Thanks for bringing this conversation back. I'm investigating running Pie-Hole with Alt-F on my DNS 323 now. I have two - one for file backups of my computers, another for shared media. The former isn't getting much use right now.
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Originally Posted by masraum
I posted this somewhere else, but didn't search that hard for it. I'd heard enough and happened upon a page talking about setting up pi-hole to run on a NAS drive. I was thinking about getting a Raspberry Pi, but then thought that if I've already got a server sitting around that can do the work, I don't need to buy another server.
I have a Synology NAS (network attached storage) as a way to keep files in a central location which also acts as a backup to the files that are on our individual PCs. I also have an ext hdd that I can back the NAS up to.
Anyway, most NAS systems are just a small specialized Linux server with a bunch of hard drives. Most of these things also have various "apps" that you can install to do various things besides just store files.
In about 10-15 mins, I was able to watch a youtube video and get pi-hole installed and running on my NAS. I've actually got "Docker" installed on my NAS and then Pi-Hole is running in Docker. (kind of like a super small portable virtual machine app)
Pi-Hole can/will block adds (and porn if you want) for every device on the network in your family.
You can even set it up with a vpn to your home network to use it anywhere if that's your thing.
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