Pi-Hole


Feb. 13, 2023

Local host names with Pi-hole

I run an instance of Pi-hole as a network-wide advert and surveillance blocker. It also has a setting to block individual domain which I use to force myself to really consider if 30 minutes of Reddit is a good idea when I should probably just be going to bed.

As I’ve increased the number of real and virtual devices on my network, it’s getting to be a pain remembering all of their IP addresses. So I’d like to have DNS entries for them, for example I’d much rather: