Help setting up Wi-Fi router (midwest.social)

submitted 8 months ago by clark@midwest.social to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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At risk of sounding stupid, I need some pointers on how to set up a Wi-Fi router and make it as private and secure as possible.

To sound even more stupid, I don't really know what PiHole is, or why some people route their traffic through a VPN. I suppose my main questions are these:

What Wi-Fi router should I get?
How do I configurate it as somebody who is somewhat privacy-conscious but not very tech-savvy?

I don't really know how regular Wi-Fi routers work, what the common worries are, how/if data is at risk of being leaked, and so on. So, any pointers would be appreciated! Feel free to direct me to any privacy guides, as well. Cheers!

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[-] pezhore@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago

The other thing to keep in mind with PiHole - some things are just going to break with it's default blocking, namely the Google suggested results.

i know, I know - just don't use google, but android phones/parents have a hard time not just braindead going to Google for results.

It's not the end of the world - I've trained myself to just keep scrolling to actual results.

Another feature for PiHole is local DNS - if you want, you can set up custom dnsmasq entries for self hosted/internal services.

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