I've been loving the Pihole setup I just set up. It uses Quad9 as the upstream p...

vardalab · 2026-09-05T00:02:47.000000Z

Technitium is also really good as a performant local blocker and recursive dns server. I have been running mine for years now and it is fast as well.

upcoming-sesame · 2026-09-05T08:14:05.000000Z

How do you block ads when you're outside of your home network? Do you expose your pihole outside?

LetsGetTechnicl · 2026-09-08T02:03:08.000000Z

I set up a WireGuard VPN and use that to connect back to my home network. It's fast enough for what I do on my phone.

cortesoft · 2026-09-05T17:19:36.000000Z

VPN back to your home network?

LetsGetTechnicl · 2026-09-08T01:57:58.000000Z

Yeah I have a VPN set up. I don't have the best internet so sometimes it's slow (mostly just app downloads seem to take the longest, so I'll just disable it and then re-enable it.) But it works just fine for streaming, including video

upcoming-sesame · 2026-09-05T17:55:17.000000Z

I've assumed the latency suffers then

cortesoft · 2026-09-05T18:51:53.000000Z

You could set it up to only route DNS, but that might be complicated for most people