Watch the entire home network crash in this video.
Watch the entire home network crash in this video.
I own a typical home network with Xfinity service. The modem and router are user-owned. Recently, I experienced brief interruptions while streaming YouTube, which surprised me. This occurred again last week, but this time the issue persisted without improvement. I had a PIPE on my network, but it didn’t interfere with YouTube access. When YouTube became unavailable, I first attempted to remove it from the network—same result. Videos would buffer and then stop working. As someone who mainly uses Firefox, I switched to Chrome, which has no extensions, and the problem still appeared. I tried uninstalling the YouTube app on my phone and reinstalling it, but it didn’t help. The issue seems consistent across all devices connected to the PIPE, including my PCs, iPhones, and iPads. YouTube functions properly over cellular data when not connected to the network. It appears there might be a caching problem. I’ve power-cycled both the modem and router several times. My work laptop, which hasn’t been on the network for a long time, now works correctly with YouTube.
I set up the network to rely on PiHole immediately after connecting. Make sure your router isn’t still relying on PiHole’s IP for DNS settings. For devices experiencing issues, you can reset the network connection and reconnect.
Thanks for joining @Falcon1986. I don't remember much about configuring the pihole initially, so it seems fairly standard. I switched from Cloudflare (1.1.1.1) to Google DNS (8.8.8.8) before removing it from my network, and that update happened before I took it off. I just updated my router to use the static IP I had set up for Pi. I've attached some screenshots showing where I found the DNS setup on my Synology router. I'll check again now. After confirming I moved the DNS (as shown in the two images below), I tried restarting the local network and rejoining, but the issue persisted. When I first removed the pihole, I lost internet access because I was still using it. Changing the settings in the attached photos restored connectivity, though YouTube didn't work properly afterward. Back to where things stood before.