# Can't get hostnames to resolve with Conditional Forwarding

**URL:** <https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/cant-get-hostnames-to-resolve-with-conditional-forwarding/13358>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [October 2, 2018, 3:09am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/cant-get-hostnames-to-resolve-with-conditional-forwarding/13358 "2018-10-02T03:09:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![jfb](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/jfb/32/4332_2.png) [@jfb](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/jfb)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 3:37pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/cant-get-hostnames-to-resolve-with-conditional-forwarding/13358/6 "2018-10-02T15:37:03Z")

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> [@brossow](#):
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> a router whose external (that is, the WAN port connected to the DSL modem) DNS is set to use those same servers

> [@Router clients bypassing Pi-Hole DNS](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/router-clients-bypassing-pi-hole-dns/13336):
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> I installed pi hole on my raspberry pi, pointed my router to use it as a DNS server, even disabled DHCP on my router and activated it on pi hole Expected Behaviour: All clients in my network should get filtered traffic Actual Behaviour: Traffic doesn't get filtered. On my Mac using the router's address 192.168.2.1 as DNS server the traffic doesn't get filtered. Also the pi-hole admin console doesn't show filtered queries. When on my Mac I input the pi hole's IP as DNS server, the traffic gets…

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