IN NS d.root-servers.net. . 509447 IN NS e.root-servers.net. . 509447 IN NS f.root-servers.net. . 509447 IN NS g.root-servers.net. . 509447 IN NS h.root-servers.net. . 509447 IN NS i.root-servers.net. . 509447 IN NS j.root-servers.net. . 509447 IN NS k.root-servers.net. . 509447 IN NS l.root-servers.net. . 509447 IN NS m.root-servers.net. . 509447 IN RRSIG NS 8 0 518400 20200516050000 20200503040000 48903 . NtC6ObYfTRgLakuNLhMl ... ;; Received 525 bytes from 192.168.1.127#53(192.168.1.127) in 60 ms ...
As you can see, the Raspberry Pi's IP address ( 192.168.1.127 on port 53 ) is first interrogated for the DNS resolution.
Admin Panel
Pi-hole's administration panel can be accessed at http://{PI_IP_ADDRESS}/admin
and optionally configure it further.
Personally, I prefer to set the DNS resolver privacy level to Anonymous mode so that even in your own home-network your privacy is respected.
Donate to pi-hole
Head over topi-hole.net/donate/and if you're feeling generous, support pi-hole for the greater good.
Recommend
About Joyk
Aggregate valuable and interesting links.
Joyk means Joy of geeK