{"id":13305,"date":"2015-09-01T08:47:25","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T07:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13305"},"modified":"2015-09-01T08:47:25","modified_gmt":"2015-09-01T07:47:25","slug":"network-wide-ad-blocker-using-a-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13305","title":{"rendered":"Network-wide ad blocker using a Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lifehacker.co.in\/photo\/48744646.cms\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"215\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jacobsalmela.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jacob Salmela<\/a>\u00a0has created a new\u00a0version of Raspbian called &#8216;Pi Hole&#8217;. The operating system has been designed to be a DNS-server which blocks ads for your entire network. All you need to do is download the image, install it on an SD card and then point your home devices&#8217; DNS settings to it. It seems quite a sophisticated system with a proper web GUI. Please just remember that ads on many sites are only there so that they can afford to run, so white-list those sites that you like! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifehacker.co.in\/technology\/Create-a-Network-Wide-Ad-Blocker-with-a-Raspberry-Pi\/articleshow\/48744641.cms\" target=\"_blank\">A full guide to installing it is available on Lifehacker<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jacob Salmela\u00a0has created a new\u00a0version of Raspbian called &#8216;Pi Hole&#8217;. The operating system has been designed to be a DNS-server which blocks ads for your entire network. 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