Blocked that hard-coded google dns garbage.

  • AdventuringAardvark@lemmy.oneOP
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    1 year ago

    No, you can block ads with a pihole. This is because Roku hard codes its dns server as 8.8.8.8. Pihole doesn’t handle IP addresses, only DNS.

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      1 year ago

      Interesting. I set an adblocking dns via DHCP and, as far as I know, the Roku respects it. Ads are blocked and I can see it failing to delivery telemetry in my dns logs (most persistent thing on the network).

      I set a rule to catch outside dns to see if anything, the roku included, has been misbehaving.

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        1 year ago

        I doubt it but could this help my tv randomly crashing

        It’s genuinely so annoying and is such a 2023 problem

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          1 year ago

          Tv crashing? Add an external device and don’t use TVs for their smart features as they tend to be pretty bad.

          • jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works
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            1 year ago

            Some days I miss my old LG Plasma. Sold the house and left it bolted to the wall. 1080P, deep blacks, crisp colors, and zero “smart” features.

            It put off enough heat to warm up the living room but that was only a “bug” in the summer months. Simpler times.

      • Illiterate Domine@infosec.pub
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        1 year ago

        Well, I’m back and can confirm the sneaky DNS resolver. I have two roku devices and they both were making requests to 8.8.8.8.

        Thanks for this post! TIL.