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I’m about to throw my entire Pihole out the window (lemmy.ca)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Every month or so all my devices lose internet and the only way to connect them all back is to disconnect them from the DNS server that Pihole is running.

I set my Pihole to have a static IP but for some reason after around a month or maybe longer, it just fails. This has happened 4 times over the last while and the only fix is to essentially uninstall everything on my Pihole, disable it, and then reconfigure it from scratch again.

I’m not sure what’s going on so any help would be appreciated.

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[–] [S] 20 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Definitely a skill issue haha. I’m brand new to this stuff so I’m trying to learn as fast as possible. Appreciate the help and the explanations!

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's alright, most computer geeks (even professional ones) can't even figure out how IP addressing works. That's why networking is its own sub group in enterprise environments.

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  • [+] -10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    If you're a computer geek (even a professional one) and struggle with IP addressing, you won't be having much of a career.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    LMAO I know a whole bunch of people who don't know a subnet mask from a hole in their ass and they're doing just fine in their IT careers. You are overestimating the requirements for a great many corporate jobs.

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  • [–] [S] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Ya it’s me I’m the guy in IT who is currently confusing a subnet mask for my own ass.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Just think of it as a routing optimisation that is only relevant for ipv4 networks.

    Router simple, router need to make decisions quick, quickest decision is made when can smush the subnet mask against an IP address and determine if the computer is on a local network so router can send traffic direct or is on other network so router needs to send traffic to other router

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago*

    There's a difference between corporate IT and being a computer geek.

    I agree that many IT careers are relatively simple support jobs.

    They mentioned computer geeks which implies, to me, people who are deep into computers. In that light, if you're struggling with concepts of IP addressing then the more-complicated facets of computers and networks will preclude you from an engineering role.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Is this some kinda weird ass gatekeeping-esque computer geek thing? What you said is so wrong it's not even funny.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'm not gate-keeping. I'm simply suggesting that IP addressing is one of the less-complicated things when it comes to computer-geekery.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Nah you're literally gatekeeping what it means to be a computer geek. maybe it's not gatekeeping per se, but you sure are wrong and look like an ass

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