From 7440ef91b403c5ab709c3169c2eb5646e098d560 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan <nathanblunkall5@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 20:37:49 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] try preStart

---
 system/services/containers/pihole/default.nix | 11 ++++-------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/system/services/containers/pihole/default.nix b/system/services/containers/pihole/default.nix
index d9887bf..5f6b9c9 100644
--- a/system/services/containers/pihole/default.nix
+++ b/system/services/containers/pihole/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
             hostAddress = "192.168.100.10";
             localAddress = "192.168.100.28";
 
-            timeoutStartSec = "infinity";
+            timeoutStartSec = "30s";
 
             config = let
                 pkgs-us = import nixpkgs-us { system = "x86_64-linux"; };
@@ -127,12 +127,9 @@
 
                 };
 
-                systemd.network = {
-                    enable = true;
-                    networks."eth0@if24" = {
-                        linkConfig.RequiredForOnline = "yes";
-                    };
-                };
+                systemd.services.pihole-ftl-setup.preStart = ''
+                    while [[ ! ''$(ip l | grep eth0 | grep UP) ]]; do sleep 1; done;
+                '';
                 
                 networking = {
                     firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ 5335 ];