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Colin: You mentioned yesterday that there was a way to block ads on the network. What do I need to do that? A Raspberry Pi?

Posted by Krusty (aka Krustylu) Oct 5 '22, 07:39

I can't stand the number of ads that YouTube makes me watch. It needs to stop.

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My NAS (synogy ds221+) can run Docker images, so I can run the pihole image that way IIRC. But I also have raspberries pi I could use. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 5, 08:22 2
- I really should set up my NAS that's been sitting in my closet for like a year now. -- nm - Krusty Oct 5, 08:31
- What it does is capture DNS lookups and breaks the ones that look like ad domains. It really sped things up the time I tried it. - Beryllium Oct 5, 08:26
now, if you're watching on a computer, ublock origin gets almost all the ads out. pihole just cleans things up for all devices. -- nm - colin Oct 5, 07:48 3
- Yeah, I use that on my laptop but the ads on my TV are really annoying me. - Krusty Oct 5, 07:51 2
  - it's touch an go with youtube, but hulu, it's pretty tidy. google is smart.. you gotta keep your definitions up to date. -- nm - colin Oct 5, 07:52 1
    - Got it! Thanks! Hopefully I can get it running with no issues and get lucky that it works for my needs on YouTube. -- nm - Krusty Oct 5, 08:14
granted, the ability to find a raspberry pi right now is pretty limited. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 5, 07:42 6
- Yeah, a quick search and links for their site show them sold out everywhere. -- nm - Krusty Oct 5, 07:50 4
  - i have a pi zero i will NEVER use if you want it -- nm - colin Oct 5, 07:51 3
    - I have a Chrombook I'm likely never going to use and I'll give that a try first. I know I can install Ubuntu on it which can run Pi-hole. -- nm - Krusty Oct 5, 07:53 2
      - ok, LMK.. i'll send it on if that doesn't work. btw, better for it to have a wired connection. -- nm - colin Oct 5, 08:35 1
        
        Thanks. I can wire the connection, no problem there. -- nm - Krusty Oct 5, 08:38
- it'll run nicely on a pi zero. high utilization, but if that's all you're doing... -- nm - colin Oct 5, 07:48
PiHole is the software. It's basically building a Raspberry Pi as a homemade web server and running all your internet through it. -- (link) - spamlet Oct 5, 07:40 3
- Thanks! Since buying a Raspberry Pi is not an option as they're sold out everywhere I could use my old Chrombook which can load Ubuntu. - Krusty Oct 5, 07:49 2
  - It should be able to run on just about any one ever produced, honestly. - spamlet Oct 5, 07:50 1
    - Good to know, thanks for the info! -- nm - Krusty Oct 5, 08:14

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Colin: You mentioned yesterday that there was a way to block ads on the network. What do I need to do that? A Raspberry Pi?

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