PiHole Not Resolving
February 27, 2024, 16:57
Right, I've got PiHole installed according to the guides and I've got the interfaces configured correctly but only local sites will resolve. My devices report no internet connection if I connect them with PiHole as DNS, though I don't get any PiHole errors. I don't have much experience with networking in Linux so it might be something small.
How do your "Upstream DNS Servers" config look like?
I have Google ticked for ipV4
Add your home routers IP as "Custom 1"
I'm still getting no internet on devices
check that pihole is seeing those devices as active
How so?
it should say active devices or something
on the front page
Ok it isn't seeing them
then its probably something with how you set up upstream dns
try undo it and set it on a device individually
wdym?
I already have to set DNS to pihole manually since my ISP router is trash
oh
then its something with pihole or maybe the port
i dont know actually <@796000224690307072> you?
You need to describe what you have done!
1. Is your PiHole also DHCP server?
2. Have you been changing the config on your devices manually?
3. What instructions have you followed, URL!
Some context btw; I had pihole & DHCP working fine but needed to upgrade to bookworm which caused problems, so did a full OS reinstall with some data retrieved like DHCP config, home directory and pihole teleporter backup
1) possibly, I copy pasted my old dnsmasq file I had before.
2) yes, I've always had to config my DNS manually per device or setup a DHCP server since my ISP router doesn't support changing DNS apparently.
3) I followed the pihole alternative 1 method here, also restored via teleporter: https://docs.pi-hole.net/main/basic-install
But bookworm doesn't use dhcpcd, it uses Network Manager
Ah
oh no I didn't know any of this, I thought it was a safe assumption that it was a normal install and it wasn't just a copy of the old image
we need more information from the start!
My recommendation is, start a fresh install
although it is my fault I made an assumption
Fresh pihole right
Yes
Ok, I only did a few modifications so can probs note them somewhere
<@796000224690307072> btw does network manager have a way like dnsmasq to do custom DHCP server stuff?
IDK
Okay, to YouTube tutorials
Can you turn off the DHCP on the ISP router and let PiHole do DHCP and DNS.
Yes I can do that
Reinstalling my almost fresh install backup image rn
Nice
Ok so I've got pihole installed again
Do I put the DHCP server config in /etc/dnsmasq.d or /etc/NetworkManager/dnsmasq.d
In the web interface of PiHole
I couldn't get a second subnet working with the web interface
Since I want to have 1 subnet as pihole with the DHCP and one with my ISP router
Well you could always do a lollipop design
Meaning?
I think it's where you set the DNS in pihole to its self or something
like a roundabout
or you set a order of DNS's that loop around to eachother
If I understand you you wish to have two IP network but you have no extra interface on the Pi to do it?
I have a USB dongle as wlan1
sorry for not clarrifying that earlier
right now if I do nslookup google.com <pi ip> it doesn't load so
Ok, just to clarify, a lollipop design is when you have one physical interface and in that physical interface you can create virtual interfaces
It is also called "router on a stick" (Virtual interfaces through same physical port) concept.
Ah okay
Can someone help me debug what's wrong?
DNS doesn't work (no resolution)
I have wlan1 as pihole interface I believe, DNS doesn't resolve here but wlan0 does.
Yeah, Piholes just don't work these days, trying to set one up myself and have had nothing but issues
I have set up a lot of PiHoles and every one is working flawless.
Im pretty sure you can adjust to witch interface/interfaces that PiHole should listen to, standard Linux behaviour.
I'll do that but have you got pihole as DHCP working on bookworm?
Or any DHCP
Cause I need to have a DHCP I can control to send traffic through PiHole (my ISP router doesn't "support" changing DNS)
I haven't, as I am designing my "Pi Rack" and after that I have the idea to rebuild all services in my home lab/production.
I will install a new Pi and start with DHCP tomorrow, have a couple Pi 3s laying around
I can rn, i have a flesh install of raspberry OS lite for the pi zero
Anyone got any ideas?
None from me
Hm
Try docker next?
Yeah sure, docker solves everything
Got swarm setup today anyway so
Should be good
This is true
DNS seems to work but dhcp doesn't
This is widely strange to me
I haven't messed with DHCP enough to help you tho