PiHole install and use

## PiHole Requirements Raspberry Pi OS installed and updated - Check the FAQ section for how to install Raspberry Pi OS https://discord.com/channels/818384379197784084/1193923435789824050 Static IP (Optional but highly recommended) - Check the FAQ section for static IP configuration Note! There is a difference between "Raspberry Pi OS Bullseye" and "Raspberry Pi OS Bookworm" ## PiHole Install curl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net | bash ## PiHole Post Install Configure PiHole "forwarder DNS", where should PiHole send DNS queries? - http://<PiHole>/admin Where <PiHole> is the hostname or IP address you have given your PiHole Configure "PiHole" as DNS for the host OS. ## Clients/Devices Configure "PiHole" as DNS for your devices (Computers, mobiles and such). - Change it in your current DHCP server, probably your "home router". - Disable your "home router" DHCP service and configure and activate the DHCP service in PiHole. - Change it in your device OS manually (IMHO Not recommended). Remember to force an update on all your devices, reboot or use command like: - Linux: sudo dhclient -r to release the IP adr. and then sudo dhclient to require a IP address. - Windows: ipconfig /release and then ipconfig /renew ## Test Web test page: https://d3ward.github.io/toolz/adblock.html If you test with other web pages remember that the web browser caches data and you need to force a reload of the web page in your browser, ex with ctrl + F5, but this varies between web browsers.