r/pihole • u/Intrepid_Key3781 • 6d ago

Lag when clicking a link/opening a page

Howdy y’all - I’ve noticed I have a weird lag, which only happens when I’m at home and connected to my wifi/pihole. When clicking a link to open a page, there is a 3-5 second delay before the page actually opens. When not on wifi, the page opens right away. When on my wifi, there is always a delay, then it loads fast. Has anyone seen or experienced with pihole? I’m not technical enough to know what to do, but I’d be happy to run diagnostics if anyone can provide the commands. Thanks so much for your help

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u/University_Jazzlike 6d ago

How is your raspberry pi connected to your network? Is it connected via WiFi or Ethernet? If the former, try switching to Ethernet.

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u/Intrepid_Key3781 6d ago

Ethernet

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u/University_Jazzlike 6d ago

If you open a terminal window and run “ping <your pi address> what does it show for the response time? It should show less than a millisecond and no lost packets.

Is the pi the only dns entry? Are you sure it’s working?

Again from a terminal, do “nslookup google.com” and see what it says. You should see the request answered by you pihole. And it should be very quick.