If you didn't create this yourself and cannot remember why it's there, then disable those rules even if you have nothing using x.x.x.158, as you can always re-enable them later if needed (Pi-hole/PIA wouldn't have created this or asked you to do so) That sounds like Port Forwarding (allowing users outside your network - such as on the internet - to access services inside your network). I have two enabled Service Port 80 and 443 with both IP Address set to an the same address which I dont recognise (158) If you're using the Pi-hole as your DHCP server, then this setting will only apply to the router itself, as your devices will receive their configuration from the Pi-hole instead On this my Primary DNS is set to my Pi-Hole's IP Address (on Raspberry Pi 3), My Secondary DNS is 0.0.0.0 My router is a TP-Link Wireless Router Archer C8. Essentially, it depends on what has more importance when you're using the VPN - privacy or Pi-hole (privacy = leak protection on/Pi-hole = leak protection off) - as this setting will only have an effect when your VPN is onīy the way, if your network/ISP doesn't support IPv6 then the IPv6 setting won't make any difference, as connections will always go out via IPv4 The same as whatever you set for IPv4 leak protection. What about IPv6 leak protection? On or Off? Thanks for the help and explaining it so clearly. ![]() If my setup is good and safe the way it is with PIA and Pi-Hole I will be happy enough. ![]() I will read through those two links you sent (thanks) but I feel I have opened a can of worms I would like to close again. I feel like I have too many firewalls and vpns enabled - plus my software firewall and antivirus and anti malware software. Under the Security Tab I have found Basic Security - with Firewall enabled, VPN (PPTP,L2TP and IPSec Passthrough) all enabled. I have not made changes here - currently I have two enabled Service Port 80 and 443 with both IP Address set to an the same address which I dont recognise (158). A search through my TP-Link settings and I did find (under Forwarding Tab) Virtual Servers. On the TP-Link I have disabled DHCP Server and instead have this enabled in Pi-Hole. On this my Primary DNS is set to my Pi-Hole's IP Address (on Raspberry Pi 3), My Secondary DNS is 0.0.0.0 (it says its optional - should I change this?). It seems a little "unnatural" turning off protection but it makes complete sense now that you have explained it - thanks. So yes - I did have DNS Leak Protection enabled. Thanks very much for ALL that information. ![]() If your router doesn't support using an outgoing VPN connection, you can achieve something similar by creating your own gateway, but it's not an easy task (see my reply in this thread and general guidance here) You'd configure Pi-hole to use PIA's DNS as it's upstream server, and configure your devices to use Pi-hole, so you wouldn't have to worry about any DNS leaks. ![]() There are ways around this, where the easiest is using a router that supports VPN natively, and thus providing adblocking and VPN protection for your whole network. You could switch off this setting, but this would mean that your queries could be tracked, which defeats the purpose of a privacy-based VPN. However, this means your device can't use Pi-hole during this time, which is why you can access sites/domains that the Pi-hole would normally block, when the VPN and this setting is active. When DNS Leak Protection is enabled, it prevents your device from using any DNS other than the ones pushed by PIA, and thus preventing a "DNS leak". Sometimes your device may try to use your regular DNS servers when your VPN is active, such as your ISP DNS servers or Google's, rather than the one configured by PIA (windows and android is notorious for this) You don't have to change anything, unless you want to use Pi-hole and PIA at the same time, and even then it only matters if you have "DNS Leak Protection" enabled Am I correct? Do I need to adjust any settings on either One hides adverts and the other keeps me safe. Up until today I presumed these two were working fine along side each other.
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