Is there any negative to using a Pi Hole? Ie speed reduction.

I updated and now there’s a giant ad right under my checkin. This is a new thing and it’s ugly AF.

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When I started using pi-hole, I actually got a slight speed increase on my network. And a further increase when I added unbound to do all of my own DNS resolution.

The only way you might get a speed reduction is if you use your pi-hole as DHCP server as well.

If you are seeing ads where you previously were not, they're probably coming from a domain that's not on your block lists. I can give you some list recs if you need, as can @opie .

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@voltronic @vozoto @opie Same. I use the Home Assistant Ad Guard plugin -- same concept. Don't know if the lists are compatico.

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