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So my ISP's router doesn't support changing the DNS server (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 years ago* (last edited 4 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Presumably so you'll be forced to use their DNS, which lets them know what sites you go to. So thanks for that Shaw.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 years ago (1 children)

You can usually set up which DNS server to use in the device settings of each of your devices. is more work but fixes it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 years ago (2 children)

That would work for regular providers, but because I want to use a local Pihole instance, if a device doesn't support setting different DNS servers for different networks, it would break as soon as I leave the house.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 years ago (1 children)

Pihole let's you configure which DNS servers you want to use. After that you only need to configure your computer, phone etc. to use the Pihole as gateway and DNS server, after which the Pihole will perform the DNS lookups. https://docs.pi-hole.net/guides/dns/upstream-dns-providers/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 years ago (1 children)

I know, but the problem is that because it's on a local IP, as soon as I leave my Wi-Fi network, some devices will fail to resolve DNS queries because they don't have per-network DNS options.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 years ago

I think you can set up your pihole with a VPN for remote use too.

I just searched and found this tutorial but there should be more around:

https://blog.crankshafttech.com/2021/03/how-to-setup-pihole-pivpn-unbound.html?m=1

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 years ago

Alternatively, you could try to set your ISPs router into Bridge mode and use another router as the main router.