Setting up Pi-hole

Feek · 1 Mar 2018 at 09:36

Edit /etc/pihole/adlists.list

Add this

Code:

https://gist.githubusercontent.com/anudeepND/adac7982307fec6ee23605e281a57f1a/raw/5b8582b906a9497624c3f3187a49ebc23a9cf2fb/Test.txt

Save the file and run

Code:

pihole -g

That's a blacklist which is supposed to block Youtube ads. I can't vouch for it but it's worth a try.

bledd · 1 Mar 2018 at 09:58

Anyone know of a whitelist that fixes all Google shopping links?

maj · 1 Mar 2018 at 10:47

That youtube ads blocklist seems to be working ok so far. Not tried it on mobile version yet though.

Feek · 1 Mar 2018 at 10:49

@bledd
Have you tried whitelisting just www.googleadservices.com ?

(run pihole -g afterwards)

bledd · 1 Mar 2018 at 12:47

It's not just google, test it out on google shopping. I had to add dartsearch and all sorts, if you google an item, then try to use a referrer enabled shop link, then a lot of them are broken by pi-hole.

Same goes for HUKD links.

For now I just live with it and edit the link in the address bar.

JoeF1 · 1 Mar 2018 at 13:56

Feek said:
Edit /etc/pihole/adlists.list

Add this

Code:

https://gist.githubusercontent.com/anudeepND/adac7982307fec6ee23605e281a57f1a/raw/5b8582b906a9497624c3f3187a49ebc23a9cf2fb/Test.txt

Save the file and run

Code:

pihole -g

That's a blacklist which is supposed to block Youtube ads. I can't vouch for it but it's worth a try.

Thanks Feek, i had already added that link in, although i didnt run the -g command.

bledd said:
It's not just google, test it out on google shopping. I had to add dartsearch and all sorts, if you google an item, then try to use a referrer enabled shop link, then a lot of them are broken by pi-hole.

Same goes for HUKD links.

For now I just live with it and edit the link in the address bar.

Would checking the blocks on the admin GUI and unblocking the links as you browse help?

Edit, i have just tested HUKD and clicked on a good few links and i got straight through?

bledd · 3 Mar 2018 at 10:02

So when you click https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/ht...le-dual-sim-for-21999-eglobal-central-2903199

Get Deal, that works by default for you?

On mine it's blocked via clkde.tradedoubler.com

Yes I know how to add exceptions, but it would be nice to have a HUKD and Google Shopping complete whitelist.

Kol · 3 Mar 2018 at 10:45

That link works for me. I can't click any paid links on Google though .fresh pi hole install a week ago.

maj · 3 Mar 2018 at 12:13

I'm using standard pihole blocklist plus the youtube one posted a few days ago, and HUKD links are blocked for me too.

JoeF1 · 4 Mar 2018 at 17:16

bledd said:
So when you click https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/ht...le-dual-sim-for-21999-eglobal-central-2903199

Get Deal, that works by default for you?

On mine it's blocked via clkde.tradedoubler.com

Yes I know how to add exceptions, but it would be nice to have a HUKD and Google Shopping complete whitelist.

Yeah although i am seeing a load of ads on that site too, so i don't know if my setup isnt running as it should?

Im with Sky so i can't change DNS on the router, so im using the pi-hole as a dhcp server. Maybe this is why ours differ?

MonkeyBasher · 5 Mar 2018 at 16:54

JoeF1 said:
Yeah although i am seeing a load of ads on that site too, so i don't know if my setup isnt running as it should?

Im with Sky so i can't change DNS on the router, so im using the pi-hole as a dhcp server. Maybe this is why ours differ?

You dont seem to have your pi-hole setup or configured the same as everyone else.
Ive just tested that link and pressed the button. Firstly its blocked by the uBlock Origin addon in the browser, I allow that to go through and imediatly get the "blocked by pi-hole" window.

JoeF1 · 6 Mar 2018 at 10:13

MonkeyBasher said:
You dont seem to have your pi-hole setup or configured the same as everyone else.
Ive just tested that link and pressed the button. Firstly its blocked by the uBlock Origin addon in the browser, I allow that to go through and imediatly get the "blocked by pi-hole" window.

Yeah, it sucks that Sky block me from changing the DNS. I would say then the DHCP server fix that was posted previously doesn't fully work as well as using it for the DNS?

I would go out and pick up a better router, but don't you need a username and password on these routers with Sky?

james.miller · 6 Mar 2018 at 10:16

I have an old asus r56u sitting behind my sky modem. The asus deals with the routing and points all the clients to the pi-hole for DNS and it works fine.

JoeF1 · 7 Mar 2018 at 12:45

Damn, just looked at the prices of them. For that, i'll cope with the ad's

the-evaluator · 7 Mar 2018 at 13:00

JoeF1 said:
I would say then the DHCP server fix that was posted previously doesn't fully work as well as using it for the DNS?

It should work exactly the same as long as the DHCP server is setup correctly. Can you post the output of 'ipconfig /all' from a client using the SKy router as the DHCP server then put the Pi-Hole DHCP server in place and grab the same output.

You are disabling the DHCP server on the Sky router when you enable it on Pi-Hole aren't you?

JoeF1 · 7 Mar 2018 at 18:44

the-evaluator said:
It should work exactly the same as long as the DHCP server is setup correctly. Can you post the output of 'ipconfig /all' from a client using the SKy router as the DHCP server then put the Pi-Hole DHCP server in place and grab the same output.

You are disabling the DHCP server on the Sky router when you enable it on Pi-Hole aren't you?

I double checked the DHCP on the Sky router again and i swear i turned off IPv6 DHCP but that was still ticked. I have turned that off now. I wonder if i was getting IP6 routing bypassing the pi-hole?

I think i may disable IPv6 all together on the router.

P.S, I can confirm, im not getting blocked messages on HUKD.

Steveocee · 9 Mar 2018 at 10:29

Anybody got any really good blocklists? I know I could use OpenDNS family guard but I want to do it myself using Pihole. I've found the Chad Mayfield list which is epic scale huge but wondered if anyone else has done this?

Feek · 9 Mar 2018 at 12:10

Personally I don't see the point in these massive blacklists. I've tried them and they cause more trouble than they're worth. The default stuff which comes with a new Pi-hole installation works perfectly well. The only ads I see are YouTube and although I found a list which blocks them (posted above somewhere), it also stopped me signing into Youtube!

JoeF1 · 9 Mar 2018 at 15:14

He might want to do it for his kids, maybe? Use it more of a filtered proxy.

Steveocee · 9 Mar 2018 at 15:29

Feek said:
Personally I don't see the point in these massive blacklists. I've tried them and they cause more trouble than they're worth. The default stuff which comes with a new Pi-hole installation works perfectly well. The only ads I see are YouTube and although I found a list which blocks them (posted above somewhere), it also stopped me signing into Youtube!

I'm after more than ads. Pihole is just a very quick way of setting up a DNS server doing what I want with a nice GUI

JoeF1 said:
He might want to do it for his kids, maybe? Use it more of a filtered proxy.

Spot on!