So it turns out I got myself into an ISP that was shittier than expected (I already knew it was kinda shity), they DNS hijack for whatever reason and I can’t manually set my own DNS on my router or even my devices.
Cyber security has never been my forte but I’m always trying to keep learning as I go. I’ve read that common solutions involve using a different port (54) or getting a different modem/router or just adding a router.
Are they alll true? Whats the cheapest, easiest way of dealing with all of this?
You’d have to use DNS over HTTPS, DNS over TLS, or DNS over QUIC. As far as I know, PiHole doesn’t support these out-of-the-box, so AdGuard Home is a better choice (it’s like PiHole but more powerful).
I know PiHole had plans to implement this though, so maybe they do support it now.
You can do it. I set mine up ages ago. https://docs.pi-hole.net/guides/dns/cloudflared/
It’s not out-of-the-box though, and requires a bunch of manual setup. On AdGuard Home you just need to enter the DNS URL into the UI and that’s it.