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  1. J

    Noob DNS questions

    I use Asus Merlin and I have a Pihole running on a personal server that is added as DNS on my network that all my devices use on my LAN. Is there some other type of DNS that I need to also setup? I disable all DNS on all my devices so it doesn't interfere with the Pihole. Is this bad practice...
  2. J

    Pihole/Yazfi with guest network

    I have an Asus AC86U and a raspi with umbrel and pihole installed. My router has the DNS set to the pihole DNS and another DNS to use to resolve in case the first DNS isn't available. I do realise this means that both are used no matter what but it saves my network from crashing if the first...
  3. M

    AC86U + PiHole + DNS trough VPN. PiHole not able to lookup hostnames.

    Hello, I've trawled through many posts, but still cannot solve this issue, so i hope someone can spot it :) I have an AC86U setup with a PiHole on RPI. Blocking seems to be working fine, but PiHole is not able to lookup hostnames, really annoying, i really dont like to use manual mapping...
  4. Skeptical.me

    PiHole and OpenVPN client 'Accept DNS Configuration' set to 'Exclusive' - DNS leak

    I have an OpenVPN client connected to an ExpressVPN server. It is important for streaming to have the 2 devices that use that VPN connection to use the VPN's DNS servers. I have “Accept DNS Configuration” set to Exclusive on this OpenVPN Client. 2 days ago, I installed PiHole on a Raspberry Pi...
  5. M

    Run unbound on RT-AC86U or on Pihole?

    I'm running two instances of Pihole for DNS: one on my home server, and one on a Pi. I'm also thinking about setting up Unbound as the upstream resolver for Pihole. Do you think I should install unbound on my RT-AC86U, or on one of the Pihole installations? I thought the performance might be...
  6. M

    Router DNS settings with Pi-Hole and Unbound

    Hi y'all! I'd like someone who is more knowledgeable than me to review my Asus RT-AC68U router's DNS settings if they're correct in my configuration. I'm running my own DNS server (Pi-Hole and Unbound) on my home server, but I'm not sure about my router settings are correct. I'm looking to...
  7. S

    Trend Micro vs pihole

    Hi, one of the nice features on the ASUS routers is Trend Micro. Does anybody have some experience how reliable it is and how it compares to pihole? I am particular interested in parental control. Setting up Trend Micro seems to be very straight forward, but I am wondering how up to date their...
  8. T

    Irregular DNS, Name lookup, Dual PiHole??

    OK sorry but I'm a bit green to this. I've got a DSL-68U (with Gnuton) and AC-68U hooked up fine. Mesh-config, wired together. My internet works via a second ethernet WAN - and I suspect this maybe causing my issue? (Good old Australian NBN over HFC doesn't require the 'modem'). Essentially I...
  9. D

    Merlin wrt Asus AX88U two pinholes unbound ipv6

    In this thread I am attempting to list my various settings with the hopes of either confirming this is the right set up, or discovering where I might have messed something up. The goal here is to have a primary and backup Pihole, running unbound that will filter all dns traffic via IPv4 and...
  10. K

    Netflix Detects My VPN Only On TV

    I have a RT-AX88U running the latest Merlin. I have the router configured to connect to ProtonVPN and route traffic to it with the VPN Director. I have a PiHole that the router forces all DNS request to go to, and the PiHole, uses Unbound for most things, but will direct Netflix related domains...
  11. A

    Configuring VPNDirector to forward to Pi-hole DNS

    I committed the cardinal sin of updating my RT-AC68U's firmware (to 386.4) without backing up the configuration. (I do have a backup, but it's a few months old, and I'd rather just roll-forward with a fix than roll-back.) I only noticed and learned about the VPN Director after seeing my...
    • AMomchilov
    • Thread
    • dns openvpn openvpn client pi-hole pihole rt-ac68u vpn director
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Asuswrt-Merlin
  12. A

    RT-AC86U DNS issue

    Hi I have rt-ac86u with official fw 3.0.0.4.386_44470. I set my pihole as dns on dhcp but the devices get 2 dns on network adapter. The first one is indeed pihole and the second is the router's ip address. When I test each device's dns from this link I see 3 dns entries, my public ip address as...
  13. macster2075

    Pihole DNS

    Hi, I have set an Ubuntu machine to run pihole and it's been working great. But, I see that if I set the pihole IP address under LAN DHCP section, it bypasses the some rules I have in order to force SafeSearch on Google and Bing. The way I have pihole IP address now is under the DNSFilter...
  14. R

    How to let Merlin use PiHole that's behing a OpenVPN connection on Google Cloud Platform?

    Hi all, I successfully set up an OpenVPN Server server on GCP and installed Pi-Hole there. For testing purposes, I downloaded the OVPN file to my Android and ensured I could successfully connect to that OpenVPN server running on GCP and access my Pi-Hole admin site there. So I know this works...
  15. SanPe

    Solved VPN server + pihole connected to a VPN Client with policy rules, is it possible?

    With the help of @xtv I found what did I do wrong. But my issue is still not solved :( Original post title: Pihole + VPN, what do I do wrong? Hi, I have a device running unbound+pihole (on 192.168.0.11). I set up my router - AC86U running latest stable merlin (on 192.168.0.1) - according to...
  16. U

    Pihole + Unbound with VPN client on AC86U Merlin

    Hi all, I'm new here and, as you will discern from this post, new to networking as a whole. I would be grateful for any general advice or input around my setup. I have some specific questions that are down to knowledge gaps and understanding. The main aim of this setup is to increase security...
  17. M

    WAN DNS vs LAN DNS

    I set up a Pi-hole in my home network and I just want to know where to put my Pi-hole's IP - should it be in my LAN DNS or in the WAN DNS of my router? If on the LAN, what should be then on my WAN DNS? And vice-versa, if it should be on my WAN DNS, what should be on my LAN DNS?
  18. F

    Router to support VPN client/server and PiHole

    Hello, I'll start by saying that I'm a bit of a novice with networking and I've been searching around for information about this for ages and I'm a bit overwhelmed by it all, so I know the answers are out there, but I'm hoping you can help me to pull it all together. What (I think) I want: -...
  19. gspannu

    What are you running? DNSCrypt or Unbound?

    What do you run on your router? Unbound or DNSCrypt? (or both?) It would also be good to know why you use/ recommend one over the other? I am aware that some people run DNSCrypt, Unbound or both on Raspberry Pi along with Pi-Hole. Would also like to have feedback from such users on the same...
    • gspannu
    • Thread
    • ax88u dnscrypt merlin pihole raspberry unbound
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Asuswrt-Merlin
  20. M

    Issue after enabling access to bridged modem UI - AC3100

    Hello all - I'm by far not a networking guru, I over the past week have purchased an ASUS RT-AC3100, installed asuswrt-merlin (so awesome!), and then pihole alongside my Emby server ( using these instructions: -...
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