I just discovered this and it works fantastically on any old / unused android device you might have lying around, I was shocked at how easy it was, all the instructions are there, once you have it running all you need to do is set your router DNS settings to your pihole IP address and presto! Ads and trackers are gone!
I run pihole on a Raspberry Pi Zero with an Ethernet adapter. Runs great, runs off USB power of my router, no risk of battery explosion. Recommend that over a phone any day
I tried to set up something similar but it doesn’t block a damn thing and I can’t find whatever router setting I’m missing for the life of me…
You need to change the DNS settings in your router to the IP of the Pi-Hole if you want it to affect all devices on your network. If that doesn’t work, you’ll need to change the DNS on each of your devices instead.
Yeah, when I change the dns on the router, I lose Internet completely. I am unwilling to change it on literally every device because that’s a huge pain in the ass.
Sounds like your Pi-Hole isn’t set up properly then… Your Pi-Hole itself needs internet connection.
yeah, I’m not sure what part of the instructions I missed, though I’m not terribly knowledgeable when it comes to network setup.
Amazing! I have an old ZeroW thats been sitting around. Any issues? Latency?
Nope can’t say I’ve ever noticed any issues with it. I’ve had it for a long time now. Kind of forgot they aren’t really new anymore lol. Maybe 7-8 years running? I update it every 6 months or whenever I remember and it still works great.