Re:Pi-Hole: Why You Need a Network-Wide Ad-Blocker
by palebluedot on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @09:30AM
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> Additionally, if you are not around, and a family member or co-worker can't get to a site then they have no way to bypass it unless they also know how Pi-Hole works.
I ran into that issue with some household members, that had problems with certain websites that didn't work. Since I run my own DHCP server (not through pi-hole), what I ended up doing is giving them a different (e.g. 1.1.1.1) DNS resolver for their machine (based on their MAC address), and then installing uBlock Origin for them. That way, they can easily turn ad blocking on/off themselves, while I can still have network-wide adblocking on by default (especially useful for mobile devices).
I ran into that issue with some household members, that had problems with certain websites that didn't work. Since I run my own DHCP server (not through pi-hole), what I ended up doing is giving them a different (e.g. 1.1.1.1) DNS resolver for their machine (based on their MAC address), and then installing uBlock Origin for them. That way, they can easily turn ad blocking on/off themselves, while I can still have network-wide adblocking on by default (especially useful for mobile devices).