box464,
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Another step completed on my Home Lab journey. PiHole is up and running, and I have my local DNS configured.

Followed a great guide by @chris A fun part was setting up a shortcut on my StreamDeck to turn off PiHole blocking for 5 minutes when I need to test something.

Tweaked it a bit to also alert me when the 5 minutes have elapsed.

Created an Apple Shortcut to do basically the same thing, but available on all my iOS devices!

https://www.crosstalksolutions.com/the-worlds-greatest-pi-hole-and-unbound-tutorial-2023/

sekrit,

@box464 @chris I have been using this shortcut for a few years and has worked great https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/764c2191239e4919a30c7a9f1f7968f7

dkoneill,
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@box464 @chris pihole is great. Add the unbound DNS service if you've not already done so. Makes resolution faster and if you point at root servers, a bit more privacy

box464,
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@dkoneill Just installed Unbound tonight. I do notice faster resolution for sure! At the moment it feels a bit like a magic box, but I'll learn more as time goes on - that's what Home Labs are all about right?

As long as it passes the spouse approval test, it will stick around.

#HomeLab #Unbound

dkoneill,
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@box464 great! Glad your giving this set-up a try. Pihole blocking does require a little education in order to get the entire household on board.

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