Can't use pi-hole DNS (or any DNS for that matter) on my Netgear C6300 router

[jacob.salmela]

@robgill

Many routers do not let you specify DNS servers located on the LAN network that they host

Why won't Pi-hole work with DNS rebind protection enabled?

What is DNS rebind protection? If your router has an option called DNS rebind protection enabled, you may run into issues when trying to use Pi-hole as your DNS server. The reasons for this are quite technical, but to summarize what this option does in one sentence: DNS rebind protection does not allow DNS queries to be answered with a local IP address. Why does this interfere with Pi-hole? DNS rebind is meant to be a countermeasure to an attack on your network. So in many cases, it's ac…