Recent content by mustardquail

Thank you so much! I took a look at the documentation links provided, and fixed an issue where I'd manually pointed the Guest Network Pro to my Pihole IP address. After setting it to Default, I confirmed I was able to see my queries (even on the Guest network) in the Pihole. I also pointed the...

Totally fair, I don't think I included enough detail on my initial post. Here's what my DNS Director settings show: I set Global Redirection to point device DNS to User Defined 1 (my testing showed this seemed to be working even though I'd read others recommend using Global Redirection set to...

Hello, I am trying to use DNS Director to force all clients to use my DNS server on the network. I've enabled and tested DNS Director, and for most cases, it seems to work as intended and I see this traffic hitting my DNS server as it should. However, when I manually configure my Mac to use...

Out of curiosity, which DoH domains did you block? Looking for a similar setup here myself as well so appreciate any recommendations!

I've tested this a little bit, and the traffic patterns look much better so far. Thank you! I have the 8.8.8.8/8.8.4.4 traffic routed to point to my router IP, but that has resulted in fully blocking 8.8.8.8/8.8.4.4 traffic. I can't even ping them now (which is a step forward for sure) If I set...

This is great, thank you! I am planning to test this over the weekend so I'll definitely take a look. Admittedly, my attempts earlier this week were a bit impulsive and I should have done it over the weekend anyway -- but lesson learned!

Interesting puzzle for sure! I had only set the Pihole as the DNS Server in LAN though, not WAN. I had set Quad9 as the WAN DNS. I did end up seeing much more queries, and while I had the Pihole IP address in DNS Server 1 & 2, I saw an error in Pihole diagnostics like "max 150 concurrent DNS...

Thank you both for these replies! I'll look into setting up that route as well. I had to disable the Pihole setting in my router, as something went severely wrong randomly after a while of it working fine. For whatever reason, my router's CPU spiked to 90%+ multiple times, and full LAN...

Hi, I'm trying to get Pihole+Unbound working on my ASUS GT-AXE16000 running stock firmware. I have the Pihole working fully and have been testing it with Unbound, everything seems to be working fine for about a month here with the devices I've tested being manually pointed to the Pihole. I...

Just to add my experience, I'm running Windows 10 using a new Asus PCE-AXE58BT adapter (which I believe is running the AX210). The fine print on the box says that the Windows 10 driver does not support 6GHz, however this apparently works on the Windows 11 driver. I could not see the 6GHz...

Just seeing this now, was anyone able to confirm whether this works for the "Primary WAN" as a 10G port and another device in the "Classic" 2.5G WAN port?

Right on! So I have maybe one more question, I see there's a GT-AX11000 PRO version, but I don't see a Pro version for the GT-AXE16000. Would this make a difference at all, in terms of features and whatnot? Or is that just branding and marketing?

Awesome, thanks so much for all the information! These Asus routers, are they the top recommendation lately? Or are these usually recommended when someone's upgrading from another Asus router device? I'm open to looking at other brands too if they're highly recommended and have great specs and...

Awesome, thank you for the recommendations! I'm looking at the GT-AX6000 now, that EVA edition looks so cool haha! So someone mentioned that only enterprise hardware would get VLAN capabilities, can anyone confirm whether the GT-AX6000 will get it? I'm also thinking about this, if I upgrade to...

Hi there, I've been having some issues with my Asus RT-AC5300 router. I've been thinking about upgrading for a while, so I'm looking at potential devices to upgrade to. The issues seem to happen with intense lag spikes and disconnects when a heavy network load is happening (two devices at a...