I’ve been using pi-hole for the last 3 or 4 years and I’m pretty satisfied with it. Now I’m thinking about the next step. Nowadays I have my local network and a tailscale to access my hosts. I’m thinking about a DNS solutions to solve the names on the locla network and thru tailscale simultanely, while been able to block ads on DNS like pi-hole do. What do you think would be a better solution for this next step? I’ve only used bind before, but I think and old dog can learn a new trick.

  • q7mJI7tk1@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I was being too simplistic in my other reply. I was referring to basic router based DNS and NextDNS as the upstream resolver.

    I don’t have an answer for hard coded DNS when it comes to NextDNS, which is essentially an upstream resolver with block lists functionality.

    And to be honest, I misinterpreted OPs original question which was to take PiHole to the next level, whereas NextDNS is an alternative to.

    I can run app based routing and blocking on my router, but whether that would restrict DNS for those services I don’t know.

    Thanks for the clarification, you’ve got me wanting to pursue more DNS control now!