Comment on I’m about to throw my entire Pihole out the window
ArbiterXero@lemmy.world 11 months agoThe static address should be assigned from the dhcp server.
Assigning a static address on the nic is a recipe for issues.
Set up a static assignment in your dhcp server.
PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
I’m not able to log into my router in order to edit any of my dhcp settings 😭 little caveat there.
ArbiterXero@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Then that’s likely your issue.
Your router occasionally gives out the ip of your pihole to someone else, and everything shuts the bed.
Try picking x.x.x.254 as the pihole address or x.x.x.2
Often routers won’t use either the top end or low end of the available addresses.
The machines on your network that are dhcp, do they go below 100? Do they go above 200?
You’re going to be guessing a little here.
What is your “net mask”
PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Ya I’m pretty sure you’re correct here and this is my issue. Since I’m not able to log into my router and define my dhcp range, I’ve picked an IP near the end of the range (254).
All my other devices are assigned .23, .25, etc.
Fun learning experience haha
ArbiterXero@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Your ip-mask will tell you what IPs are accessible on the network
Likely goes nowhere because it’s probably 255.255.255.0 but it’s possible to be something else.
Osirus@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Are you on the same subnet as your router or are you on the subnet that your custom dhcp server is handing out? If your router is 192.168.1.1 and your ip is on the 192.168.2.x range, they aren’t going to be able to communicate.
PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Ya I’m on the same subnet
Osirus@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Are you using https?
neoney@lemmy.neoney.dev 11 months ago
That sucks, it’s be good if you could disable DHCP overall and do it on the PiHole.