Setting Up a Pi Hole Made My Home Network Faster

Re:Setting Up a Pi Hole Made My Home Network Faster by joshvm on Saturday April 13, 2019 @08:40PM (#19656756)

Becuase the blocking happens at the router (ish) level, it should also prevent adverts inside applications where you can't run a blocker, eg mobile apps.

That doesn't solve the problem when you're out of the house although you can set up your devices to use your pi as a dns server when you're away from home.

https://docs.pi-hole.net/guides/vpn/overview/

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Re:Setting Up a Pi Hole Made My Home Network Faster by crispinb on Saturday April 13, 2019 @08:46PM (#19656786)

Fair point as applied to browser-based adblockers. In my case I use Adguard, which works as a proxy on a PC/Mac, or a VPN on android. AFAIK Pi Hole would just be duplicating what I already have. Worth considering though when my current Adguard licences expire.

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Re:Setting Up a Pi Hole Made My Home Network Faster by jniles on Sunday April 14, 2019 @12:21AM (#19657598)

I also use Adguard (the free DNS resolver) on my phone for roaming, but use the pihole in my local home. Two advantages for me of the pihole are a more pleasant Android experience (none of these Android notifications that apps are running in the background, better battery life, etc), and my ability to the block lists and the frequency with which they update.

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Re:Setting Up a Pi Hole Made My Home Network Faster by patrickdavey on Saturday April 13, 2019 @09:26PM (#19656944)

I'd not heard of adguard, it does sound like duplication. I also quite like it when visitors connect to our network and wonder where their ads went ;)

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