Asus RT-AC87U

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After about 10 minutes I'm getting 15k queries.

I've got the PiHole DNS set to my router.

In the LAN and WAN settings on my router I've got the IP of the PiHole in the DNS #1 settings.

I've got "Forward local domain queries to upstream DNS" turned on, which seems to help it work, and I've got 8.8.8.8 as the secondary DNS in both options because otherwise it seems I get no internet access from anything.

anyone with the same router care to share your config? I'm using asuswrt merlin.

debug log: uploaded - token below

Expected Behaviour:

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Actual Behaviour:

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Debug Token:

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Is there a reason you have Pi-Hole using the router as the upstream DNS server? You can use Google or your preferred upstream server in Pi-Hole and not send DNS traffic back to the router.

The screen capture of the dashboard doesn't account for that level of traffic - do you have some domains excluded from the top lists (Admin GUI > settings > API/Web interface)?

How do I configure my devices to use Pi-hole as their DNS server?

Three methods Generally, there are three different methods that will enable devices on your network to be protected by Pi-hole. 1. Define Pi-hole's IP address as the only DNS entry in the router Rationale Only is italicized here for a reason: Pi-hole needs to be the only DNS server because it intercepts queries and decides whether or not they should be blocked. If you have other DNS servers configured, you may be sent to the correct domain, bypassing Pi-hole completely. Because of this, we…

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I've just been playing with the settings and changing things
until it worked. Some settings I was getting 0 domains blocked on
pihole, other times my entire internet connection wouldn't work.

  The other guy says "First you put twice in the upstream DNS the

local address. If Pi-hole is running on the Asus then twice
192.168.2.62."

Like, I have no idea what this even means.

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"First you put twice in the upstream DNS the local address. If Pi-hole is running on the Asus then twice 192.168.2.62."

why would I put the same DNS address twice in the upstream? if upstream #1 doesn't work (it doesn't) then my whole network fails and I get no internet connection. I have to put google DNS in the 2nd DNS server in order to get an outside connection, even though it does appear to be blocking things now. Hold on, let me disconnect my my VPN on my PC and test the phiole test page.

https://imgur.com/a/nz5H8xr

Seems to be working and blocking ads with my desktop (PIA VPN) app turned off, but that could be cached domains etc so I'll reboot and update.

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sorry but the whole screen 1 2 4 blabla just tell me what setting it is don't refer to my screenshots they are merely for your informational purposes.