PiholePi-Hole for custom domain names over LAN DNS
PiholePi-Hole for custom domain names over LAN DNS
I've attempted to send a ping to another PC and it functioned perfectly with no packet losses.
I plan to restart the other computer since it's my primary torrent downloader, ensuring it runs continuously.
After rebooting, I can reintegrate Pihole into my network family once more.
the system now avoids connecting to pc or pc.local. your /etc/hosts file is set up as follows: 127.0.0.1 localhost ::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback ff02::1 ip6-allnodes ff02::2 ip6-allrouters 127.0.1.1 home 192.168.0.11 pc other people say this should function, but it doesn't on my windows server and my windows laptop. both are configured with 192.168.0.16 as primary DNS (pihole, static) and 192.168.0.1 as secondary (my router). could be because you need to configure DNS on every device since your router doesn’t support it, and ad blocking works perfectly with this arrangement.
You have the option to configure your own DHCP server for custom DNS settings. Are the pings functioning correctly now? If they're not, it's likely not your pihole issue but a network-related problem. Would you like me to provide a network diagram?
I was really tired, here’s the paint diagram (don’t be embarrassed)
Which two systems are communicating? Can we link them via a physical connection and see if the problem continues?
Sorry for the delayed response... After some searching, the simplest solution is to configure Pihole as a DNS and DHCP server since I can't modify the router's DNS settings. It now functions flawlessly with fast hostname resolution and sub-1ms pings.
Two systems were involved: the win server and my laptop. After manually changing the DNS settings, I noticed delays in applying the updates once I turned off the router's DHCP service and configured Pihole as the DHCP server. All devices eventually synchronized, and upon checking with ipconfig/all, they consistently used the Pihole IP as their DNS. I'm currently using 1.1.1.1 as the upstream DNS on Pihole.