Add Static DHCP Option to Allow Specific Clients to Bypass Pi-hole

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This feature does exist, but not as a web GUI option. The entries are made in a dnsmasq configuration file as described here:

Let specific clients bypass pi-hole in FTLDNS (was working with dnsmasq)

cat from 04-bypass.conf: cat 04-bypass.conf ## The contents here bypass pihole by mac address ## This will go straight to Googles DNS Servers. dhcp-option=tag:googlesdns1,6,8.8.8.8 dhcp-option=tag:googlesdns2,6,8.8.4.4 ## This will go straight to Opendns Servers. dhcp-option=tag:opendns1,6,208.67.222.220 dhcp-option=tag:opendns2,6,208.67.222.222 ## OpenDNS FamilyShield dhcp-option=tag:opendns3,6,208.67.222.123 dhcp-option=tag:opendns4,6,208.67.220.123 ## Level3 DNS dhcp-option=tag:Level3DNS1…

Things you can do with dnsmasq!

I came up with some stuff that eases things a little bit with my Pi-Hole life. Some of the ideas here, I gathered from around the internet. I wanted to share my findings. These configs are to be placed in /etc/dnsmasq.d I do realize that these could easily be combined into a single 04-custom.conf, but for the ease of teaching myself things I can do with this,, I like them seperate. Bypass Pihole by MAC Address What this Does: Find the MAC Address of the device that you want to skip pihole, …