Entware Pi-hole directly on the router? Yes!

[eclp]

For clarity - the dnsmasq config options have to be added on the router that is acting as DHCP using dnsmasq.add script.

I did, but unfortunately it didn't change anything (But maybe I made mistakes).

 

[jacklul]

I did, but unfortunately it didn't change anything (But maybe I made mistakes).

Have you confirmed that those two options were actually in dnsmasq.conf after dnsmasq restart / router reboot?

 

[eclp]

Yes, I restarted dnsmasq (not the router), also the Pi, but it had no effect.

 

[jacklul]

Yes, I restarted dnsmasq (not the router), also the Pi, but it had no effect.

How did you check it? It would take a while to be picked up as all devices cache DNS responses anyway, you would have to visit a website you didn't visit before to be 100% sure it didn't.
Does Tools -> Network list your devices?

 

[jacklul]

There seem to be more work on the memory optimization being done in the FTL repo - https://github.com/pi-hole/FTL/pull/2757
Considering a lot of people put Entware on fast SSDs this PR might reduce memory requirements to use this project significantly.
If this gets merged it will be available in the development version of the package shortly after.

Just putting a note here that the mentioned pull request has been merged and changes are now available in the development package, for the brave people.

 

[bibikalka]

Just putting a note here that the mentioned pull request has been merged and changes are now available in the development package, for the brave people.

Well, did you try it yourself yet?

Mine is running too smooth to experiment - there is no way to go but down

 

[jacklul]

Well, did you try it yourself yet?

Mine is running too smooth to experiment - there is no way to go but down

I'm not running Entware on SSD, yet.
Using a random flash drive that I'm surprised lasted this long (Total written: 82776.33 MB).

Obviously keeping database in memory will be the best way to keep the Pi-hole fast, feature from that PR will only be useful for people close to out of memory situations.

 

[bibikalka]

I'm not running Entware on SSD, yet.
Using a random flash drive that I'm surprised lasted this long (Total written: 82776.33 MB).

Obviously keeping database in memory will be the best way to keep the Pi-hole fast, feature from that PR will only be useful for people close to out of memory situations.

I have a swap file enabled too. So I guess the OS can swap out instead of having PiHole do it.

I keep my SATA SSD on a cheap USB2 adapter, so max speed is only 30MB/s anyways.