{"id":4072,"date":"2019-09-07T15:02:10","date_gmt":"2019-09-07T22:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=4072"},"modified":"2019-09-18T09:26:54","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T16:26:54","slug":"setting-up-a-raspberry-pi-hole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=4072","title":{"rendered":"Setting up a Raspberry Pi-hole"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ad blockers such as uBlock Origin and Adblocker make the web usable – but are not available on every platform and not of the same quality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pi-hole<\/a> is an Linux-based server setup that absorbs ads by filtering DNS requests. You set up the Pi-hole server on a simple Raspberry Pi, set your devices to use the pi-hole server to resolve DNS entries, and voila – any requests to ad sites are immediately and transparently absorbed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is far superior to ad block applications for a few reasons. First, because the websites doesn’t even know you’re using it, you will never get those annoying ‘disable adblock to continue’ messages. With a little extra work, you can make your wired\/wireless router also run DNS requests through it so that all devices wifi connected phones\/laptops\/game systems\/etc get free ad filtering. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I just set one up this weekend on a raspberry pi and it’s been interesting to play with so far. Pi-hole has been a bit too fiddly in the past, but seems to be working pretty well these days with a slick web interface and easy installation. So far, it has worked really well – but I do occasionally get a false positive and have to turn the filtering off. I’ll give it a few days and see if it grows on me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s the instructions I used: https:\/\/blog.cryptoaustralia.org.au\/instructions-for-setting-up-pi-hole\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Changing the DNS for your Win10 system while still using DHCP:
https:\/\/www.windowscentral.com\/how-change-your-pcs-dns-settings-windows-10<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Setting up SSH after install on your raspberry pi so you can access your pi hole via windows\/putty\/etc.
https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/documentation\/remote-access\/ssh\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s the parts list from Amazon:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"\" <\/td> Raspberry Pi 3 b+ Case, iUniker Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ Transparent Case with Raspberry Pi Heatsink for Raspberry Pi 3B+, 3B, 2B – Access to All Ports (Clear)<\/a> $5.68 <\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td> Samsung 32GB 95MB\/s (U1) MicroSDHC EVO Select Memory Card with Adapter (MB-ME32GA\/AM)<\/a> $7.49 <\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td> Element14 Raspberry Pi 3 B+ Motherboard<\/a> $36.97 <\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td> iTrunk Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ (B Plus) Power Supply, 5V 2.5A Extra Long 2M Micro USB Power Supply Charger Adapter for 2018 New Version Raspberry Pi<\/a> $8.15 <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ad blockers such as uBlock Origin and Adblocker make the web usable – but are not available on every platform and not of the same quality. Pi-hole is an Linux-based server setup that absorbs ads by filtering DNS requests. You set up the Pi-hole server on a simple Raspberry Pi, set your devices to use the pi-hole server to resolve DNS entries, and voila – any requests to ad sites are immediately and transparently absorbed. This is far superior to…<\/p>\n

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