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Pi-hole (pihole) and Remote Utilities
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Wim Chalmet,
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Mar 02, 2026 1:03:17 pm EST
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I am using the free version of Remote Utilities to test out functionality. It works very well, but I now have hit a snag.
I installed pihole on a Raspberry pi, and I have changed the DNS settings of my one computer to point to the pi-hole. This works great; no more ads!
However, I now try to connect to this same computer from outside of my network using Remote Utilities. It does work, but the connection is very, very slow. On average a single mouse-click takes maybe up to a minute. Same for key presses and such.
The only change between Remote Utilities working perfect and working in a very limited way is the change of installing pi-hole. I don't know how to fix this.
Any suggestions anyone?
Thanks!
I installed pihole on a Raspberry pi, and I have changed the DNS settings of my one computer to point to the pi-hole. This works great; no more ads!
However, I now try to connect to this same computer from outside of my network using Remote Utilities. It does work, but the connection is very, very slow. On average a single mouse-click takes maybe up to a minute. Same for key presses and such.
The only change between Remote Utilities working perfect and working in a very limited way is the change of installing pi-hole. I don't know how to fix this.
Any suggestions anyone?
Thanks!
Hello Wim,
Thank you for your message and apologies for the late response.
From what you’re describing, it does sound like something within the network configuration rather than Remote Utilities itself. Since the slowdown only started after setting up Pi-hole, we’d recommend checking how DNS and routing are being handled on that machine and making sure nothing is being filtered or delayed in a way that could affect outbound connections.
It may help to diagnose the local network setup and also check the Host logs on the affected computer to see if there are any errors or delays being reported during connection attempts. Here’s how to find the Host logs.
Hope that helps.
Thank you for your message and apologies for the late response.
From what you’re describing, it does sound like something within the network configuration rather than Remote Utilities itself. Since the slowdown only started after setting up Pi-hole, we’d recommend checking how DNS and routing are being handled on that machine and making sure nothing is being filtered or delayed in a way that could affect outbound connections.
It may help to diagnose the local network setup and also check the Host logs on the affected computer to see if there are any errors or delays being reported during connection attempts. Here’s how to find the Host logs.
Hope that helps.
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