{"id":429,"date":"2016-01-15T20:14:32","date_gmt":"2016-01-16T00:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paulbegley.com\/?p=429"},"modified":"2016-01-15T20:14:32","modified_gmt":"2016-01-16T00:14:32","slug":"raspberry-pi-hole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.paulbegley.com\/?p=429","title":{"rendered":"Raspberry Pi-Hole"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was trying to optimize my home network and determined using a local DNS server significantly  improved our internet experience.  I did the testing with my home server, but it\u2019s a beast (six cores, 32GB RAM, and 4-6TB storage).  Since I have a spare Raspberry Pi B+, I figured I would use it.<\/p>\n

Researching further, I found the Pi-Hole Project (http:\/\/pi-hole.net\/<\/a>).  Not only does it provide a local DNS server, but it integrates ad filtering!  It works quite well, and didn\u2019t take any technical skills to provision.<\/p>\n

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  1. Install Raspbian build on Raspberry Pi \u2013 reference link below<\/li>\n
  2. Run this command from the shell (command line): curl -L install.pi-hole.net | bash<\/li>\n
  3. Configure your computers\/devices to use the Pi as their DNS server \u2013 I configured my wireless gateway to point to the Raspberry Pi so all my systems automatically use it. \n

    NOTE \u2013 setup your gateway to use an external DNS as a secondary to avoid issues <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    <\/p>\n

    Reference Links
    <\/u><\/strong>Raspbian image downloads
    https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/downloads\/raspbian\/<\/a><\/p>\n

    Pi-Hole Project
    http:\/\/pi-hole.net\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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