Looking to merge Pihole with RaspAP?
Looking to merge Pihole with RaspAP?
The first setup is for a local DNS with ad-blocking, while the second creates an access point for smart home devices to connect via wired links and manage data flow to your router. They both use dnsmasq and idk how to combine them. Restarting pihole during RaspAP operation leads to errors like permission issues and conflicts in configuration files. RaspAP writes to /etc/dnsmasq.conf, but Pihole uses conf-dir=/etc/dnsmasq.d inside dnsmasq.conf, with all settings in dnsmasq.d. I attempted to keep RaspAP's config but added conf-dir=/etc/dnsmasq.d so it remains accessible. The second problem is that RaspAP doesn’t seem functional—possibly a misstep if intended as a Wi-Fi bridge. I followed a different guide creating a bridge adapter br0 for wlan0 to reach the internet via eth0, but it caused SSH access loss and communication failures between Pi and devices. Anyone have suggestions on resolving this? I haven’t posted much to the subreddit yet.
This approach looks feasible. It lets me connect to my Pi using both Wi-Fi and a wired client on the same IP address. I’ll give it a try—it seems RaspAP might not have been the right fit after all.