Setting Up Split Horizon DNS with Pi-Hole and Tailscale for Improved Network Management
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Summary
The article discusses configuring split horizon DNS with Pi-Hole and Tailscale for devices on a mesh network, highlighting the transition from OpenVPN to Tailscale for faster connections.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledTailscale builds a mesh network using Wireguard protocol and so is able to connect and run quite a bit faster than OpenVPN.
Tailscale is Canadian and can't see the content of connections.
I hadn't got around to setting up split horizon DNS for clients on the tailnet.
Post describing how I've configured pihole to return different results to clients on my tailnet than those on the LAN.
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