I’m looking into (finally) hosting a DNS server on my home network, but I am unsure on what software to use. I’m probably going to be running it on an Raspberry Pi 4 for starters. What are your experiences and recommendations for DNS services?

  • Lucky_Foam@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I use Pi-hole as my home DNS server. It runs in a VM and takes up very little resources.

  • MaxKulik1@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I run pfSense with pfBlockerNG and love it. Basically accomplishing the same thing PiHole would do but just doing it inside my router.

  • Geoffman05@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Lookup pihole and unbound. You’ll get ad blocking along with your own dns resolver. There are several near-copy-paste tutorials out there.

    • HoustonBOFH@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I had a client that needed a caching DNS, and I put in pi hole. Did everything they needed, plus diagnostics, and ad filtering. And all with a very easy GUI.

      • 1sh0t1b33r@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        It’s very hit or miss with YouTube these days, mostly miss, because the ads are embedded. But as long as your phone is on the same network that has a Pihole as DNS, then your phone is getting the same blocking as anything else.