Advertising on the internet is a nuisance — getting in the way of your browsing, using your bandwidth, and lumbering you with trackers that send your data to people you might not want to have it. Installing ad blockers on each of your devices is time-consuming; and some of your devices, like smart TVs or other smart devices, won’t have a local ad-blocking option available. By raspberrypi.com.
Pi-hole is what’s known as a DNS sinkhole. DNS (Domain Name System) is like an address book for the internet. Pi-hole gets into the middle of this process and filters the lookups so that if your device tries to show you an advert it can block it. Everything else is displayed as normal, but the ads will be missing.
Further in the article:
- How does Pi-hole work?
- What you’ll need
- Choosing the right Raspberry Pi and accessories
- Installing Raspberry Pi OS Lite
- Starting and updating your Raspberry Pi
- Creating a static IP address for your Raspberry Pi
- Installing Pi-hole
- Changing your router’s default DNS server to Pi-hole
- Accessing and administering Pi-hole
- Using Pi-hole as a DHCP server
…and more. This is depth tutorial with screen shots and detaield explanation of each step. Pi-hole can make a big difference to your overall internet experience, reducing the number of banners, pop-ups, videos, and other types of advertising you are compelled to see. How effective it is depends on the websites you visit and the blacklist you use. There are a number of sites dedicated to testing the effectiveness of ad-blockers: Adblock Tester, for example, scored 57 out of 100 with Pi-hole running, and only 27 out of 100 without it (MacOS and Safari browser). Superb!
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