Pi Hole Ad Blocker as DNS - breaks my Sky Q

[g0mgx]

Hi All

When I use a Pi Hole ad blocker as a DNS server on my network I get regular interuptions to my Sky Q service - "unable to connect to internet" et cetera. I have posted previously about unreliability of my Sky Q service and have now determined for certain that this is the underlying cause of all my issues - using the  ad blocker Pi Hole which replaces an external DNS server. It's now clear that some of the sites the Sky Q service accessess are on blacklists for advertising and being blocked by my Pi Hole.

Is there a definative list of IP/web addresses that the Sky Q box needs to be able to access to deliver the service? 

Alternatively is there a reasonably simple way to figure out what the device is accessing over the internet so I can whitelist?

Thanks

Mark

[PandJ2020]

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@g0mgx wrote:

Is there a definative list of IP/web addresses that the Sky Q box needs to be able to access to deliver the service? 

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No,  this is not something Sky will publish.

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Is there a definative list of IP/web addresses that the Sky Q box needs to be able to access to deliver the service? 

Alternatively is there a reasonably simple way to figure out what the device is accessing over the internet so I can whitelist?

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Can you not whitelist the source rather than the destinations?  (Or put the Q in a DMZ)

[g0mgx]

Good suggestions, will investigate, but I'm not entirely sure I'm clever enough to do this 😞