• Subverb@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I wish I could pi-hole.

    I use NextDNS and it’s good for my devices, but Google sponsored links won’t work with it. Sometimes I have to turn it off temporarily to get something done.

    Also, my wife works from home in social media. I can’t really block ads network-wide because she needs to see them.

    😕

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      11 months ago

      You can - my wife works with ads as well.

      What I ended up doing - I set her laptop with a static IP and added TCP and UDP routes for port 53 (the one used for DNS queries) to 8.8.8.8 - no complaints since ;) I use a cheap Mikrotik router between my ISP one and the actual network (well, a NAS and a Unifi AP, the rest is wireless) so doing it was easy ;)

      • SadSadSatellite @lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        11 months ago

        Both of your wives are plants by the marketing firm to make sure your attempts to remove all ads are stymied. You’ll have to kill her. I’m sorry.

    • miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml
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      11 months ago

      Working should really happen on a separate network though, business has no business being conducted on a private one.

    • jeanofthedead@sh.itjust.works
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      11 months ago

      NextDNS keeps working when you leave your wifi network (without having to set up VPNs or DDNS). That’s what I like about it.

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      11 months ago

      Batch script to set your wife’s DNS to 8.8.8.8, and another one to set it back to your pihole? Seems like an easy fix to me…

    • 1995ToyotaCorolla@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      For my pihole, I have a group set up that the blocklists don’t apply to, so devices I add to that group aren’t subject to filtering.

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      11 months ago

      PiHole allows temporarily disabling, including a time (e.g "disable for 30 seconds/2 minutes/1 hour) and setting different filters for different users ;)