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Block Domain Access on a Home Wi-Fi Router

Block website domains across home Wi-Fi networks: configure router URL filtering, setup NextDNS / Pi-hole local DNS sinkholes, and block IPs.

By lynxbeedev · May 20, 2022 · Updated August 12, 2026 · 1 min read

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Blocking malicious or distracting website domains across all devices connected to a home Wi-Fi network is executed via router domain filter rules or local DNS sinkholes.

DNS Sinkhole (Pi-hole) Block Command

Pi-hole CLI Commandbash

# Add domain to local Pi-hole DNS blocklist
pihole -b badsite.com www.badsite.com

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DNS Sinkhole (Pi-hole) Block Command

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