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The Pi-hole® is a DNS sinkhole that protects your devices from unwanted content without installing any client-side software.

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How practical is it to block everything by default? (feddit.uk)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've just set up my pihole and I'm considering the best way to configure it. Is it a good idea to set the default group to block (almost) all domains and then manually add trusted devices to another group with a "normal" block list? My use case is untrustworthy devices that I don't want phoning home but which might change their IP address.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (11 children)

Can you explain this a bit more to a networking beginner?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (10 children)

most routers allow dual wireless networks now, you should be able to set one that's exclusively for IoT. So you have MyWifi and WifiForThings.

You can then set the WifiForThings to have no actual internet access. This will mean that any apps etc won't work though, so be aware.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Ah, sadly not something mine can do

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You could get a second, inexpensive wifi router, and use it for the untrusted devices.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Any idea how I go about setting up a second sub(?)network? I've got a load of old routers but I've always assumed they're too locked down to be of any use.

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