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Affected files: .obsidian/workspace.json 2 Personal/Home Lab/Pi-Hole in Homenetwork.md
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title: Pi-Hole in Homenetwork
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created_date: 2025-10-17
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updated_date: 2025-10-17
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---
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# Pi-Hole in Homenetwork
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I followed this tutorial: [World's Greatest Pi-hole Tutorial - Easy Raspberry Pi Project! - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE21YjuaB6o)
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- Installed in goodolddell
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- 192.168.1.51
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- [Pi-hole goodolddell](http://192.168.1.51/admin/)
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## DNS Settings on Router
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![[Pasted image 20251017195849.png]]
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## Make Pi-hole the Network’s DHCP (so all clients use it as DNS)
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> Goal: Your router can’t set custom DNS, so we’ll let **Pi-hole (192.168.1.51)** hand out IP addresses **and** advertise itself as DNS. This gives you network-wide ad-blocking without touching per-device settings.
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---
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### Prereqs (do these first)
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1) **Give Pi-hole a fixed IP**
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- Make a DHCP reservation on your router for the Dell/Pi-hole at **192.168.1.51** (MAC = Dell’s NIC).
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- Or set a static IP on the Pi-hole host (keep it in the router’s LAN subnet; gateway = **192.168.1.1**).
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2) **Know your LAN details**
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- Router (gateway): **192.168.1.1**
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- Pi-hole server: **192.168.1.51**
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- Choose a DHCP range that avoids statics, e.g. **192.168.1.100–192.168.1.200**
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3) **Make sure Pi-hole web UI works**
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- Open **http://192.168.1.51/admin**
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- If needed: `sudo pihole -a -p` to set/change the password.
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---
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### Step 1 — Configure Pi-hole DNS (upstream)
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In **Pi-hole → Settings → DNS**:
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- Choose upstream resolvers (e.g., **Cloudflare** 1.1.1.1 / 1.0.0.1 or **Quad9**).
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- (Optional) **Conditional Forwarding** to see client hostnames:
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- Local network/CIDR: `192.168.1.0/24`
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- IP of router: `192.168.1.1`
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- Local domain name: e.g. `home` (or leave blank if unsure for now).
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Click **Save**.
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---
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### Step 2 — Enable Pi-hole’s DHCP (but don’t disable router yet)
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**UI method**
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Pi-hole → **Settings → DHCP**:
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- ✅ Enable DHCP server
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- Range: **192.168.1.100** to **192.168.1.200**
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- Router (gateway): **192.168.1.1**
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- (Optional) Domain name: `home`
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- Save
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**CLI equivalent (optional)**
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```bash
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# On the Pi-hole host:
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sudo pihole -a enabledhcp 192.168.1.100 192.168.1.200 192.168.1.1
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```
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## Todos
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- [ ] disable blocking - automation: should be easy for every user
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- [ ] backup pihole settings |