Firewalla is a full distribution Linux, so it is possible to install many different services running alongside Firewalla. I have tried looking in using SSH but keep getting a wrong password error even though I know it correct. Any idea what I can do to stop this happening? Step 1. There are no other queries. And currently, I have on my router set primary DNS to point to IP of firewalla and in firewalla Primary DNS Server set to firewalla IP too. Do you route your DNS traffic from the … @Melvin, thank you for your reply. Please only try this on the Firewalla Blue. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. "The Pi-hole® is a DNS sinkhole that protects your devices from unwanted content" I installed Pi-hole and it seems working. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Thanks for the help! It's not just failing, it's being actively denied and dropped. Thanks! With the exception of the primary and secondary DNS + DHCP mode, I've mirrored your settings and I'm able to see traffic from the Pi-hole and Firewalla side. See if you can see the queries in pihole after the change. You should see DHCP Name Sever auto and manual. Requires the recent (August/Sept 2020) WSL …

run from command line: "pihole restartdns".

I've tried with Ad-Block and DNS boost on/off. By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. It took me ages to figure out why Pi-hole was so slow on different subnets and VLANS.

What kind of edits to either my NETGEAR Nighthawk R6700v3 or my Firewalla Blue should I make? Port 53 and 80, TCP & UDP. I've changed the DNS Server settings in the WAN config of the USG to be the IP of the PiHole server, which is 192.168.0.2.

If you install Pi-Hole on Firewalla, Pihole will become the upstream DNS server of Firewalla. In other words a network wide ad blocker. Looks like TTL was the thing getting me; making changes but everything is cached. If you are using Firewalla Red or Blue, please follow the directions below. It's been working for a while, when I set on firewalla app -> network settings to use primary DNS IP of firewalla itself. In pi-hole I see only `localhost`, `firewalla`, and `gateway`.

Without any effect. Devices -> Firewalla -> Pi-Hole -> further upstream DNS servers. PiHoleis self described “A BLACK HOLE FOR INTERNET ADVERTISEMENTS”. I had a raspberry pi zero running pi hole for a while and it was pretty flawless. But I didn't restart firewalla between config changes. What's the reason did you want to use PiHole DHCP service? I have disabled the dhcp server on my router and I have used the pi hole dhcp service. So i'm new to PiHole and wanted to set one up on my home network. https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/how-do-i-configure-my-devices-to-use-pi-hole-as-their-dns-server/245.

No other devices. Change the WAN config on the USG from 192.168.0.2 to what DNS providers you want to use e.g 1.1.1.1 and an alternate.

I also tried to add the firewalla's IP address as DNS for both Primary and Overlay Network and still nothing, I do have ad block on and family protect off. How to block a device from accesing other devices in the same LAN network? To get individual stats on devices, you will have to install Pi-Hole on a separate device and use it as DNS server in your router DHCP setting.But in this way, you will lose all the per-device DNS features (Family Protect, Ad-Block, Safe search, etc.)

(And curl actually works on Win10 Bash shell now!). Family Protect Feature and Pi-Hole can't be activated at the same time. Have tried a few permutations that gave me varying results. Step 4.

I change my firewalla blue DNS server setting to IP address itself. This does not work with all routers. What is the problem ? I'm not sure how to correctly set it up, what needs to be set up on firewalla. Firewalla Speed Limitations Explained ... Guide: How to disable ping on WAN interfaces, Guide: How to install Pi-Hole on Gold (Beta), Guide: How to run UniFi Controller on the Firewalla Gold (beta), Guide: Install HomeBridge on Firewalla Gold (Beta). We didn't use the dhcp service on pi-hole. I needed the Beta Firewalla app to see the DNS Boost function which adds entries to an ipset (no_dns_caching_mac_set) for devices to be excluded from the rules in the PREROUTING_DNS_DEFAULT chain. I have my EdgeRouter 4 setup like this and get each devices hostname listed in piHole, The above instructions are for the Unifi Controller though. I need to set on my computer to use DNS (IP of firewalla) to go through pihole. Pi-hole Dashboad shows queries and counter up. I have understood  this operation could block all my lan. There is not a good reason for my decision. You should see DHCP Name Sever auto and manual. Can you curl -I the admin interface from outside the pfSense and see what response you are getting? Warning: The conflict of DNS blocking between Pi-Hole and Firewalla. What you can do is adding a cronjob to root account to execute this delete command periodically. OP has moved on, but hopefully someone searching for information will find this post useful. Turn off Family Protect on Firewalla App. Then in the Unifi Controller (bottom left of page) click Settings>Networks and then click edit your LAN. Then in the Unifi Controller (bottom left of page) click Settings>Networks and then click edit your LAN. Adds exceptions to Windows Firewall for DNS and Pi-hole admin page.