I would get a domain name and use ddns to update your rotating IP. Then I would setup wireguard VPN in split tunnel and have your parents network tunnel back to your piholes for dns resolution.

I use cloudflare API for ddns updates but there are plenty of choices for that. If you’re using cloudflare for DNS just keep in mind you can’t proxy the DNS entry for the ip for your VPN host as CF only forwards traffic over certain ports and they are not configurable (on free plan anyway not sure about paid).

You can’t configure DNS server by name on anything, so you’d need some kind of script/automation to query current IP address of your pihole from google/your ddns provider/someone and update that on your parents router which can be a bit tricky or straight impossible depending on the hardware.

VPN would solve both 1 and 2 from your list as your pihole would be available with static address on both locations. You can’t authenticate on DNS server by MAC as you don’t receive originating MAC at all. Other solution would be to get a static IP address from some provider and tunnel traffic so that your pihole could be reached trough that static address.

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VPN for sure:

1. Set up both locations with Dynamic DNS providers. DuckDNS is free, but if you’re building infrastructure you may as well buy your own domain and set it up through that (Namecheap is what I use and recommend).

2. Set up a Wireguard tunnel between both locations. Do *not* specify an endpoint for either. You could specify endpoints to boost security (barely), but it will cause your system to fail during IP changes, for the duration of the TTL.

Is there any other way?

For all intends and purposes, let’s assume there isn’t. Running a DNS server on the ‘open internet’ is notoriously difficult if you are not familiar with the intricacies, especially with regards to security. Running it through a VPN is really the best option you have here.

If both routers support it: S2S VPN. Also has the advantage of being able to access the stuff from each others side.
Disadvantage: Viruses can traverse the tunnel.

DynDNS. That will give you a hostname, but check if your ISP offers a static IP tbh. Client side shouldn’t matter overmuch if you’re returning requests it’s made

A lot of people are suggesting VPNs

But there’s some beauty in DoH/DoT/Quic ports opened

You should check adguard-home for the dns stuff For your questions:

1. I don’t quite get what you mean. But if you say “my domain’s dns updates regularly, how would one of the clients of the dns get the new IP”, then I would say upstream dns, and maybe pi-hole/adguard have something up their sleeve

2. In adguard you can have client ids, it can be different things I forgot, but mainly it can be the domain you’re using as dns, so john.dns.mysite.com, and you can give 0.0.0.0 response to every client that is not a client. Maybe there are more clever ways to do this

3. Yes, but for 1 is not so straightforward, you have many options, you either need to update your dns in some way anyway to connect to VPN, or rent a cloud to host(or port forward) the entry point there (or the theoretical option, some selfhosted vpns allow you to do everything without any ports opened)

4. Adguard-home, using a public dns, route through tor, cloudflare’s tunnels, host on a cloud, forward ports to a cloud, and many more

And for dynamic IP, I personally use cloudflare(although I don’t trust them) (he-he, I didn’t expect previous point to be so long, I wrote this at the beginning)

Ah, and for the VPN I personally use headscale

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